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ISA-11:9 ...for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the LORD,

as the waters cover the sea.

Copyright (c) 1985-2007

James 1

1. James <2385>, a servant <1401> of God <2316> and of the Lord

<2962> Jesus <2424> Christ <5547>, to the twelve <1427> tribes

<5443> which <3739> are scattered <1290> abroad <1290>, greeting

<5463>.

2. My brethren <80>, count <2233> it all <3956> joy <5479> when

<3752> ye fall <4045> into divers <4164> temptations <3986>;

3 Knowing <1097> [this], that the trying <1383> of your <5216>

faith <4102> worketh <2716> patience <5281>.

4 But let patience <5281> have <2192> [her] perfect <5046> work

<2041>, that ye may be perfect <5046> and entire <3648>, wanting

<3007> nothing <3367>.

5 If <1487> any <5100> of you lack <3007> wisdom <4678>, let

him ask <154> of God <2316>, that giveth <1325> to all <3956>

[men] liberally <574>, and upbraideth <3679> not; and it shall

be given <1325> him.

6 But let him ask <154> in faith <4102>, nothing <3367>

wavering <1252>. For he that wavereth <1252> is like <1503> a

wave <2830> of the sea <2281> driven <416> with the wind <416>

and tossed <4494>.

7 For let not that man <444> think <3633> that he shall receive

<2983> any <5100> thing of the Lord <2962>.

8 A double <1374> minded <1374> man <435> [is] unstable <182>

in all <3956> his ways <3598>.

9 Let the brother <80> of low <5011> degree <5011> rejoice

<2744> in that he is exalted <5311>:

10 But the rich <4145>, in that he is made <5014> low <5014>:

because <3754> as the flower <438> of the grass <5528> he shall

pass <3928> away.

11 For the sun <2246> is no sooner risen <393> with a burning

<2742> heat <2742>, but it withereth <3583> the grass <5528>,

and the flower <438> thereof <846> falleth <1601>, and the grace

<2143> of the fashion <4383> of it perisheth <622>: so <3779>

also <2532> shall the rich <4145> man fade <3133> away in his

ways <4197>.

12 Blessed <3107> [is] the man <435> that endureth <5278>

temptation <3986>: for when he is tried <1384>, he shall receive

<2983> the crown <4735> of life <2222>, which <3739> the Lord

<2962> hath promised <1861> to them that love <25> him.

13. Let no <3367> man <3367> say <3004> when he is tempted

<3985>, I am tempted <3985> of God <2316>: for God <2316> cannot

<551> be tempted <551> with evil <2556>, neither <3762> tempteth

<3985> he any <3762> man <3762>:

14 But every <1538> man is tempted <3985>, when he is drawn

<1828> away of his own <2398> lust <1939>, and enticed <1185>.

15 Then <1534> when lust <1939> hath conceived <4815>, it

bringeth <616> forth <616> sin <266>: and sin <266>, when it is

finished <658>, bringeth <5088> forth <5088> death <2288>.

16 Do not err <4105>, my beloved <27> brethren <80>.

17 Every <3956> good <18> gift <1394> and every <3956> perfect

<5046> gift <1394> is from above <509>, and cometh <2591> down

<2597> from the Father <3962> of lights <5457>, with whom <3739>

is no <3756> variableness <3883>, neither <2228> shadow <644> of

turning <5157>.

18 Of his own will <1014> begat <616> he us with the word

<3056> of truth <225>, that we should be a kind <5100> of

firstfruits <536> of his creatures <2938>.

19. Wherefore <5620>, my beloved <27> brethren <80>, let every

<3956> man <444> be swift <5036> to hear <191>, slow <1021> to

speak <2980>, slow <1021> to wrath <3709>:

20 For the wrath <3709> of man <435> worketh <2716> not the

righteousness <1343> of God <2316>.

