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{\MT The General Epistle of James

\par }\ChapOne{1}{\PP \VerseOne{1}James, bondman
of
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Elohim}God
and
of [the]
Lord
Jesus
Christ,
to
the
twelve
tribes
which [are]
in
the
dispersion,
greeting.
\VS{2}Count
it
all
joy,
my
brethren,
when ye fall into
various temptations,
\VS{3}knowing
that
the proving
of
your
faith works
endurance.
\VS{4}But
let
endurance
have [its]
perfect
work,
that ye
may
be
perfect
and
complete,
lacking
in
nothing.
\VS{5}But
if
any
one
of
you
lack
wisdom, let
him
ask
of
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Elohim}God,
who
gives
to
all freely
and reproaches
not,
and
it
shall
be
given
to
him:
\VS{6}but let
him
ask
in
faith,
nothing
doubting.
For
he
that
doubts
is like
a wave
of
the
sea
driven
by
the
wind
and
tossed
about;
\VS{7}for let
not
that
man think
that
he
shall
receive
anything
from
the
Lord;
\VS{8}[he
is]
a
double-minded
man,
unstable
in
all
his
ways.
\VS{9}But let
the
brother
of low degree
glory
in
his elevation,
\VS{10}and
the
rich
in
his
humiliation,
because
as [the] grass's
flower
he
will
pass
away.
\VS{11}For
the
sun
has
risen
with
its burning
heat,
and
has
withered
the
grass,
and
its
flower
has fallen,
and
the comeliness
of
its look
has
perished:
thus
the
rich
also
shall
wither
in
his goings.
\VS{12}Blessed [is
the]
man
who
endures
temptation;
for, having
been
proved,
he shall
receive
the
crown
of
life,
which
He
has
promised
to
them
that
love
him.
\VS{13}Let
no
man,
being
tempted,
say,
I
am
tempted
of
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Elohim}God.
For
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Elohim}God
cannot
be
tempted
by
evil
things,
and
himself
tempts
no
one.
\VS{14}But
every
one
is
tempted, drawn
away,
and
enticed
by
his
own
lust;
\VS{15}then
lust, having
conceived,
gives
birth
to
sin;
but
sin fully completed
brings
forth
death.
\VS{16}Do
not err,
my
beloved
brethren.
\VS{17}Every
good
gift
and
every
perfect
gift
comes
down
from
above,
from
the
Father
of
lights,
with
whom
is
no
variation
nor
shadow
of turning.
\VS{18}According
to
his
own
will begat
he
us
by
the
word
of
truth,
that
we
should
be
a
certain first-fruits
of
{\BD{
his}}
creatures.
\VS{19}So
that,
my
beloved
brethren,
let
every
man
be swift
to
hear,
slow
to
speak,
slow
to
wrath;
\VS{20}for man's
wrath
does
not
work
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 1:20 }
Elohim}God's
righteousness.
\VS{21}Wherefore,
laying
aside
all filthiness
and abounding
of
wickedness,
accept
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, beguiling
yourselves.
\VS{23}For
if
any
man
be
a
hearer
of [the]
word
and
not
a
doer,
{\BD{
he}}
is
like
to
a
man considering
his
natural
face
in
a
mirror:
\VS{24}for
he
has considered
himself
and
is
gone
away,
and straightway
he
has
forgotten
what
he
was like.
\VS{25}But
{\BD{
he}}
that
fixes
his
view
on [the]
perfect
law,
that
of
liberty,
and
abides
in [it],
being
not
a
forgetful
hearer
but
a
doer
of [the]
work,
{\BD{
he}}
shall
be
blessed
in
his
doing.
\VS{26}If
any
one
think
himself
to
be
religious,
not bridling
his
tongue,
but deceiving
his
heart,
this man's
religion
is
vain.
\VS{27}Pure
and
undefiled
religion
before
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Elohim}God
and
the
Father
is
this:
to
visit
orphans
and
widows
in
their
affliction,
to
keep
oneself unspotted
from
the
world.

