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\par }{\MT JAMES

\par }\ChapOne{1}{\PP \VerseOne{1}James,
a
servant
of
God
and
of
the
Lord
Jesus
Christ,
to
the
twelve
tribes
which
are
of
the
Dispersion,
greeting.
\par }{\BB \par }{\PP \VS{2}Count
it
all
joy,
my
brethren,
when
ye
fall
into
manifold
temptations;
\VS{3}knowing
that
the proving
of
your
faith
worketh
patience.
\VS{4}And
let
patience
have
{\ADD{
its}}
perfect
work,
that
ye
may
be
perfect
and
entire,
lacking
in
nothing.
\par }{\PP \VS{5}But
if
any
of
you
lacketh
wisdom,
let
him
ask
of
God,
who
giveth
to
all
liberally
and
upbraideth
not;
and
it
shall
be
given
him.
\VS{6}But
let
him
ask
in
faith,
nothing
doubting:
for
he
that
doubteth
is
like
the
surge
of
the
sea
driven
by
the
wind
and
tossed.
\VS{7}For
let
not
that
man
think
that
he
shall
receive
anything
of
the
Lord;
\VS{8}a doubleminded
man,
unstable
in
all
his
ways.
\par }{\PP \VS{9}But
let
the
brother
of
low
degree
glory
in
his
high
estate:
\VS{10}and
the
rich,
in
that
he
is
made
low:
because
as
the
flower
of
the
grass
he
shall
pass
away.
\VS{11}For
the
sun
ariseth
with
the
scorching
wind,
and
withereth
the
grass;
and
the
flower
thereof
falleth,
and
the
grace
of
the
fashion
of
it
perisheth:
so
also
shall
the
rich
man
fade
away
in
his
goings.
\par }{\PP \VS{12}Blessed
is
the
man
that
endureth
temptation;
for
when
he
hath
been
approved,
he
shall
receive
the
crown
of
life,
which
{\ADD{
the
Lord}}
promised
to
them
that
love
him.
\VS{13}Let
no
man
say
when
he
is
tempted,
I
am
tempted
of
God;
for
God
cannot
be
tempted
with
evil,
and
he
himself
tempteth
no
man:
\VS{14}but
each
man
is
tempted,
when
he
is
drawn
away
by
his
own
lust,
and
enticed.
\VS{15}Then
the
lust,
when
it
hath
conceived,
beareth
sin:
and
the
sin,
when
it
is fullgrown,
bringeth
forth
death.
\VS{16}Be
not
deceived,
my
beloved
brethren.
\VS{17}Every
good
gift
and
every
perfect
gift
is
from
above,
coming
down
from
the
Father
of
lights,
with
whom
can
be
no
variation,
neither
shadow
that
is
cast
by
turning.
\VS{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.
\par }{\PP \VS{19}Ye
know
{\ADD{
this}},
my
beloved
brethren.
But
let
every
man
be
swift
to
hear,
slow
to
speak,
slow
to
wrath:
\VS{20}for
the
wrath
of
man
worketh
not
the
righteousness
of
God.
\VS{21}Wherefore
putting
away
all
filthiness
and
overflowing
of
wickedness,
receive
with
meekness
the
implanted
word,
which
is
able
to
save
your
souls.
\VS{22}But
be
ye
doers
of
the
word,
and
not hearers
only, deluding
your
own
selves.
\VS{23}For
if
any
one
is
a hearer
of
the
word
and
not
a
doer,
he
is
like
unto
a
man
beholding
his
natural
face
in
a
mirror:
\VS{24}for
he
beholdeth
himself,
and
goeth
away,
and
straightway
forgetteth
what
manner
of
man
he
was.
\VS{25}But
he
that
looketh
into
the
perfect
law,
the
{\ADD{
law}}
of
liberty,
and
{\ADD{
so}}
continueth,
being
not
a hearer
that
forgetteth
but
a
doer
that
worketh,
this
man
shall
be
blessed
in
his
doing.
\VS{26}If
any
man
thinketh
himself
to
be
religious,
while
he
bridleth
not
his
tongue
but
deceiveth
his
heart,
this
man’s
religion
is
vain.
\VS{27}Pure
religion
and
undefiled
before
our
God
and
Father
is
this,
to
visit
the
fatherless
and
widows
in
their
affliction,
{\ADD{
and}}
to
keep
oneself unspotted
from
the
world.

\par }\Chap{2}{\PP \VerseOne{1}My
brethren,
hold
not
the
faith
of
our
Lord
Jesus
Christ,
{\ADD{
the
Lord}}
of
glory,
with
respect
of
persons.
