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1 James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ,[fn] to the twelve tribes in the Dispersion: Greetings.
2 Consider it all joy, my brothers, when you encounter various trials, 3 knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance. 4 And let endurance have its perfect work, so that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.
5 But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of the God who gives to all generously and without reproach, and it will be given to him.
6 But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea driven and tossed by the wind. 7 For that person must not suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord, 8 a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.
9 Let the lowly brother boast in his exaltation, 10 and the rich in his humiliation, because like a flower of the grass he will pass away. 11 For the sun rises with its scorching heat and withers the grass; its flower falls, and its beauty perishes. So also will the rich man fade away in the midst of his pursuits.
12 Blessed is the man who endures temptation, because when he has been tested, He will receive the crown of life, which {he}[fn] promised to those who love him.
13 Let no one say when he is tempted, “I am being tempted by God,” for God cannot be tempted with evil, and He himself tempts no one. 14 But each person is tempted when he is lured and enticed by his own desire. 15 Then desire, when it has conceived, gives birth to sin, and sin, when it is fully grown, brings forth death.
16 Do not be deceived, my beloved brothers.
17 Every good gift 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. 18 Of his own will he brought us forth by the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.
19 {Know this},[fn] my beloved brothers: [but][fn] let every man be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger; 20 for the anger of man does {not work}[fn] the righteousness of God. 21 Therefore, put away all filthiness and rampant wickedness and receive with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.
22 But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.
23 For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man who looks intently at his natural face in a mirror; 24 for he looks at himself and goes away and at once forgets what he was like.
25 But the one who looks into the perfect law, the law of liberty, and perseveres, [[this one]][fn] not a hearer who forgets but a doer who acts, he will be blessed in his doing.
26 If anyone [[among you]][fn] thinks he is religious and does not bridle his tongue but deceives his heart, this person's religion is worthless.
27 Religion that is pure and undefiled before God the Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained from the world.
1:1, Christ: The Greek word for Christ means (1) fulfiller of Israelite expectation of a deliverer, the Anointed One, the Messiah, the Christ, (2) the personal name ascribed to Jesus, Christ. (BDAG, Χριστός)
1:12, he: Later manuscripts read “the Lord.” BYZ TR
1:19, know this: Later manuscripts read “Therefore.” BYZ TR
1:19, but: Absent from some manuscripts. BYZ TR
1:20, not work: NA27 SBLGNT THGNT ‖ Later manuscripts read “not produce.” NA28 BYZ TR
1:25, this one: Later manuscripts add. BYZ TR
1:26, among you: Later manuscripts add. BYZ TR