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<span class="reftext"><a href="/james/1-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>knowing that the proof of your faith doth work endurance, <span class="reftext"><a href="/james/1-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>and let the endurance have a perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire — in nothing lacking;</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/james/1-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>and if any of you do lack wisdom, let him ask from God, who is giving to all liberally, and not reproaching, and it shall be given to him; <span class="reftext"><a href="/james/1-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>and let him ask in faith, nothing doubting, for he who is doubting hath been like a wave of the sea, driven by wind and tossed, <span class="reftext"><a href="/james/1-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>for let not that man suppose that he shall receive anything from the Lord — <span class="reftext"><a href="/james/1-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>a two-souled man [is] unstable in all his ways.</p> <p class="hdg">Contrast of the Rich and Poor</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/james/1-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>And let the brother who is low rejoice in his exaltation, <span class="reftext"><a href="/james/1-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>and the rich in his becoming low, because as a flower of grass he shall pass away; <span class="reftext"><a href="/james/1-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>for the sun did rise with the burning heat, and did wither the grass, and the flower of it fell, and the grace of its appearance did perish, so also the rich in his way shall fade away!</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/james/1-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Happy the man who doth endure temptation, because, becoming approved, he shall receive the crown of the life, which the Lord did promise to those loving Him.</p> <p class="hdg">Perseverance in Temptation</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/james/1-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Let no one say, being tempted — ‘From God I am tempted,’ for God is not tempted of evil, and Himself doth tempt no one, <span class="reftext"><a href="/james/1-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>and each one is tempted, by his own desires being led away and enticed, <span class="reftext"><a href="/james/1-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>afterward the desire having conceived, doth give birth to sin, and the sin having been perfected, doth bring forth death. <span class="reftext"><a href="/james/1-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Be not led astray, my brethren beloved; <span class="reftext"><a href="/james/1-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>every good giving, and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the lights, with whom is no variation, or shadow of turning; <span class="reftext"><a href="/james/1-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>having counselled, He did beget us with a word of truth, for our being a certain first-fruit of His creatures.</p> <p class="hdg">Hearing and Doing</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/james/1-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>So then, my brethren beloved, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger, <span class="reftext"><a href="/james/1-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>for the wrath of a man the righteousness of God doth not work; <span class="reftext"><a href="/james/1-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>wherefore having put aside all filthiness and superabundance of evil, in meekness be receiving the engrafted word, that is able to save your souls; <span class="reftext"><a href="/james/1-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>and become ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves, <span class="reftext"><a href="/james/1-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>because, if any one is a hearer of the word and not a doer, this one hath been like to a man viewing his natural face in a mirror, <span class="reftext"><a href="/james/1-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>for he did view himself, and hath gone away, and immediately he did forget of what kind he was; <span class="reftext"><a href="/james/1-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>and he who did look into the perfect law — that of liberty, and did continue there, this one — not a forgetful hearer becoming, but a doer of work — this one shall be happy in his doing.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/james/1-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>If any one doth think to be religious among you, not bridling his tongue, but deceiving his heart, of this one vain [is] the religion; <span class="reftext"><a href="/james/1-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>religion pure and undefiled with the God and Father is this, to look after orphans and widows in their tribulation — unspotted to keep himself from the world.</p></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Young's Literal Translation<br /><br /><a href="//bereanbible.com">Section Headings Courtesy BereanBible.com<br />© 2013, 2014 Used by Permission</a><span class="p"><br /><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../hebrews/13.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Hebrews 13"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Hebrews 13" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../james/2.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="James 2"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="James 2" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="//biblescan.com/mpad/james/1-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div></div><div id="rightbox4"><div class="padright2"><div id="spons1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="sp1"><iframe src="../sidemenu.htm" width="122" height="602" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe><br /><br /></td></tr></table></div></div></div> <br /><br /></div><div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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