\par }\Chap{2}{\PP \VerseOne{1}My
brethren,
do
not
have
the
faith
of
our
Lord
Jesus
Christ, [Lord]
of
glory,
with respect
of persons:
\VS{2}for
if
there
come unto
your
synagogue
a
man
with
a
gold
ring
in
splendid
apparel,
and
a
poor
man
also
come
in
in vile
apparel,
\VS{3}and ye
look
upon
him
who wears
the
splendid
apparel,
and
say,
Do thou
sit
here
well,
and
say
to
the
poor,
Do thou
stand
there,
or
sit
here
under
my
footstool:
\VS{4}have ye
not
made
a difference
among
yourselves,
and
become
judges having
evil
thoughts?
\VS{5}Hear,
my
beloved
brethren:
Has
not
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 2:5 }
Elohim}God
chosen
the
poor
as
to
the
world,
rich
in
faith,
and
heirs
of
the
kingdom,
which
he
has
promised
to
them
that
love
him?
\VS{6}But
{\BD{ye}}
have despised
the
poor [man].
Do
not
the
rich oppress
you,
and [do
not]
{\BD{
they}}
drag
you
before [the] tribunals?
\VS{7}And [do
not]
{\BD{
they}}
blaspheme
the
excellent
name
which
has
been
called
upon
you?
\VS{8}If indeed ye
keep [the]
royal
law
according
to
the
scripture, Thou shalt
love thy neighbour
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
whoever shall
keep
the
whole
law
and shall offend
in
one [point],
he
has
come
under
the guilt
of [breaking]
all.
\VS{11}For
he
who
said, Thou shalt
not
commit
adultery,
said
also, Thou shalt
not kill.
Now
if thou dost
not
commit
adultery,
but killest, thou art
become
transgressor
of [the]
law.
\VS{12}So
speak ye,
and
so
act,
as
those
that
are
to
be
judged
by [the]
law
of
liberty;
\VS{13}for
judgment [will
be]
without
mercy
to
him
that
has shewn
no
mercy.
Mercy glories
over
judgment.
\VS{14}What [is]
the
profit,
my
brethren,
if
any
one
say
he
have
faith,
but
have
not
works?
can
faith
save
him?
\VS{15}Now
if
a
brother
or
a
sister
is
naked
and destitute
of
daily
food,
\VS{16}and
one
from amongst
you
say
to
them,
Go
in
peace,
be
warmed
and
filled;
but
give
not
to
them
the needful
things
for
the
body,
what [is]
the
profit?
\VS{17}So
also
faith,
if
it
have
not
works,
is
dead
by
itself.
\VS{18}But
some
one
will
say,
{\BD{Thou}} hast
faith
and
{\BD{
I}}
have
works. Shew
me thy
faith
without
works,
and
{\BD{
I}}
from
my
works
will shew thee
my
faith.
\VS{19}{\BD{Thou}} believest
that
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 2:19 }
Elohim}God
is
one. Thou doest
well.
The
demons
even
believe,
and tremble.
\VS{20}But wilt thou
know,
O
vain
man,
that
faith
without
works
is dead?
\VS{21}Was
not
Abraham
our
father
justified
by
works
when
he
had
offered
Isaac
his
son
upon
the
altar?
\VS{22}Thou seest
that
faith wrought
with
his
works,
and
that
by
works
faith
was
perfected.
\VS{23}And
the
scripture
was
fulfilled
which
says,
Abraham
believed
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Elohim}God,
and
it
was
reckoned
to
him
as
righteousness,
and
he
was
called
Friend
of
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Elohim}God.
\VS{24}Ye
see
that
a
man
is
justified
on
the principle
of
works,
and
not
on
the principle
of
faith
only.
\VS{25}But
was
not
in
like
manner
also
Rahab
the
harlot
justified
on
the principle
of
works,
when she
had
received
the
messengers
and
put [them] forth
by
another
way?
\VS{26}For
as
the
body
without
a
spirit
is
dead,
so
also
faith
without
works
is
dead.

\par }\Chap{3}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Be
not
many
teachers,
my
brethren,
knowing
that
we shall
receive
greater
judgment.
\VS{2}For
we
all
often offend.
If
any
one offend
not
in
word,
{\BD{
he}} [is]
a
perfect
man,
able
to
bridle
the
whole
body
too.
\VS{3}Behold,
we
put
the
bits
in
the
mouths
of
the
horses,
that
they
may
obey
us,
and
we turn round
their
whole
bodies.
\VS{4}Behold
also
the
ships,
which
are
so
great,
and
driven
by violent
winds,
are turned
about
by
a
very
small
rudder,
wherever
the pleasure
of
the helmsman
will.