\VS{2}For
if
there
come
into
your
synagogue
a
man
with
a
gold
ring,
in
fine
clothing,
and
there
come
in
also
a
poor
man
in
vile
clothing;
\VS{3}and
ye
have
regard
to
him
that
weareth
the
fine
clothing,
and
say,
Sit
thou
here
in
a
good
place;
and
ye
say
to
the
poor
man,
Stand
thou
there,
or
sit
under
my
footstool;
\VS{4}do
ye
not
make
distinctions
among
yourselves,
and
become
judges
with
evil
thoughts?
\VS{5}Hearken,
my
beloved
brethren;
did
not
God
choose
them
that
are
poor
as
to
the
world
{\ADD{
to
be}}
rich
in
faith,
and
heirs
of
the
kingdom
which
he
promised
to
them
that
love
him?
\VS{6}But
ye
have
dishonored
the
poor
man.
Do
not
the
rich
oppress
you,
and
themselves
drag
you
before
the judgment-seats?
\VS{7}Do
not
they
blaspheme
the
honorable
name
by
which
ye
are
called?
\VS{8}Howbeit
if
ye
fulfil
the
royal
law,
according
to
the
scripture,
Thou
shalt
love
thy
neighbor
as
thyself,
ye
do
well:
\VS{9}but
if
ye
have
respect
of
persons,
ye
commit
sin,
being
convicted
by
the
law
as
transgressors.
\VS{10}For
whosoever
shall
keep
the
whole
law,
and
yet
stumble
in
one
{\ADD{
point}},
he
is
become
guilty
of
all.
\VS{11}For
he
that
said,
Do
not
commit
adultery,
said
also,
Do
not
kill.
Now
if
thou
dost
not
commit
adultery,
but killest,
thou
art
become
a
transgressor
of
the
law.
\VS{12}So
speak
ye,
and
so
do,
as
men
that
are
to
be
judged
by
a
law
of
liberty.
\VS{13}For
judgment
{\ADD{
is}}
without
mercy
to
him
that
hath
showed
no
mercy:
mercy
glorieth
against
judgment.
\par }{\PP \VS{14}What
doth
it
profit,
my
brethren,
if
a
man
say
he
hath
faith,
but
have
not
works?
can
that
faith
save
him?
\VS{15}If
a
brother
or
sister
be
naked
and
in
lack
of
daily
food,
\VS{16}and
one
of
you
say
unto
them,
Go
in
peace,
be
ye
warmed
and
filled;
and
yet
ye
give
them
not
the
things
needful
to
the
body;
what
doth
it
profit?
\VS{17}Even
so
faith,
if
it
have
not
works,
is
dead
in
itself.
\VS{18}Yea,
a
man
will
say,
Thou
hast
faith,
and
I
have
works:
show
me
thy
faith
apart
from
{\ADD{
thy}}
works,
and
I
by
my
works
will
show
thee
{\ADD{
my}}
faith.
\VS{19}Thou
believest
that
God
is
one;
thou
doest
well:
the
demons
also
believe,
and
shudder.
\VS{20}But
wilt
thou
know,
O
vain
man,
that
faith
apart
from
works
is
barren?
\VS{21}Was
not
Abraham
our
father
justified
by
works,
in
that
he
offered
up
Isaac
his
son
upon
the
altar?
\VS{22}Thou
seest
that
faith
wrought
with
his
works,
and
by
works
was
faith
made
perfect;
\VS{23}and
the
scripture
was
fulfilled
which
saith,
And
Abraham
believed
God,
and
it
was
reckoned
unto
him
for
righteousness;
and
he
was
called
the
friend
of
God.
\VS{24}Ye
see
that
by
works
a
man
is
justified,
and
not
only
by
faith.
\VS{25}And
in
like
manner
was
not
also
Rahab
the
harlot
justified
by
works,
in
that
she
received
the
messengers,
and
sent
them
out
another
way?
\VS{26}For
as
the
body
apart
from
the
spirit
is
dead,
even
so
faith
apart
from
works
is
dead.

\par }\Chap{3}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Be
not
many
{\ADD{
of
you}}
teachers,
my
brethren,
knowing
that
we
shall
receive
heavier
judgment.
\VS{2}For
in
many
things
we
all
stumble.
If
any
stumbleth
not
in
word,
the
same
is
a
perfect
man,
able
to
bridle
the
whole
body
also.
\VS{3}Now
if
we
put
the
horses’
bridles
into
their
mouths
that
they
may
obey
us,
we
turn
about
their
whole
body
also.
