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James a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ toTo the twelve tribes whichin are of the Dispersion: greetingGreeting |
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Count it all joy my brethren when yeyou fallmeet intovarious manifoldtrials temptations; |
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knowingfor you know that the provingtesting of your faith workethproduces patiencesteadfastness |
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And let patiencesteadfastness have its perfectfull workeffect that yeyou may be perfect and entirecomplete lacking in nothing |
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ButIf if any of you lackethlacks wisdom let him ask of God who givethgives to all liberallymen generously and upbraidethwithout not;reproaching and it shallwill be given him |
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But let him ask in faith nothingwith no doubting: for he thatwho doubtethdoubts is like thea surgewave of the sea that is driven and tossed by the wind and tossed |
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For letthat person must not suppose that a double minded man thinkunstable thatin heall shallhis ways will receive anything offrom the Lord; |
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a doubleminded man unstable in all his ways |
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ButLet let the lowly brother ofboast low degree glory in his highexaltation estate: |
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and the rich in thathis hehumiliation is made low: because aslike the flower of the grass he shallwill pass away |
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For the sun arisethrises with theits scorching windheat and witherethwithers the grass; andits the flower thereoffalls falleth and theits gracebeauty ofperishes theSo fashionwill of it perisheth: so also shall the rich man fade away in the midst of his goingspursuits |
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Blessed is the man thatwho endurethendures temptation;trial for when he hathhas beenstood approvedthe test he shallwill receive the crown of life which theGod Lordhas promised to themthose thatwho love him |
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Let no manone say when he is tempted I am tempted ofby God; for God cannot be tempted with evil and he himself temptethtempts no man:one; |
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but each manperson is tempted when he is drawnlured awayand enticed by his own lustdesire and enticed |
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Then thedesire lust when it hathhas conceived bearethgives birth to sin:; and the sin when it is fullgrownfull bringethgrown brings forth death |
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BeDo not be deceived my beloved brethren |
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Every good giftendowment and every perfect gift is from above coming down from the Father of lights with whom canthere beis no variation neitheror shadow thatdue isto castchange by turning |
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YeKnow know this my beloved brethren ButLet let every man be swiftquick to hear slow to speak slow to wrath:anger |
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for the wrathanger of man workethdoes not work the righteousness of God |
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WhereforeTherefore puttingput away all filthiness and overflowingrank growth of wickedness and receive with meekness the implanted word which is able to save your souls |
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But be ye doers of the word and not hearers only deludingdeceiving youryourselves own selves |
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For if any one is a hearer of the word and not a doer he is like unto a man beholdingwho observes his natural face in a mirror:; |
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for he beholdethobserves himself and goethgoes away and straightwayat forgettethonce forgets what manner of man he was like |
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But he thatwho lookethlooks into the perfect law the law of liberty and soperseveres continueth being notno a hearer that forgettethforgets but a doer that workethacts thishe man shall be blessed in his doing |
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If any manone thinkeththinks himselfhe tois be religious whileand hedoes bridleth not bridle his tongue but deceivethdeceives his heart this mans religion is vain |
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PureReligion religionthat is pure and undefiled before our God and the Father is this: to visit theorphans fatherless and widows in their affliction and to keep oneself unspottedunstained from the world |
| 2:1 |
My brethren show no partiality as you hold not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ the Lord of glory with respect of persons |
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For if there come into your synagogue a man with a gold ringrings and in fine clothing andcomes thereinto comeyour inassembly alsoand a poor man in vileshabby clothing; also comes in |
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and yeyou havepay regardattention to himthe thatone wearethwho wears the fine clothing and say SitHave thoua seat here inplease awhile goodyou place; and ye say to the poor man Stand thou there or sitSit underat my footstool;feet |
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dohave yeyou not makemade distinctions among yourselves and become judges with evil thoughts |
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HearkenListen my beloved brethren; didHas not God choosechosen themthose thatwho are poor asin to the world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom which he has promised to themthose thatwho love him |
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But yeyou have dishonored the poor man DoIs it not the rich who oppress you andis themselvesit not they who drag you beforeinto thecourt judgment seats |
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DoIs it not they who blaspheme the honorable name by which yewas areinvoked calledover you |
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HowbeitIf ifyou yereally fulfil the royal law according to the scripture ThouYou shaltshall love thyyour neighbor as thyselfyourself yeyou do well: |
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butBut if yeyou haveshow respectpartiality ofyou persons ye commit sin beingand are convicted by the law as transgressors |
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For whosoeverwhoever shallkeeps keep the whole law andbut yetfails stumble in one point hehas is become guilty of all of it |