\VS{5}Thus
also
the
tongue
is
a
little
member,
and boasts
great
things.
See
how
little
a
fire,
how
large
a wood
it kindles!
\VS{6}and
the
tongue [is]
fire,
the
world
of
unrighteousness;
the
tongue
is
set
in
our
members,
the defiler
of
the
whole
body,
and
which
sets
fire
to
the
course
of nature,
and
is
set
on
fire
of
hell.
\VS{7}For
every
species
both
of
beasts
and
of
birds,
both
of creeping
things
and
of
sea animals,
is
tamed
and
has
been
tamed
by
the
human
species;
\VS{8}but
the
tongue
can
no
one among
men
tame; [it
is]
an unsettled
evil,
full
of death-bringing
poison.
\VS{9}Therewith
bless
we
the
Lord
and
Father,
and therewith
curse
we
men
made
after [the]
likeness
of
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 3:9 }
Elohim}God.
\VS{10}Out
of
the
same
mouth
goes
forth
blessing
and
cursing.
It
is
not
right,
my
brethren,
that
these
things
should
be
thus.
\VS{11}Does
the
fountain,
out
of
the
same
opening, pour forth
sweet
and
bitter?
\VS{12}Can,
my
brethren,
a
fig
produce
olives,
or
a
vine
figs?
Neither [can]
salt [water]
make
sweet
water.
\VS{13}Who [is]
wise
and
understanding
among
you; let
him shew
out
of
a
good conversation
his
works
in
meekness
of
wisdom;
\VS{14}but
if ye
have
bitter emulation
and strife
in
your
hearts,
do
not
boast
and
lie
against
the
truth.
\VS{15}This
is
not
the
wisdom
which
comes
down
from
above,
but
earthly,
natural, devilish.
\VS{16}For
where emulation
and strife [are],
there [is]
disorder
and
every
evil
thing.
\VS{17}But
the
wisdom
from
above
first
is
pure,
then
peaceful,
gentle, yielding,
full
of
mercy
and
good
fruits, unquestioning, unfeigned.
\VS{18}But [the]
fruit
of
righteousness
in
peace
is
sown
for
them
that
make
peace.

\par }\Chap{4}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Whence [come]
wars
and whence fightings
among
you? [Is
it]
not thence, —
from
your
pleasures,
which
war
in
your
members?
\VS{2}Ye
lust
and
have
not: ye kill
and
are
full
of
envy,
and
cannot
obtain; ye
fight
and
war; ye
have
not
because ye
ask
not.
\VS{3}Ye
ask
and
receive
not,
because ye
ask evilly,
that ye
may consume [it]
in
your
pleasures.
\VS{4}Adulteresses,
know ye
not
that
friendship
with
the
world
is enmity
with
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 4:4 }
Elohim}God?
Whoever
therefore
is minded
to
be [the]
friend
of
the
world
is constituted
enemy
of
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 4:4 }
Elohim}God.
\VS{5}Think ye
that
the
scripture
speaks
in vain?
Does
the
Spirit
which
has taken
his abode
in
us desire enviously?
\VS{6}But
he
gives
more
grace.
Wherefore
he
says,
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 4:6 }
Elohim}God sets himself against [the]
proud,
but
gives
grace
to [the]
lowly.
\VS{7}Subject
yourselves
therefore
to
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 4:7 }
Elohim}God.
Resist
the
devil,
and
he
will
flee
from
you.
\VS{8}Draw
near
to
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 4:8 }
Elohim}God,
and
he
will
draw
near
to
you.
Cleanse [your]
hands,
sinners,
and
purify [your]
hearts, ye
double-minded.
\VS{9}Be wretched,
and
mourn,
and
weep: let
your
laughter
be
turned
to
mourning,
and [your]
joy
to heaviness.
\VS{10}Humble
yourselves
before [the]
Lord,
and
he
shall
exalt
you.
\VS{11}Speak
not
against
one
another,
brethren.
He
that
speaks
against [his]
brother,
or
judges
his
brother,
speaks
against [the]
law
and
judges [the]
law.
But
if thou judgest [the]
law, thou art
not
doer
of [the]
law,
but
judge.
\VS{12}One
is
the
lawgiver
and
judge,
who
is
able
to
save
and
to
destroy:
but
who art
{\BD{thou}}
who judgest thy neighbour?
