ASV_Strong : James 1
1. 660[G2385], a servant[G1401] of God[G2316] and[G2532] of the Lord[G2962] Jesus[G2424] Christ[G5547], to the twelve[G1427] tribes[G5443] which are of the Dispersion[G1290], greeting[G5463].
2. Count it[G2233] all[G3956] joy[G5479], my[G3450] brethren[G80], when[G3752] ye fall[G4045] into manifold[G4164] temptations[G3986];
3. Knowing[G1097] that[G3754] the proving[G1383] of your[G5216] faith[G4102] worketh[G2716] patience[G5281].
4. And[G1161] let patience[G5281] have[G2192] its perfect[G5046] work[G2041], that[G2443] ye may be[G5600] perfect[G5046] and[G2532] entire[G3648], lacking[G3007] in[G1722] nothing[G3367].
5. But if[G1487] any[G5100] of you[G5216] lacketh[G3007] wisdom[G4678], let him ask[G154] of[G3844] God[G2316], who giveth[G1325] to all[G3956] liberally[G574] and[G2532] upbraideth[G3679] not[G3361]; and[G2532] it shall be given[G1325] him[G846].
6. But[G1161] let him ask[G154] in[G1722] faith[G4102], nothing[G3367] doubting[G1252]: for[G1063] he that doubteth[G1252] is like[G1503] the surge[G2830] of the sea[G2281] driven by the wind[G416] and[G2532] tossed[G4494].
7. For[G1063] let not[G3361] that[G1565] man[G444] think[G3633] that[G3754] he shall receive[G2983] anything[G5100] of[G3844] the Lord[G2962];
8. a doubleminded[G1374] man[G435], unstable[G182] in[G1722] all[G3956] his[G846] ways[G3598].
9. But let[G1161] the brother[G80] of low degree[G5011] glory[G2744] in[G1722] his[G846] high estate[G5311]:
10. and[G1161] the rich[G4145], in[G1722] that he[G846] is made low[G5014]: because[G3754] as[G5613] the flower[G438] of the grass[G5528] he shall pass away[G3928].
11. For[G1063] the sun[G2246] ariseth[G393] with[G4862] the scorching[G2742] wind[G2532], and withereth[G3583] the grass[G5528]: and[G2532] the flower[G438] thereof[G846] falleth[G1601], and[G2532] the grace[G2143] of the fashion[G4383] of it[G846] perisheth[G622]: so[G3779] also[G2532] shall[G3133] the rich man[G4145] fade away[G3133] in[G1722] his[G846] goings[G4197].
12. Blessed[G3107] is the man[G435] that[G3739] endureth[G5278] temptation[G3986]; for[G3754] when he hath been[G1096] approved[G1384], he shall receive[G2983] the crown[G4735] of life[G2222], which[G3739] the Lord[G2962] promised[G1861] to them[G3588] that love[G25] him[G846].
13. Let no man[G3367] say[G3004] when[G3754] he is tempted[G3985], I am tempted[G3985] of[G575] God[G2316]; for[G1063] God[G2316] cannot be tempted[G551, Exodus76] with evil[G2556], and he[G846] himself tempteth[G3985] no[G1161] man[G3762]:
14. but[G1161] each man[G1538] is tempted[G3985], when he is drawn away[G1828] by[G5259] his own[G2398] lust[G1939], and[G2532] enticed[G1185].
15. Then the lust[G1939], when[G1534] it hath conceived[G4815], beareth[G5088] sin[G266]: and[G1161] the sin[G266], when it is fullgrown[G658], bringeth forth[G616] death[G2288].
16. Be[G4105] not[G3361] deceived[G4105], my[G3450] beloved[G27] brethren[G80].
17. Every[G3956] good[G18] gift[G1394] and[G2532] every[G3956] perfect[G5046] gift[G1434] is[G2076] from above[G509], coming down[G2597] from[G575] the Father[G3962] of lights[G5457], with[G3844] whom[G3739] can be[G1762] no[G3756] variation[G3883], neither[G2228] shadow[G644] that is cast by turning[G5157].
18. Of his own will[G1014] he brought[G616] us[G2248] forth by the word[G3056] of truth[G1519], that we[G2248] should be[G1511] a kind[G5100] of firstfruits[G536] of his[G846] creatures[G2938].
19. Ye know[G5620] this[G3450], my beloved[G27] brethren[G80]. But let every[G3956] man[G444] be[G2077] swift[G5036] to[G1519] hear[G191], slow[G1021] to[G1519] speak[G2980], slow[G1021] to[G1519] wrath[G3709]:
20. for[G1063] the wrath[G3709] of man[G435] worketh[G2716] not[G3756] the righteousness[G1343] of God[G2316].
21. Wherefore[G1352] putting away[G659] all[G3956] filthiness[G4507] and[G2532] overflowing[G4050] of wickedness[G2549], receive[G1209] with[G1722] meekness[G4240] the implanted[G1721] word[G3056], which[G3588] is able[G1410] to save[G4982] your[G5216] souls[G5590].
22. But[G1161] be[G1096] ye doers[G4163] of the word[G3056], and[G2532] not[G3361] hearers[G202] only[G3440], deluding[G3884] your own selves[G1438].
23. For[G3754] if[G1487] any[G5100] one is a hearer[G202] of the word[G3056] and[G2532] not[G3756] a doer[G4163], he[G3778] is[G2076] like unto[G1503] a man[G435] beholding[G2657] his[G846] natural[G1078] face[G4383] in[G1722] a mirror[G2072]:
24. for[G1063] he beholdeth[G2657] himself[G1438], and[G2532] goeth away[G565], and[G2532] straightway[G2112] forgetteth[G1950] what manner of man[G3697] he was[G2258].
25. But[G1161] he that looketh[G3879] into[G1519] the perfect[G5046] law[G3551], the law[G3551] of liberty[G1657], and[G2532] so continueth[G3887], being[G1096] not[G3756] a hearer[G202] that forgetteth[G1953] but[G235] a doer[G4163] that worketh[G2041], this man[G3778] shall be[G2071] blessed[G3107] in[G1722] his[G846] doing[G4162].
26. If[G1487] any man[G5100, 1722, 5213] thinketh[G1380] himself to be[G1511] religious[G2357], while he bridleth[G5468] not[G3361] his[G846] tongue[G1100] but[G235] deceiveth[G538] his[G846] heart[G2588], this man[G5127]'s religion[G2356] is vain[G3152].
27. Pure[G2513] religion[G2356] and[G2532] undefiled[G283] before[G3844] our God[G2316] and[G2532] Father[G3962] is[G2076] this[G3778], to visit[G1980] the fatherless[G3737] and[G2532] widows[G5503] in[G1722] their[G846] affliction[G2347], and to keep[G5083] oneself[G1438] unspotted[G784] from[G575] the world[G2889].
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