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For he thatwho said Do not commit adultery said also Do not kill NowIf ifyou thoudo dost not commit adultery but killestdo thoukill artyou have become a transgressor of the law |
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So speak ye and so doact as menthose thatwho are to be judged byunder athe law of liberty |
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For judgment is without mercy to himone thatwho hathhas showedshown no mercy:; yet mercy gloriethtriumphs againstover judgment |
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What dothdoes it profit my brethren if a man saysays he hathhas faith but havehas not works canCan thathis faith save him |
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If a brother or sister beis nakedill clad and in lack of daily food |
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and one of you saysays untoto them Go in peace be ye warmed and filled; andwithout yetgiving ye give them not the things needfulneeded tofor the body; what dothdoes it profit |
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EvenSo so faith by itself if it havehas notno works is dead in itself |
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YeaBut asome manone will say ThouYou hasthave faith and I have works: showShow me thyyour faith apart from thyyour works and I by my works will show theeyou my faith |
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ThouYou believestbelieve that God is one; thouyou doestdo well: Even the demons also believe —and shudder |
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ButDo wiltyou thouwant knowto Obe vainshown you shallow man that faith apart from works is barren |
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Was not Abraham our father justified by works inwhen that he offered up Isaac his son Isaac upon the altar |
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ThouYou seestsee that faith wroughtwas active along with his works and byfaith works was faithcompleted madeby perfect;works |
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and the scripture was fulfilled which saithsays And Abraham believed God and it was reckoned untoto him foras righteousness; and he was called the friend of God |
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YeYou see that by works a man is justified by works and not only by faith alone |
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And in likethe mannersame way was not also Rahab the harlot justified by works inwhen that she received the messengers and sent them out another way |
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For as the body apart from the spirit is dead even so faith apart from works is dead |
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BeLet not many of you become teachers my brethren knowingfor you know that we who teach shall receivebe heavierjudged judgmentwith greater strictness |
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For inwe manyall thingsmake wemany allmistakes stumbleand Ifif any stumblethone notmakes no mistakes in wordwhat thehe samesays he is a perfect man able to bridle the whole body also |
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NowIf if we put thebits horses bridles into theirthe mouths of horses that they may obey us we turnguide about their whole bodybodies also |
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BeholdLook at the ships also; though they are so great and are driven by roughstrong winds they are yetguided turned about by a very small rudder whitherwherever the impulsewill of the steersmanpilot willethdirects |
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So the tongue also is a little member and boastethboasts of great things BeholdHow howgreat mucha woodforest is kindledset ablaze by howa small a fire |
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And the tongue is a fire: theThe worldtongue ofis iniquityan unrighteous world among our members isstaining the tongue which defileth the whole body andsetting setteth on fire the wheelcycle of nature and is set on fire by hell |
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For every kind of beastsbeast and birdsbird of creepingreptile things and thingssea increature thecan seabe is tamed and hathhas been tamed by mankind:humankind |
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but theno tonguehuman being can no man tame; itthe is tongue—a restless evil it is full of deadly poison |
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TherewithWith blessit we bless the Lord and Father; and therewithwith curseit we curse men who are made afterin the likeness of God: |
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outFrom of the same mouth comethcome forth blessing and cursing My brethren thesethis things ought not so to be so |
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DothDoes thea fountainspring sendpour forth from the same opening sweetfresh water and bitterbrackish |
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canCan a fig tree my brethren yield olives or a vinegrapevine figs neitherNo more can salt water yield sweetfresh |
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Who is wise and understanding among you letBy him show by his good life let him show his works in the meekness of wisdom |
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But if yeyou have bitter jealousy and factionselfish ambition in your hearthearts glorydo not boast and liebe notfalse againstto the truth |
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This wisdom is not asuch wisdomas thatcomes cometh down from above but is earthly sensualunspiritual devilish |
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For where jealousy and factionselfish areambition exist there iswill confusionbe disorder and every vile deedpractice |
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But the wisdom that is from above is first pure then peaceable gentle easyopen to bereason entreated full of mercy and good fruits without varianceuncertainty withoutor hypocrisyinsincerity |
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And the fruitharvest of righteousness is sown in peace forby themthose thatwho make peace |
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WhenceWhat comecauses wars and whencewhat comecauses fightings among you comeIs theyit not henceyour evenpassions ofthat yourare pleasuresat that war in your members |
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YeYou lustdesire and havedo not: yehave; so you kill andAnd you covet and cannot obtain:; yeso you fight and wage war; yeYou havedo not have because yeyou askdo not ask |
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YeYou ask and receivedo not receive because yeyou ask amisswrongly thatto ye may spend it inon your pleasurespassions |