21 Wherefore <1352> lay <659> apart <659> all <3956> filthiness

<4507> and superfluity <4050> of naughtiness <2549>, and receive

<1209> with meekness <4240> the engrafted <1721> word <3056>,

which <3588> is able <1410> to save <4982> your <5216> souls

<5590>.

22 But be ye doers <4163> of the word <3056>, and not hearers

<202> only <3440>, deceiving <3884> your <1438> own selves <846>.

23 For if <1487> any <1536> be a hearer <202> of the word

<3056>, and not a doer <4163>, he is like <1503> unto a man

<435> beholding <2657> his natural <1083> face <4383> in a glass

<2072>:

24 For he beholdeth <2657> himself <1438>, and goeth <565> his

way, and straightway <2112> forgetteth <1950> what <3697> manner

<3697> of man he was.

25 But whoso <3588> looketh <3879> into <1519> the perfect

<5046> law <3551> of liberty <1657>, and continueth <3887>

[therein], he being <1096> not a forgetful <1953> hearer <202>,

but a doer <4163> of the work <2041>, this <3778> man shall be

blessed <3107> in his deed <4162>.

26 If <1487> any <1536> man among <1722> you seem <1380> to be

religious <2357>, and bridleth <5468> not his tongue <1100>, but

deceiveth <538> his own <848> heart <2588>, this <5127> man's

religion <2356> [is] vain <3152>.

27 Pure <2513> religion <2356> and undefiled <283> before

<3844> God <2316> and the Father <3962> is this <3778>, To visit

<1980> the fatherless <3737> and widows <5503> in their

affliction <2347>, [and] to keep <5083> himself <1438> unspotted

<784> from the world <2889>.

James 2

1. My brethren <80>, have <2192> not the faith <4102> of our

Lord <2962> Jesus <2424> Christ <5547>, [the Lord] of glory

<1391>, with respect <4382> of persons <4382>.

2 For if <1437> there come <1525> unto your <5216> assembly

<4864> a man <435> with a gold <5554> ring <5554>, in goodly

<2986> apparel <2066>, and there come <1525> in also <2532> a

poor <4434> man in vile <4508> raiment <2066>;

3 And ye have respect <1914> to him that weareth <5409> the gay

<2986> clothing <2066>, and say <2036> unto him, Sit <2521> thou

here <5602> in a good <2573> place; and say <2036> to the poor

<4434>, Stand <2476> thou there <1563>, or <2228> sit <2521>

here <5602> under <5259> my footstool <5286>:

4 Are ye not then <2532> partial <1252> in yourselves <1438>,

and are become <1096> judges <2923> of evil <4190> thoughts

<1261>?

5 Hearken <191>, my beloved <27> brethren <80>, Hath not God

<2316> chosen <1586> the poor <4434> of this <5127> world <2889>

rich <4145> in faith <4102>, and heirs <2818> of the kingdom

<932> which <3735> he hath promised <1861> to them that love

<25> him?

6 But ye have despised <818> the poor <4434>. Do not rich

<4145> men oppress <2616> you, and draw <1670> you before <1519>

the judgment <2922> seats?

7 Do not they blaspheme <987> that worthy <2570> name <3686> by

the which <3588> ye are called <1941>?

8. If <1487> ye fulfil <5055> the royal <937> law <3551>

according <2596> to the scripture <1124>, Thou shalt love <25>

thy neighbour <4139> as thyself <4572>, ye do <4160> well <2573>:

9 But if <1487> ye have respect <4380> to persons <4380>, ye

commit <2038> sin <266>, and are convinced <1651> of the law

<3551> as transgressors <3848>.

10 For whosoever <3748> shall keep <5083> the whole <3650> law

<3551>, and yet offend <4417> in one <1520> [point], he is

guilty <1777> of all <3956>.

