If you want to accept God's
offer in his Son, say a prayer like this:
Jesus, I confess that you are not only the
most important person in history, but you are the Creator and Savior of the
world. Lord Jesus, I need you. I have done wrong. Please forgive me of my sins
and come into my life. I ask you not just to be part of my life, but to guide me
to live according to the words I read in the Bible. Thank you for your mercy and
forgiveness. I am now committed to be your follower.
Amen.
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The Book of James
Chapter 1
001:001 James, a servant of God and of the Lord
Jesus Christ, to the
twelve tribes
which are scattered abroad, greeting.
001:002 My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into
divers
temptations;
001:003 Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience.
001:004 But let patience have her perfect work, that ye
may be perfect
and entire, wanting
nothing.
001:005 If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God,
that giveth to
all men liberally,
and upbraideth not; and it shall be
given
him.
001:006 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.
001:007 For let not that man think that he shall receive
any thing of
the Lord.
001:008 A double minded man is unstable in all his ways.
001:009 Let the brother of low degree rejoice in that he is exalted:
001:010 But the rich, in that he is made low: because as
the flower of
the grass he shall
pass away.
001:011 For the sun is no sooner risen with a burning
heat, but it
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 ways.
001:012 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.
001:013 Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted
of God: for
God cannot be tempted
with evil, neither tempteth he any man:
001:014 But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away
of his own
lust, and enticed.
001:015 Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth
sin: and sin,
when it is finished,
bringeth forth death.
001:016 Do not err, my beloved brethren.
001:017 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.
001:018 Of his own will begat he us with the word of
truth, that we
should be a kind of
firstfruits of his creatures.
001:019 Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be
swift to
hear, slow to speak, slow
to wrath:
001:020 For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God.
001:021 Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and
superfluity of
naughtiness, and
receive with meekness the engrafted
word,
which is able to save your
souls.
001:022 But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers
only, deceiving
your own
selves.
001:023 For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a
doer, he is like
unto a man
beholding his natural face in a glass:
001:024 For he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and
straightway
forgetteth what manner
of man he was.
001:025 But whoso looketh into the perfect law of
liberty, and
continueth therein,
he being not a forgetful hearer, but
a
doer of the work, this man shall
be blessed in his deed.
001:026 If any man among you seem to be religious, and
bridleth not
his tongue, but
deceiveth his own heart, this man's
religion
is vain.
001:027 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.
002:001 My brethren, have not the faith of our Lord
Jesus Christ, the
Lord of glory,
with respect of persons.
002:002 For if there come unto your assembly a man with
a gold ring,
in goodly apparel,
and there come in also a poor man in
vile
raiment;
002:003 And ye have respect to him that weareth the gay
clothing, and
say unto him, Sit
thou here in a good place; and say to
the
poor, Stand thou there, or sit
here under my footstool:
002:004 Are ye not then partial in yourselves, and are
become judges
of evil
thoughts?
002:005 Hearken, my beloved brethren, Hath not God
chosen the poor of
this world rich
in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which
he
hath promised to them that love
him?
002:006 But ye have despised the poor. Do not rich men
oppress you,
and draw you before
the judgment seats?
002:007 Do not they blaspheme that worthy name by the
which ye are
called?
002:008 If ye fulfil the royal law according to the
scripture, Thou
shalt love thy
neighbour as thyself, ye do well:
002:009 But if ye have respect to persons, ye commit
sin, and are
convinced of the law
as transgressors.
002:010 For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet
offend in one
point, he is guilty
of all.
002:011 For he that said, Do not commit adultery, said
also, Do not
kill. Now if thou
commit no adultery, yet if thou kill,
thou
art become a transgressor of
the law.
002:012 So speak ye, and so do, as they that shall be
judged by the
law of liberty.
002:013 For he shall have judgment without mercy, that
hath shewed no
mercy; and mercy
rejoiceth against judgment.
002:014 What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man
say he hath
faith, and have not
works? can faith save him?
002:015 If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food,
002:016 And one of you say unto them, Depart in peace,
be ye warmed
and filled;
notwithstanding ye give them not those
things
which are needful to the
body; what doth it profit?
002:017 Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone.
002:018 Yea, a man may say, Thou hast faith, and I have
works: shew me
thy faith without
thy works, and I will shew thee my faith
by
my works.
002:019 Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest
well: the
devils also believe, and
tremble.
002:020 But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith
without works is
dead?
002:021 Was not Abraham our father justified by works,
when he had
offered Isaac his son
upon the altar?
002:022 Seest thou how faith wrought with his works, and
by works was
faith made
perfect?
002:023 And the scripture was fulfilled which saith,
Abraham believed
God, and it was
imputed unto him for righteousness: and he
was
called the Friend of God.
002:024 Ye see then how that by works a man is
justified, and not by
faith
only.
002:025 Likewise also was not Rahab the harlot justified
by works,
when she had received
the messengers, and had sent them
out
another way?
002:026 For as the body without the spirit is dead, so
faith without
works is dead
also.
003:001 My brethren, be not many masters, knowing that
we shall
receive the greater
condemnation.
003:002 For in many things we offend all. If any man
offend not in
word, the same is a
perfect man, and able also to bridle
the
whole body.
003:003 Behold, we put bits in the horses' mouths, that
they may obey
us; and we turn
about their whole body.
