1:1 James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting. 
1:1 James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes who are scattered abroad, greeting. 

1:2 My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations. 
1:2 My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into various temptations; 

1:3 Knowing {this}, that the trying of your faith worketh patience. 
1:3 Knowing {this}, that the trying of your faith worketh patience. 

1:4 But let patience have {her} perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing. 
1:4 But let patience have {her} perfect work, that ye may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing. 

1:5 If any of you lacketh wisdom, let him ask of God, who giveth to all {men} liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given to him. 
1:5  If any of you lacketh wisdom, let him ask of God, who giveth to all {men} liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given to him. 

1:6 But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed. 
1:6 But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed. 

1:7 For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing from the Lord. 
1:7 For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing from the Lord. 

1:8 A man unsettled in his opinions {is} unstable in all his ways. 
1:8 A double minded man {is} unstable in all his ways. 

1:9 Let the brother of low degree rejoice in that he is exalted: 
1:9  Let the brother of low degree rejoice in that he is exalted: 

1:10 But the rich, in that he is made low: because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away. 
1:10 But the rich, in that he is made low: because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away. 

1:11 For the sun hath no sooner risen with a burning heat, but it withereth the grass, and its flower falleth, and the grace of the fashion of it perisheth: so also shall the rich man fade away in his ways. 
1:11 For the sun hath no sooner risen with a burning heat, but it withereth the grass, and its flower falleth, and the grace of its fashion perisheth: so also shall the rich man fade away in his ways. 

1:12 Blessed {is} the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him. 
1:12 Blessed {is} the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him. 

1:13 Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted by God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man: 
1:13 Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted by God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man: 

1:14 But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away by his own lust, and enticed. 
1:14 But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away by his own lust, and enticed. 

1:15 Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death. 
1:15 Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death. 

1:16 Do not err, my beloved brethren. 
1:16 Do not err, my beloved brethren. 

1:17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning. 
1:17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning. 

1:18 Of his own will he hath begotten us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of first-fruits of his creatures. 
1:18 Of his own will he hath begotten us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures. 

1:19 Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath: 
1:19 Therefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath: 

1:20 For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God. 
1:20 For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God. 

1:21 Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the ingrafted word, which is able to save your souls. 
1:21 Therefore put away all filthiness and all that remains of wickedness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls. 

1:22 But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves. 
1:22 But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves. 

1:23 For if any is a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like a man beholding his natural face in a glass: 
1:23 For if any is a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like a man beholding his natural face in a mirror: 

1:24 For he beholdeth himself, and goeth away, and immediately forgetteth what manner of man he was. 
1:24 For he beholdeth himself, and goeth away, and immediately forgetteth what manner of man he was. 

1:25 But he who looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth {in it}, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed. 
1:25 But he who looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth {in it}, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed. 

1:26 If any man among you seemeth to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion {is} vain. 
1:26 If any man among you seemeth to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion {is} vain. 

1:27 Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, {and} to keep himself unspotted from the world. 
1:27 Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, {and} to keep himself unspotted from the world.