11 For he that said <2036>, Do not commit <3431> adultery

<3431>, said <2036> also <2532>, Do not kill <5407>. Now <1161>

if <1487> thou commit <3431> no <3756> adultery <3431>, yet

<1161> if thou kill <5407>, thou art become <1096> a

transgressor <3848> of the law <3551>.

12 So <3779> speak <2980> ye, and so <3779> do <4160>, as they

that shall be judged <2919> by the law <3551> of liberty <1657>.

13 For he shall have judgment <2920> without <448> mercy <448>,

that hath shewed <4160> no <3361> mercy <1656>; and mercy <1656>

rejoiceth <2620> against <2620> judgment <2920>.

14. What <5101> [doth it] profit <3786>, my brethren <80>,

though <1437> a man <5100> say <3004> he hath <2192> faith

<4102>, and have <2192> not works <2041>? can <1410> faith

<4102> save <4982> him?

15 If <1437> a brother <80> or <2228> sister <79> be naked

<1131>, and destitute <3007> of daily <2184> food <5160>,

16 And one <5100> of you say <2036> unto them, Depart <5217> in

peace <1515>, be [ye] warmed <2328> and filled <5526>;

notwithstanding ye give <1325> them not those <3588> things

which are needful <2006> to the body <4983>; what <5101> [doth

it] profit <3786>?

17 Even <2532> so <3779> faith <4102>, if <1437> it hath <2192>

not works <2041>, is dead <3498>, being alone <2596>.

18 Yea <235>, a man <5100> may say <2046>, Thou hast <2192>

faith <4102>, and I have works <2041>: shew <1166> me thy faith

<4102> without <5565> thy works <2041>, and I will shew <1166>

thee my faith <4102> by my works <2041>.

19 Thou believest <4100> that there is one <1520> God <2316>;

thou doest <4160> well <2573>: the devils <1140> also <2532>

believe <4100>, and tremble <5425>.

20 But wilt <2309> thou know <1097>, O vain <2756> man <444>,

that faith <4102> without <5565> works <2041> is dead <3498>?

21 Was not Abraham <11> our father <3962> justified <1344> by

works <2041>, when he had offered <399> Isaac <2464> his son

<5207> upon the altar <2379>?

22 Seest <991> thou how <3754> faith <4102> wrought <4903> with

his works <2041>, and by works <2041> was faith <4102> made

<5048> perfect <5048>?

23 And the scripture <1124> was fulfilled <4137> which <3588>

saith <3004>, Abraham <11> believed <4100> God <2316>, and it

was imputed <3049> unto him for righteousness <1343>: and he was

called <2564> the Friend <5384> of God <2316>.

24 Ye see <3708> then <5106> how that by works <2041> a man

<444> is justified <1344>, and not by faith <4102> only <3440>.

25 Likewise <3668> also <2532> was not Rahab <4460> the harlot

<4204> justified <1344> by works <2041>, when she had received

<5264> the messengers <32>, and had sent <1524> [them] out

another <2087> way <3598>?

26 For as the body <4983> without <5565> the spirit <4151> is

dead <3498>, so <3779> faith <4102> without <5565> works <2041>

is dead <3498> also <2532>.

James 3

1. My brethren <80>, be not many <4183> masters <1320>, knowing

<1492> that we shall receive <2983> the greater <3187>

condemnation <2917>.

2 For in many <4183> things we offend <4417> all <537>. If

<1487> any <1536> man offend <4417> not in word <3056>, the same

<3778> [is] a perfect <5046> man <435>, [and] able <1415> also

<2532> to bridle <5469> the whole <3650> body <4983>.

3 Behold <2400>, we put <906> bits <5469> in the horses <2462>'

mouths <4750>, that they may obey <3982> us; and we turn <3329>

about <3329> their whole <3650> body <4983>.

4 Behold <2400> also <2532> the ships <4143>, which though

[they be] so <5082> great <5082>, and [are] driven <1643> of

fierce <4642> winds <417>, yet are they turned <3329> about

<3329> with a very <1646> small <1646> helm <4079>,

whithersoever <302> the governor <2116> listeth <1014>.