003:004 Behold also the ships, which though they be so
great, and are
driven of fierce
winds, yet are they turned about with a
very
small helm, whithersoever the
governor listeth.
003:005 Even so the tongue is a little member, and
boasteth great
things. Behold, how
great a matter a little fire kindleth!
003:006 And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity:
so is the
tongue among our
members, that it defileth the whole body,
and
setteth on fire the course of
nature; and it is set on fire of
hell.
003:007 For every kind of beasts, and of birds, and of
serpents, and
of things in the
sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed
of
mankind:
003:008 But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly
evil, full of
deadly poison.
003:009 Therewith bless we God, even the Father; and
therewith curse
we men, which are
made after the similitude of God.
003:010 Out of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and
cursing. My
brethren, these things
ought not so to be.
003:011 Doth a fountain send forth at the same place
sweet water and
bitter?
003:012 Can the fig tree, my brethren, bear olive
berries? either a
vine, figs? so
can no fountain both yield salt water
and
fresh.
003:013 Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge
among you? let him
shew out of a
good conversation his works with meekness
of
wisdom.
003:014 But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your
hearts, glory
not, and lie not
against the truth.
003:015 This wisdom descendeth not from above, but is
earthly,
sensual, devilish.
003:016 For where envying and strife is, there is
confusion and every
evil work.
003:017 But the wisdom that is from above is first pure,
then
peaceable, gentle, and easy
to be intreated, full of mercy and
good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.
003:018 And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace
of them that
make peace.
004:001 From whence come wars and fightings among you?
come they not
hence, even of your
lusts that war in your members?
004:002 Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to
have, and cannot
obtain: ye fight
and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not.
004:003 Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss,
that ye may
consume it upon your
lusts.
004:004 Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that
the
friendship of the world is
enmity with God? whosoever
therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.
004:005 Do ye think that the scripture saith in vain,
The spirit that
dwelleth in us
lusteth to envy?
004:006 But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith,
God resisteth
the proud, but
giveth grace unto the humble.
004:007 Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the
devil, and he
will flee from
you.
004:008 Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you.
Cleanse your
hands, ye sinners;
and purify your hearts, ye double minded.
004:009 Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your
laughter be turned
to mourning,
and your joy to heaviness.
004:010 Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and
he shall lift
you up.
004:011 Speak not evil one of another, brethren. He that
speaketh evil
of his brother, and
judgeth his brother, speaketh evil of
the
law, and judgeth the law: but
if thou judge the law, thou art
not a doer of the law, but a judge.
004:012 There is one lawgiver, who is able to save and
to destroy: who
art thou that
judgest another?
004:013 Go to now, ye that say, To day or to morrow we
will go into
such a city, and
continue there a year, and buy and sell,
and
get gain:
004:014 Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow.
For what is
your life? It is even
a vapour, that appeareth for a
little
time, and then vanisheth
away.
004:015 For that ye ought to say, If the Lord will, we
shall live, and
do this, or
that.
004:016 But now ye rejoice in your boastings: all such
rejoicing is
evil.
004:017 Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and
doeth it not, to
him it is
sin.
005:001 Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your
miseries that
shall come upon
you.
005:002 Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are motheaten.
005:003 Your gold and silver is cankered; and the rust
of them shall
be a witness against
you, and shall eat your flesh as it
were
fire. Ye have heaped treasure
together for the last days.
005:004 Behold, the hire of the labourers who have
reaped down your
fields, which is
of you kept back by fraud, crieth: and
the
cries of them which have
reaped are entered into the ears
of
the Lord of sabaoth.
005:005 Ye have lived in pleasure on the earth, and been
wanton; ye
have nourished your
hearts, as in a day of slaughter.
005:006 Ye have condemned and killed the just; and he
doth not resist
you.
005:007 Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming
of the Lord.
Behold, the
husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of
the
earth, and hath long patience
for it, until he receive the
early
and latter rain.
005:008 Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts: for
the coming of
the Lord draweth
nigh.
005:009 Grudge not one against another, brethren, lest
ye be
condemned: behold, the judge
standeth before the door.
005:010 Take, my brethren, the prophets, who have spoken
in the name
of the Lord, for an
example of suffering affliction, and
of
patience.
005:011 Behold, we count them happy which endure. Ye
have heard of the
patience of Job,
and have seen the end of the Lord; that
the
Lord is very pitiful, and of
tender mercy.
005:012 But above all things, my brethren, swear not,
neither by
heaven, neither by the
earth, neither by any other oath:
but
let your yea be yea; and your
nay, nay; lest ye fall into
condemnation.
005:013 Is any among you afflicted? let him pray. Is any
merry? let
him sing psalms.
005:014 Is any sick among you? 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:
005:015 And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and
the Lord
shall raise him up; and
if he have committed sins, they
shall
be forgiven him.
005:016 Confess your faults one to another, and pray one
for another,
that ye may be
healed. The effectual fervent prayer of
a
righteous man availeth much.
005:017 Elias was a man subject to like passions as we
are, and he
prayed earnestly that
it might not rain: and it rained not
on
the earth by the space of three
years and six months.
005:018 And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain,
and the earth
brought forth her
fruit.
005:019 Brethren, if any of you do err from the truth,
and one convert
him;
005:020 Let him know, that he which converteth the
sinner from the
error of his way
shall save a soul from death, and shall
hide
a multitude of sins.