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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>James 1 NIV</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/james/1.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/james/1-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">NIV</a> > James 1</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../hebrews/13.htm" title="Hebrews 13">◄</a> James 1 <a href="../james/2.htm" title="James 2">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">New International Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/niv/esv/james/1.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="opening"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/james/1-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ,</p><p class="opening">To the twelve tribes scattered among the nations:</p><p class="opening">Greetings.</p> <p class="sectionhead">Trials and Temptations</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/james/1-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="The Greek word for brothers and sisters (adelphoi) refers here to believers, both men and women, as part of God's family; also in verses 16 and 19; and in 2:1, 5, 14; 3:10, 12; 4:11; 5:7, 9, 10, 12, 19.">a</a></sup></span> whenever you face trials of many kinds, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/james/1-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/james/1-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/james/1-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>If any of you lacks wisdom, you should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to you. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/james/1-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>But when you ask, you must believe and not doubt, because the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/james/1-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>That person should not expect to receive anything from the Lord. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/james/1-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Such a person is double-minded and unstable in all they do.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/james/1-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Believers in humble circumstances ought to take pride in their high position. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/james/1-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>But the rich should take pride in their humiliation—since they will pass away like a wild flower. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/james/1-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>For the sun rises with scorching heat and withers the plant; its blossom falls and its beauty is destroyed. In the same way, the rich will fade away even while they go about their business.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/james/1-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Blessed is the one who perseveres under trial because, having stood the test, that person will receive the crown of life that the Lord has promised to those who love him.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/james/1-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>When tempted, no one should say, “God is tempting me.” For God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does he tempt anyone; <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/james/1-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>but each person is tempted when they are dragged away by their own evil desire and enticed. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/james/1-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Then, after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/james/1-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Don’t be deceived, my dear brothers and sisters. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/james/1-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/james/1-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>He chose to give us birth through the word of truth, that we might be a kind of firstfruits of all he created.</p> <p class="sectionhead">Listening and Doing</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/james/1-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>My dear brothers and sisters, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/james/1-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>because human anger does not produce the righteousness that God desires. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/james/1-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>Therefore, get rid of all moral filth and the evil that is so prevalent and humbly accept the word planted in you, which can save you.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/james/1-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/james/1-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>Anyone who listens to the word but does not do what it says is like someone who looks at his face in a mirror <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/james/1-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>and, after looking at himself, goes away and immediately forgets what he looks like. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/james/1-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>But whoever looks intently into the perfect law that gives freedom, and continues in it—not forgetting what they have heard, but doing it—they will be blessed in what they do.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/james/1-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>Those who consider themselves religious and yet do not keep a tight rein on their tongues deceive themselves, and their religion is worthless. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/james/1-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.</p><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><A name="footnotes"></a><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">a</span> <span class="fnverse">2</span> <span class="footnotebot">The Greek word for <i>brothers and sisters</i> (<i>adelphoi</i>) refers here to believers, both men and women, as part of God’s family; also in verses 16 and 19; and in 2:1, 5, 14; 3:10, 12; 4:11; 5:7, 9, 10, 12, 19.</span><br><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><p class="ntext"><a href="http://niv.scripturetext.com/version.htm">New International Version</a> (NIV)</p><p class="ntext2">Holy Bible, New International Version&reg, NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by <a href="http://biblica.com">Biblica, Inc.</a>® Used by permission. 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