5 Even <2532> so <3779> the tongue <1100> is a little <3398>

member <3196>, and boasteth <3166> great <3166> things. Behold

<2400>, how <2245> great <2245> a matter <5208> a little <3641>

fire <4442> kindleth <381>!

6 And the tongue <1100> [is] a fire <4442>, a world <2889> of

iniquity <93>: so <3779> is the tongue <1100> among <1722> our

members <3196>, that it defileth <4695> the whole <3650> body

<4983>, and setteth <5394> on fire <5394> the course <5164> of

nature <1078>; and it is set <5394> on fire <5394> of hell

<1067>.

7 For every <3956> kind <5449> of beasts <2342>, and of birds

<4071>, and of serpents <2062>, and of things in the sea <1724>,

is tamed <1150>, and hath been tamed <1150> of mankind <442>:

8 But the tongue <1100> can <1410> no <3762> man <444> tame

<1150>; [it is] an unruly <183> evil <2556>, full <3324> of

deadly <2287> poison <2447>.

9 Therewith <846> bless <2127> we God <2316>, even the Father

<3962>; and therewith <846> curse <2672> we men <444>, which

<3588> are made <1096> after <2596> the similitude <3669> of God

<2316>.

10 Out of the same <846> mouth <4750> proceedeth <1831>

blessing <2129> and cursing <2671>. My brethren <80>, these

<5023> things ought <5534> not so <3779> to be.

11 Doth a fountain <4077> send <1032> forth <1032> at <1537>

the same <846> place <3692> sweet <1099> [water] and bitter

<4089>?

12 Can <1410> the fig <4808> tree <4808>, my brethren <80>,

bear <4160> olive <1636> berries <1636>? either <2228> a vine

<288>, figs <4810>? so <3779> [can] no <3762> fountain <4077>

both yield <4160> salt <252> water <5204> and fresh <1099>.

13. Who <5101> [is] a wise <4680> man and endued <1990> with

knowledge <1990> among <1722> you? let him shew <1166> out of a

good <2570> conversation <391> his works <2041> with meekness

<4240> of wisdom <4678>.

14 But if <1487> ye have <2192> bitter <4089> envying <2205>

and strife <2052> in your <5216> hearts <2588>, glory <2620> not,

and lie <5574> not against <2596> the truth <225>.

15 This <3778> wisdom <4678> descendeth <2718> not from above

<509>, but [is] earthly <1919>, sensual <5591>, devilish <1141>.

16 For where <3699> envying <2205> and strife <2052> [is],

there <1563> [is] confusion <181> and every <3956> evil <5337>

work <4229>.

17 But the wisdom <4678> that is from above <509> is first

<4412> pure <53>, then <1899> peaceable <1516>, gentle <1933>,

[and] easy <2138> to be intreated <2138>, full <3324> of mercy

<1656> and good <18> fruits <2590>, without <87> partiality <87>,

and without <505> hypocrisy <505>.

18 And the fruit <2590> of righteousness <1343> is sown <4687>

in peace <1515> of them that make <4160> peace <1515>.

James 4

1. From whence <4159> [come] wars <4171> and fightings <3163>

among <1722> you? [come they] not hence <1782>, [even] of your

<5216> lusts <2237> that war <4754> in your <5216> members

<3196>?

2 Ye lust <1937>, and have <2192> not: ye kill <5407>, and

desire <2206> to have <2192>, and cannot <1410> obtain <2013>:

ye fight <3164> and war <4170>, yet <1161> ye have <2192> not,

because <1223> ye ask <154> not.

3 Ye ask <154>, and receive <2983> not, because <1360> ye ask

<154> amiss <2560>, that ye may consume <1159> [it] upon your

<5216> lusts <2237>.