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YeUnfaithful adulteressescreatures knowDo yeyou not know that the friendship ofwith the world is enmity with God WhosoeverTherefore thereforewhoever wouldwishes to be a friend of the world makethmakes himself an enemy of God |
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Or thinkdo yeyou suppose it is in vain that the scripture speakethsays inHe vainyearns Dothjealously over the spirit which he has made to dwell in us long unto envying |
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But he givethgives more grace; Whereforetherefore theit scripturesays saith God resistethopposes the proud but givethgives grace to the humble |
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BeSubmit subjectyourselves therefore untoto God; butResist resist the devil and he will flee from you |
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Draw nighnear to God and he will draw nighnear to you Cleanse your hands yeyou sinners; and purify your hearts yeyou doublemindedmen of double mind |
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Be afflictedwretched and mourn and weep: letLet your laughter be turned to mourning and your joy to heavinessdejection |
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Humble yourselves inbefore the sight of the Lord and he shallwill exalt you |
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SpeakDo not onespeak evil against one another brethren He that speakethspeaks evil against a brother or judgethjudges his brother speakethspeaks evil against the law and judgethjudges the law: butBut if thouyou judgestjudge the law thouyou artare not a doer of the law but a judge |
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OneThere only is theone lawgiver and judge even he who is able to save and to destroy: butBut who artare thouyou that judgestyou thyjudge your neighbor |
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Come now yeyou thatwho say ToToday day or totomorrow morrow we will go into thissuch cityand such a town and spend a year there and trade and get gain:; |
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whereas yeyou knowdo not whatknow shallabout betomorrow on the morrow What is your life For yeyou are a vapormist that appearethappears for a little time and then vanishethvanishes away |
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ForInstead thatyou ye ought to say If the Lord willwills we shall both live and we shall do this or that |
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ButAs nowit yeis gloryyou boast in your vauntings:arrogance allAll such gloryingboasting is evil |
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ToWhoever himknows thereforewhat thatis knowethright to do good and doethfails to do it notfor to him it is sin |
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Come now yeyou rich weep and howl for yourthe miseries that are coming upon you |
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Your riches arehave corruptedrotted and your garments are moth eaten |
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Your gold and your silver arehave rusted; and their rust shallwill be forevidence a testimony against you and shallwill eat your flesh aslike fire YeYou have laid up your treasure infor the last days |
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Behold the hirewages of the laborers who mowed your fields which is of you kept back by fraud criethcry out:; and the cries of themthe thatharvesters reaped have enteredreached into the ears of the Lord of Sabaothhosts |
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YeYou have lived delicately on the earth in luxury and takenin your pleasure; yeyou have nourishedfattened your hearts in a day of slaughter |
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YeYou have condemned yeyou have killed the righteous oneman; he dothdoes not resist you |
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Be patient therefore brethren until the coming of the Lord Behold the husbandmanfarmer waitethwaits for the precious fruit of the earth being patient over it until it receivereceives the early and latterthe late rain |
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BeYou ye also be patient; establishEstablish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord is at hand |
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MurmurDo not grumble brethren against one against another that yeyou bemay not be judged:; behold the judgeJudge standethis beforestanding at the doors |
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TakeAs brethren for an example of suffering and of patience brethren take the prophets who spakespoke in the name of the Lord |
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Behold we call themthose blessedhappy thatwho endured:were yesteadfast You have heard of the patiencesteadfastness of Job and you have seen the endpurpose of the Lord how that the Lord is fullcompassionate of pity and merciful |
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But above all things my brethren sweardo not neitherswear either by the heaven noror by the earth noror bywith any other oath: but let your yeayes be yeayes and your nayno nay;be no that yeyou fallmay not fall under judgmentcondemnation |
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Is any one among you suffering letLet him pray Is any cheerful letLet him sing praise |
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Is any among you sick letLet him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord:; |
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and the prayer of faith shallwill save himthe thatsick isman sick and the Lord shallwill raise him up; and if he havehas committed sins ithe shallwill be forgiven him |
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ConfessTherefore thereforeconfess your sins to one to another and pray for one for another that yeyou may be healed The supplicationprayer of a righteous man availethhas muchgreat power in its workingeffects |
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ElijahEli′jah was a man of like passionsnature with usourselves and he prayed fervently that it might not rain; and it rained not on the earth for three years and six months it did not rain on the earth |
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AndThen he prayed again; and the heaven gave rain and the earth brought forth herits fruit |
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My brethren if any one among you errwanders from the truth and some one convertbrings him; back |
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let him know that hewhoever whobrings convertethback a sinner from the error of his way shallwill save ahis soul from death and shallwill cover a multitude of sins |