\VS{4}Behold,
the
ships
also,
though
they
are
so
great
and
are
driven
by
rough
winds,
are
yet
turned
about
by
a
very
small
rudder,
whither
the impulse
of
the steersman willeth.
\VS{5}So
the
tongue
also
is
a
little
member,
and
boasteth
great
things.
Behold,
how
much
wood
is
kindled
by
how
small
a
fire!
\VS{6}And
the
tongue
is
a
fire:
the
world
of
iniquity
among
our
members
is
the
tongue,
which
defileth
the
whole
body,
and
setteth
on
fire
the
wheel
of
nature,
and
is
set
on
fire
by
hell.
\VS{7}For
every
kind
of
beasts
and
birds,
of
creeping
things
and
things
in
the
sea,
is
tamed,
and
hath
been
tamed
by
mankind:
\VS{8}but
the
tongue
can
no
man
tame;
{\ADD{
it
is}}
a
restless
evil,
{\ADD{
it
is}}
full
of
deadly
poison.
\VS{9}Therewith
bless
we
the
Lord
and
Father;
and
therewith
curse
we
men,
who
are
made
after
the
likeness
of
God:
\VS{10}out
of
the
same
mouth
cometh
forth
blessing
and
cursing.
My
brethren,
these
things
ought
not
so
to
be.
\VS{11}Doth
the
fountain
send
forth
from
the
same
opening
sweet
{\ADD{
water}}
and
bitter?
\VS{12}can
a
fig
tree,
my
brethren,
yield
olives,
or
a
vine
figs?
neither
{\ADD{
can}}
salt
water
yield
sweet.
\par }{\PP \VS{13}Who
is
wise
and
understanding
among
you?
let
him
show
by
his
good
life
his
works
in
meekness
of
wisdom.
\VS{14}But
if
ye
have
bitter
jealousy
and faction
in
your
heart,
glory
not
and
lie
not
against
the
truth.
\VS{15}This
wisdom
is
not
{\ADD{
a
wisdom}}
that
cometh
down
from
above,
but
is
earthly,
sensual,
devilish.
\VS{16}For
where
jealousy
and faction
are,
there
is
confusion
and
every
vile
deed.
\VS{17}But
the
wisdom
that
is
from
above
is
first
pure,
then
peaceable,
gentle,
easy
to
be
entreated,
full
of
mercy
and
good
fruits,
without variance,
without
hypocrisy.
\VS{18}And
the
fruit
of
righteousness
is
sown
in
peace
for
them
that
make
peace.

\par }\Chap{4}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Whence
{\ADD{
come}}
wars
and
whence
{\ADD{
come}}
fightings
among
you?
{\ADD{
come
they}}
not
hence,
{\ADD{
even}}
of
your
pleasures
that
war
in
your
members?
\VS{2}Ye
lust,
and
have
not:
ye
kill,
and
covet,
and
cannot
obtain:
ye
fight
and
war;
ye
have
not,
because
ye
ask
not.
\VS{3}Ye
ask,
and
receive
not,
because
ye
ask
amiss,
that
ye
may
spend
{\ADD{
it}}
in
your
pleasures.
\VS{4}Ye
adulteresses,
know
ye
not
that
the
friendship
of
the
world
is
enmity
with
God?
Whosoever
therefore
would
be
a
friend
of
the
world
maketh
himself
an
enemy
of
God.
\VS{5}Or
think
ye
that
the
scripture
speaketh
in
vain?
Doth
the
spirit
which
he
made
to
dwell
in
us
long
unto
envying?
\VS{6}But
he
giveth
more
grace.
Wherefore
{\ADD{
the
scripture}}
saith,
God resisteth
the
proud,
but
giveth
grace
to
the
humble.
\VS{7}Be
subject
therefore
unto
God;
but
resist
the
devil,
and
he
will
flee
from
you.
\VS{8}Draw
nigh
to
God,
and
he
will
draw
nigh
to
you.
Cleanse
your
hands,
ye
sinners;
and
purify
your
hearts,
ye doubleminded.
\VS{9}Be
afflicted,
and
mourn,
and
weep:
let
your
laughter
be
turned
to
mourning,
and
your
joy
to
heaviness.
\VS{10}Humble
yourselves
in
the
sight
of
the
Lord,
and
he
shall
exalt
you.
\par }{\PP \VS{11}Speak
not
one
against
another,
brethren.
He
that
speaketh
against
a
brother,
or
judgeth
his
brother,
speaketh
against
the
law,
and
judgeth
the
law:
but
if
thou
judgest
the
law,
thou
art
not
a
doer
of
the
law,
but
a
judge.