4 Ye adulterers <3432> and adulteresses <3428>, know <1492> ye

not that the friendship <5373> of the world <2889> is enmity

<2189> with God <2316>? whosoever <302> therefore <3767> will

<1014> be a friend <5384> of the world <2889> is the enemy

<2190> of God <2316>.

5 Do ye think <1380> that the scripture <1124> saith <3004> in

vain <2761>, The spirit <4151> that dwelleth <2730> in us

lusteth <1971> to envy <5355>?

6 But he giveth <1325> more <3187> grace <5485>. Wherefore

<1352> he saith <3004>, God <2316> resisteth <498> the proud

<5244>, but giveth <1325> grace <5485> unto the humble <5011>.

7 Submit <5293> yourselves therefore <3767> to God <2316>.

Resist <436> the devil <1228>, and he will flee <5343> from you.

8 Draw nigh <1448> to God <2316>, and he will draw nigh <1448>

to you. Cleanse <2511> [your] hands <5495>, [ye] sinners <268>;

and purify <48> [your] hearts <2588>, [ye] double <1374> minded

<1374>.

9 Be afflicted <5003>, and mourn <3996>, and weep <2799>: let

your <5216> laughter <1071> be turned <3344> to mourning <3997>,

and [your <3588>] joy <5479> to heaviness <2726>.

10 Humble <5013> yourselves in the sight <1799> of the Lord

<2962>, and he shall lift <5312> you up.

11. Speak <2635> not evil <2635> one <240> of another <240>,

brethren <80>. He that speaketh <2635> evil <2635> of [his]

brother <80>, and judgeth <2919> his brother <80>, speaketh

<2635> evil <2635> of the law <3551>, and judgeth <2919> the law

<3551>: but if <1487> thou judge <2919> the law <3551>, thou art

<1488> not a doer <4163> of the law <3551>, but a judge <2923>.

12 There is one <1520> lawgiver <3550>, who <3588> is able

<1410> to save <4982> and to destroy <622>: who <5101> art

<1488> thou that judgest <2919> another <2087>?

13 Go <33> to now <3568>, ye that say <3004>, To day <4594> or

<2228> to morrow <839> we will go <4198> into <1519> such <3592>

a city <4172>, and continue <4160> there <1563> a year <1763>,

and buy <1710> and sell <1710>, and get gain <2770>:

14 Whereas <3748> ye know <1987> not what <3588> [shall be] on

the morrow <839>. For what <4169> [is] your <5216> life <2222>?

It is even <1063> a vapour <822>, that appeareth <5316> for a

little <3641> time, and then <1899> vanisheth <853> away.

15 For that ye [ought] to say <3004>, If <1437> the Lord <2962>

will <2309>, we shall live <2198>, and do <4160> this <5124>, or

<2228> that.

16 But now <3568> ye rejoice <2744> in your <5216> boastings

<212>: all <3956> such <5108> rejoicing <2746> is evil <4190>.

17 Therefore <3767> to him that knoweth <1492> to do <4160>

good <2570>, and doeth <4160> [it] not, to him it is sin <266>.

James 5

1. Go <33> to now <3568>, [ye] rich <4145> men, weep <2799> and

howl <3649> for your <5216> miseries <5004> that shall come

<1904> upon [you].

2 Your <5216> riches <4149> are corrupted <4595>, and your

<5216> garments <2440> are motheaten <4598>.

3 Your <5216> gold <5557> and silver <696> is cankered <2728>;

and the rust <2447> of them shall be a witness <3142> against

<2596> you, and shall eat <5315> your <5216> flesh <4561> as it

were fire <4442>. Ye have heaped <2343> treasure <2343> together

for the last <2078> days <2250>.

4 Behold <2400>, the hire <3408> of the labourers <2040> who

<3588> have reaped <270> down your <5216> fields <5561>, which

<3588> is of you kept <650> back <650> by fraud <650>, crieth

<2896>: and the cries <995> of them which have reaped <2325> are

entered <1525> into <1519> the ears <3775> of the Lord <2962> of

sabaoth <4519>.

