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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 Mace New Testament</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="../">Mace</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 width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="../menu.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table><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">Mace New Testament</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/parallel/james/1-1.htm" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Verses"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><A name="2"></a><p class="hdg">A Greeting from James<br /><span class="cross">(<a href ="../jude/1.htm">Jude 1:1–2</a>)</span><p><span class="reftext"><a href="/james/1-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>James a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the TWELVE TRIBES dispers'd thro' the world, sends greeting.<p> <A name="3"></a><p class="hdg">Rejoicing in Trials<br /><span class="cross">(<a href ="../philippians/1.htm#12">Philippians 1:12–20</a>)</span><p><span class="reftext"><a href="/james/1-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Consider the various tryals that surround you, my brethren, as matter of great joy; knowing this, <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/james/1-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>that the bringing your faith to the test, produces constancy. <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/james/1-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>but constancy should be brought to its perfection, that you may be entirely accomplished, without any defect.<p> <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/james/1-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>If any of you is deficient in prudence, let him ask it of God, who liberally gives to all without upbraiding: and he will give it. <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/james/1-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>but let him be fully persuaded of the lawfulness of what he asks: for he that is diffident about that, is like the waves that fluctuate with the wind. <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/james/1-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>such a man must not expect any answer from the Lord. <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/james/1-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>a diffident man is inconstant in all his actions.<p> <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/james/1-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Let him that is poor triumph in the advantages of being a christian. <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/james/1-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>let the rich be humbled by his instability: for he is as transitory as a flower in the field. <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/james/1-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>the sun is up and darts its rays, the grass is wither'd, its flowers droop, and all their beautiful appearance vanishes away, just so the rich man fades with all his projects.<p> <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/james/1-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>happy is he that can stand the tryal: for when he has undergone the test, he shall receive that crown of life which the Lord has promised to those that love him.<p> <A name="14"></a><p class="hdg">Good and Perfect Gifts<p><span class="reftext"><a href="/james/1-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Let no man under temptation, say, it is God that tempts him; for as he is incapable of moral evil, he can't influence any one thereto. <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/james/1-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>a man is instigated, and drawn into the snare by his own vicious passions, which once indulg'd, are productive of sin, <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/james/1-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>and the genuine offspring of sin is death. <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/james/1-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Don't be deluded, my brethren; <A name="18"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/james/1-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>every thing that is valuable, every gift that leads to perfection is deriv'd from heaven, it descends from that original light, which knows no change, no shadow, or decline: <A name="19"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/james/1-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>'tis he that has voluntarily renew'd us by the oracles of truth, that we might be the first converts of the new creation.<p> <A name="20"></a><p class="hdg">Hearing and Doing<p><span class="reftext"><a href="/james/1-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>Wherefore, my dear brethren, let every one be eager to hear, averse to contradiction, and deaf to passion. <A name="21"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/james/1-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>for he that is not dispassionate is a stranger to the practice of true virtue. <A name="22"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/james/1-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>throw off then your vices as dregs and scum: and receive with docility that genuine doctrine, which is effectual to your salvation. <A name="23"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/james/1-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>Don't delusively content your selves with being of the audience, but put what you hear in practice: <A name="24"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/james/1-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>for a bare auditor without practice is like one who sees his image form'd by a mirror: <A name="25"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/james/1-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>he takes a view, turns away, and instantly loses his appearance. <A name="26"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/james/1-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>whereas, he that attentively considers the perfect law of liberty, and is attach'd thereto, he is not a forgetful hearer, but reduces it to practice, and his conduct is crown'd with hapiness.<p> <A name="27"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/james/1-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>If a person of an ungovernable tongue pretends to religion, he abuses himself: for his religion is meer illusion. <span class="reftext"><a href="/james/1-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>pure and unadulterated religion, in the eye of God our father, consists in taking care of orphans and widows in their distress: and in keeping clear of the vices of the age.<p><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Daniel Mace New Testament (1729)<br><br>Digital Text Courtesy <a href="https://theword.net">TheWord.net Bible Software</a>.<br><br>Section Headings Courtesy <a href="https://berean.bible">Berean Bible</a>.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span></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="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchapnoad.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>