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| 1:1 |
James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, To the twelve tribes in the Dispersion: Greeting.
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| 1:2 |
Count it all joy, my brethren, when you meet various trials,
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| 1:3 |
for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness.
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| 1:4 |
And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.
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| 1:5 |
If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives to all men generously and without reproaching, and it will be given him.
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| 1:6 |
But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for he who doubts is like a wave of the sea that is driven and tossed by the wind.
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| 1:7 |
For that person must not suppose that a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways, will receive anything from the Lord.
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| 1:8 |
For that person must not suppose that a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways, will receive anything from the Lord.
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| 1:9 |
Let the lowly brother boast in his exaltation,
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| 1:10 |
and the rich in his humiliation, because like the flower of the grass he will pass away.
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| 1:11 |
For the sun rises with its scorching heat and withers the grass;its flower falls, and its beauty perishes. So will therich man fade away in the midst of his pursuits.
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| 1:12 |
Blessed is the man who endures trial, for when he has stood the test he will receive the crown of life which God has promised to those who love him.
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| 1:13 |
Let no one say when he is tempted, 'I am tempted by God';for God cannot be tempted with evil and he himself tempts no one;
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| 1:14 |
but each person is tempted when he is lured and enticed by his own desire.
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| 1:15 |
Then desire when it has conceived gives birth to sin;and sin when it is full-grown brings forth death.
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| 1:16 |
Do not be deceived, my beloved brethren.
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| 1:17 |
Every good endowment and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change.
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| 1:18 |
Of his own will he brought us forth by the word of truth that we should be a kind of first fruits of his creatures.
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| 1:19 |
Know this, my beloved brethren. Let every man be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger,
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| 1:20 |
for the anger of man does not work the righteousness of God.
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| 1:21 |
Therefore put away all filthiness and rank growth of wickedness and receive with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.
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| 1:22 |
But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.
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| 1:23 |
For if any one is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man who observes his natural face in a mirror;
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| 1:24 |
for he observes himself and goes away and at once forgets what he was like.
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| 1:25 |
But he who looks into the perfect law, the law of liberty, and perseveres, being no hearer that forgets but a doer thatacts, he shall be blessed in his doing.
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| 1:26 |
If any one thinks he is religious, and does not bridle his tongue but deceives his heart, this man's religion is vain.
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| 1:27 |
Religion that is pure and undefiled before God and the Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their affliction,and to keep oneself unstained from the world.
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