5 Ye have lived <5171> in pleasure <5171> on <1909> the earth

<1093>, and been wanton <4684>; ye have nourished <5142> your

<5216> hearts <2588>, as in a day <2250> of slaughter <4967>.

6 Ye have condemned <2613> [and] killed <5407> the just <1342>;

[and] he doth not resist <498> you.

7 Be patient <3114> therefore <3767>, brethren <80>, unto the

coming <3952> of the Lord <2962>. Behold <2400>, the husbandman

<1092> waiteth <1551> for the precious <5093> fruit <2590> of

the earth <1093>, and hath long <3114> patience <3114> for it,

until <2193> he receive <2983> the early <4406> and latter

<3797> rain <5205>.

8 Be ye also <2532> patient <3114>; stablish <4741> your <5216>

hearts <2588>: for the coming <3952> of the Lord <2962> draweth

nigh <1448>.

9 Grudge <4727> not one <240> against <2596> another <240>,

brethren <80>, lest <3361> ye be condemned <2632>: behold <2400>,

the judge <2923> standeth <2476> before <4253> the door <2374>.

10 Take <2983>, my brethren <80>, the prophets <4396>, who

<3739> have spoken <2980> in the name <3686> of the Lord <2962>,

for an example <5262> of suffering <2552> affliction <2552>, and

of patience <3115>.

11 Behold <2400>, we count <3106> them happy <3106> which

endure <5278>. Ye have heard <191> of the patience <5281> of Job

<2492>, and have seen <1492> the end <5056> of the Lord <2962>;

that the Lord <2962> is very <4184> pitiful <4184>, and of

tender <3629> mercy <3629>.

12. But above <4253> all <3956> things, my brethren <80>, swear

<3660> not, neither <3383> by heaven <3772>, neither <3383> by

the earth <1093>, neither <3383> by any <5100> other <243> oath

<3727>: but let your <5216> yea <3483> be yea <3483>; and [your

<3588>] nay <3756>, nay <3756>; lest <3361> ye fall <4098> into

<5259> condemnation <5272>.

13 Is any <5100> among <1722> you afflicted <2553>? let him

pray <4336>. Is any <5100> merry <2114>? let him sing <5567>

psalms <5567>.

14 Is any <5100> sick <770> among <1722> you? let him call

<4341> for the elders <4245> of the church <1577>; and let them

pray <4336> over <1909> him, anointing <218> him with oil <1637>

in the name <3686> of the Lord <2962>:

15 And the prayer <2171> of faith <4102> shall save <4982> the

sick <2577>, and the Lord <2962> shall raise <1453> him up; and

if he have committed <4160> sins <266>, they shall be forgiven

<863> him.

16 Confess <1843> [your <3588>] faults <3900> one <240> to

another <240>, and pray <2172> one <240> for another <240>, that

ye may be healed <2390>. The effectual <1754> fervent prayer

<1162> of a righteous <1342> man availeth <2480> much <4183>.

17 Elias <2243> was a man <444> subject <3663> to like <3663>

passions <3663> as we are, and he prayed <4336> earnestly <4335>

that it might not rain <1026>: and it rained <1026> not on

<1909> the earth <1093> by the space of three <5140> years

<1763> and six <1803> months <3376>.

18 And he prayed <4336> again <3825>, and the heaven <3772>

gave <1325> rain <5205>, and the earth <1093> brought <985>

forth <985> her fruit <2590>.

19 Brethren <80>, if <1437> any <1536> of you do err <4105>

from the truth <225>, and one <5100> convert <1994> him;

20 Let him know <1097>, that he which converteth <1994> the

sinner <268> from the error <4106> of his way <3598> shall save

<4982> a soul <5590> from death <2288>, and shall hide <2572> a

multitude <4128> of sins <266>.