\VS{13}Go
to
now, ye
who
say, To-day
or to-morrow
will
we
go
into
such
a
city
and
spend
a
year
there,
and traffic
and
make
gain,
\VS{14}ye
who
do
not
know
what
will
be
on
the morrow, ([for]
what [is]
your
life?
It
is
even
a vapour, appearing
for
a
little
while,
and
then disappearing,)
\VS{15}instead
of
your
saying,
If
the
Lord
should [so]
will
and
we
should
live,
we
will
also
do
this
or
that.
\VS{16}But
now ye
glory
in
your vauntings:
all
such glorying
is
evil.
\VS{17}To
him
therefore
who
knows how
to
do
good,
and
does
it
not,
to
him
it
is
sin.

\par }\Chap{5}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Go
to
now, ye
rich,
weep, howling
over
your
miseries
that [are]
coming
upon [you].
\VS{2}Your
wealth
is
become rotten,
and
your
garments
moth-eaten.
\VS{3}Your
gold
and
silver
is
eaten away,
and
their canker
shall
be
for
a
witness
against
you,
and
shall
eat
your
flesh
as
fire. Ye
have heaped
up
treasure
in [the]
last
days.
\VS{4}Behold,
the
wages
of
your labourers,
who
have harvested
your
fields, wrongfully kept
back
by
you,
cry,
and
the
cries
of
those
that
have
reaped
are
entered
into
the
ears
of [the]
Lord
of
sabaoth.
\VS{5}Ye
have
lived
luxuriously
on
the
earth
and indulged
yourselves; ye
have
nourished
your
hearts [as]
in
a
day
of
slaughter;
\VS{6}ye
have condemned, ye
have killed
the
just; he does
not
resist
you.
\VS{7}Have
patience,
therefore,
brethren, till
the
coming
of
the
Lord.
Behold,
the labourer awaits
the
precious
fruit
of
the
earth,
having
patience
for
it
until
it
receive [the] early
and [the] latter rain.
\VS{8}{\BD{Ye}}
also
have
patience: stablish
your
hearts,
for
the
coming
of
the
Lord
is drawn nigh.
\VS{9}Complain
not
one
against
another,
brethren,
that ye
be
not
judged.
Behold,
the
judge
stands
before
the
door.
\VS{10}Take [as]
an
example,
brethren,
of
suffering
and having
patience,
the
prophets,
who
have
spoken
in
the
name
of [the]
Lord.
\VS{11}Behold,
we call
them
blessed
who
have
endured. Ye
have
heard
of
the
endurance
of Job,
and
seen
the
end
of
the
Lord;
that
the
Lord
is
full
of tender
compassion
and pitiful.
\VS{12}But
before
all
things,
my
brethren,
swear
not,
neither
by
heaven,
nor
by
the
earth,
nor
by
any
other
oath;
but
let
your yea
be yea,
and
your nay, nay,
that ye
do
not
fall
under
judgment.
\VS{13}Does
any
one
among
you
suffer evil? let
him
pray.
Is
any happy? let
him
sing psalms.
\VS{14}Is
any
sick
among
you? let
him
call
to [him]
the
elders
of
the
assembly,
and let
them
pray
over
him, anointing
him
with
oil
in
the
name
of [the]
Lord;
\VS{15}and
the
prayer
of
faith
shall heal
the
sick,
and
the
Lord
shall
raise
him
up;
and
if
he
be
one
who
has
committed
sins,
it
shall
be
forgiven
him.
\VS{16}Confess
therefore
your offences
to
one
another,
and
pray
for
one
another,
that ye
may
be
healed. [The] fervent
supplication
of
the
righteous [man]
has
much power.
\VS{17}Elias
was
a
man
of
like passions
to
us,
and
he
prayed
with
prayer
that
it
should
not
rain;
and
it
did
not
rain
upon
the
earth
three
years
and
six
months;
\VS{18}and
again
he
prayed,
and
the
heaven
gave
rain,
and
the
earth
caused
its
fruit
to spring forth.
\VS{19}My
brethren,
if
any
one
among
you err
from
the
truth,
and
one bring
him
back,
\VS{20}let
him
know
that
he
that brings
back
a
sinner
from [the]
error
of
his
way
shall
save
a
soul
from
death
and
shall
cover
a
multitude
of
sins.
\par }