\VS{12}One
{\ADD{
only}}
is
the
lawgiver
and
judge,
{\ADD{
even}}
he
who
is
able
to
save
and
to
destroy:
but
who
art
thou
that
judgest
thy
neighbor?
\par }{\PP \VS{13}Come
now,
ye
that
say, To-day
or to-morrow
we
will
go
into
this
city,
and
spend
a
year
there,
and
trade,
and
get
gain:
\VS{14}whereas
ye
know
not
what
shall
be
on
the
morrow.
What
is
your
life?
For
ye
are
a
vapor
that
appeareth
for
a
little
time,
and
then
vanisheth
away.
\VS{15}For
that
ye
ought
to
say,
If
the
Lord
will,
we
shall
both
live,
and
do
this
or
that.
\VS{16}But
now
ye
glory
in
your vauntings:
all
such
glorying
is
evil.
\VS{17}To
him
therefore
that
knoweth
to
do
good,
and
doeth
it
not,
to
him
it
is
sin.

\par }\Chap{5}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Come
now,
ye
rich,
weep
and
howl
for
your
miseries
that
are
coming
upon
you.
\VS{2}Your
riches
are
corrupted,
and
your
garments
are
moth-eaten.
\VS{3}Your
gold
and
your
silver
are
rusted;
and
their
rust
shall
be
for
a
testimony
against
you,
and
shall
eat
your
flesh
as
fire.
Ye
have
laid
up
your
treasure
in
the
last
days.
\VS{4}Behold,
the
hire
of
the
laborers
who mowed
your
fields,
which
is
of
you
kept
back
by
fraud,
crieth
out:
and
the
cries
of
them
that
reaped
have
entered
into
the
ears
of
the
Lord
of
Sabaoth.
\VS{5}Ye
have
lived
delicately
on
the
earth,
and
taken
your
pleasure;
ye
have
nourished
your
hearts
in
a
day
of
slaughter.
\VS{6}Ye
have
condemned,
ye
have
killed
the
righteous
{\ADD{
one}};
he
doth
not
resist
you.
\par }{\PP \VS{7}Be
patient
therefore,
brethren,
until
the
coming
of
the
Lord.
Behold,
the
husbandman
waiteth
for
the
precious
fruit
of
the
earth,
being
patient
over
it,
until
it
receive
the
early
and
latter
rain.
\VS{8}Be
ye
also
patient;
establish
your
hearts:
for
the
coming
of
the
Lord
is
at
hand.
\VS{9}Murmur
not,
brethren,
one
against
another,
that
ye
be
not
judged:
behold,
the
judge
standeth
before
the
doors.
\VS{10}Take,
brethren,
for
an
example
of
suffering
and
of
patience,
the
prophets
who
spake
in
the
name
of
the
Lord.
\VS{11}Behold,
we
call
them
blessed
that
endured:
ye
have
heard
of
the
patience
of
Job,
and
have
seen
the
end
of
the
Lord,
how
that
the
Lord
is
full
of
pity,
and
merciful.
\par }{\PP \VS{12}But
above
all
things,
my
brethren,
swear
not,
neither
by
the
heaven,
nor
by
the
earth,
nor
by
any
other
oath:
but
let
your
yea
be
yea,
and
your
nay,
nay;
that
ye
fall
not
under
judgment.
\par }{\PP \VS{13}Is
any
among
you
suffering?
let
him
pray.
Is
any
cheerful?
let
him
sing
praise.
\VS{14}Is
any
among
you
sick?
let
him
call
for
the
elders
of
the
church;
and
let
them
pray
over
him,
anointing
him
with
oil
in
the
name
of
the
Lord:
\VS{15}and
the
prayer
of
faith
shall
save
him
that
is
sick,
and
the
Lord
shall
raise
him
up;
and
if
he
have
committed
sins,
it
shall
be
forgiven
him.
\VS{16}Confess
therefore
your
sins
one
to
another,
and
pray
one
for
another,
that
ye
may
be
healed.
The
supplication
of
a
righteous
man
availeth
much
in
its
working.
\VS{17}Elijah
was
a
man
of
like
passions
with
us,
and
he
prayed fervently
that
it
might
not
rain;
and
it
rained
not
on
the
earth
for
three
years
and
six
months.
\VS{18}And
he
prayed
again;
and
the
heaven
gave
rain,
and
the
earth
brought
forth
her
fruit.
\par }{\PP \VS{19}My
brethren,
if
any
among
you
err
from
the
truth,
and
one
convert
him;
\VS{20}let
him
know,
that
he
who
converteth
a
sinner
from
the
error
of
his
way
shall
save
a
soul
from
death,
and
shall
cover
a
multitude
of
sins.
\par }