| 1:1 |
James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are in the Dispersion: Greetings. |
James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes dispersed abroad: Greetings. |
| 1:2 |
Count it all joy, my brothers, when you fall into various temptations, |
Yall should consider it all joy, my siblings, when yall fall into various trials, |
| 1:3 |
knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance. |
knowing that the testing of yalls faith produces perseverance. |
| 1:4 |
Let endurance have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing. |
Let perseverance have its perfect work so that yall may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing. |
| 1:5 |
But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach, and it will be given to him. |
But if any of yall lacks wisdom, that person should ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given to them. |
| 1:6 |
But let him ask in faith, without any doubting, for he who doubts is like a wave of the sea, driven by the wind and tossed. |
But a person should ask in faith without doubt, for the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea, driven and tossed by the wind. |
| 1:7 |
For that man shouldnt think that he will receive anything from the Lord. |
That human shouldnt expect to receive anything from the Lord, |
| 1:8 |
He is a double minded man, unstable in all his ways. |
being a double minded person, unstable in all their ways. |
| 1:9 |
Let the brother in humble circumstances glory in his high position; |
Let the sibling in humble circumstances take pride in their high position, |
| 1:10 |
and the rich, in that he is made humble, because like the flower in the grass, he will pass away. |
but the rich person should take pride in their humiliation, since they will pass away like a wildflower in the grass. |
| 1:11 |
For the sun arises with the scorching wind and withers the grass; and the flower in it falls, and the beauty of its appearance perishes. So the rich man will also fade away in his pursuits. |
For the sun rises with scorching wind and withers the grass. Then the flower falls, and its beautiful appearance is destroyed. So the rich person will also fade away in their pursuits. |
| 1:12 |
Blessed is a person who endures temptation, for when he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life which the Lord promised to those who love him. |
Blessed is the one who endures testing, because after being approved, that person will receive the crown of life which the Lord promised to those who love ʜɪᴍ. |
| 1:13 |
Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted by God, for God cant be tempted by evil, and he himself tempts no one. |
When tempted, no one should say, I am tempted by God, for God cant be tempted by evil, and ʜᴇ ʜɪᴍꜱᴇʟꜰ tempts no one. |
| 1:14 |
But each one is tempted when he is drawn away by his own lust and enticed. |
But each person is tempted when they are lured and enticed by their own desire. |
| 1:15 |
Then the lust, when it has conceived, bears sin. The sin, when it is full grown, produces death. |
Then the desire, when it has conceived, gives birth to sin, and the sin, when it is fully grown, produces death. |
| 1:16 |
Dont be deceived, my beloved brothers. |
Yall must not be deceived, my beloved siblings. |
| 1:17 |
Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom can be no variation nor turning shadow. |
Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shifting shadow. |
| 1:18 |
Of his own will he gave birth to us by the word of truth, that we should be a kind of first fruits of his creatures. |
According to ʜɪꜱ purpose, ʜᴇ brought us forth by the word of truth, so we would be a kind of first fruits among ʜɪꜱ creation. |
| 1:19 |
So, then, my beloved brothers, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, and slow to anger; |
Yall pay attention, my beloved siblings: every human should be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to anger, |
| 1:20 |
for the anger of man doesnt produce the righteousness of God. |
because human anger doesnt produce the righteousness of God. |
| 1:21 |
Therefore, putting away all filthiness and overflowing of wickedness, receive with humility the implanted word, which is able to save your souls. |
Therefore, putting aside all filthiness and excess evil, with humility yall should receive the implanted word, which is able to save yalls souls. |
| 1:22 |
But be doers of the word, and not only hearers, deluding your own selves. |
But yall must become doers of the word, not only hearers who deceive themselves. |
| 1:23 |
For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man looking at his natural face in a mirror; |
For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, they are like a person who looks at their natural face in a mirror, |
| 1:24 |
for he sees himself, and goes away, and immediately forgets what kind of man he was. |
sees themselves, then goes away and immediately forgets what kind of person they were. |
| 1:25 |
But he who looks into the perfect law of freedom and continues, not being a hearer who forgets but a doer of the work, this man will be blessed in what he does. |
But the one who looks into the perfect law of freedom and stays close to it, not becoming a forgetful hearer but an effective doer, that person will be blessed in what they do. |
| 1:26 |
If anyone among you thinks himself to be religious while he doesnt bridle his tongue, but deceives his heart, this mans religion is worthless. |
If anyone thinks of themselves as religious but doesnt bridle their tongue, they deceive their own heart and their religion is worthless. |
| 1:27 |
Pure religion and undefiled before our God and Father is this: to visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained by the world. |
Pure and undefiled religion before our God and Father is this: to care for orphans and widows in their distress, and to keep oneself unstained by the world. |
| 2:1 |
My brothers, dont hold the faith of our glorious Lord Jesus Christ with partiality. |
My siblings, yall must not show favoritism in the way yall hold the faith of our glorious Lord Jesus Christ. |
| 2:2 |
For if a man with a gold ring, in fine clothing, comes into your synagogue, and a poor man in filthy clothing also comes in, |
For if someone comes into yalls gathering with a gold ring and fine clothes, and a poor person in dirty clothes also comes in, |
| 2:3 |
and you pay special attention to him who wears the fine clothing and say, Sit here in a good place; and you tell the poor man, Stand there, or Sit by my footstool |
and yall pay special attention to one wearing fine clothes and yall say, You sit here in a good place, but yall tell the poor person, You stand over there, or Sit by my footstool, |
| 2:4 |
havent you shown partiality among yourselves, and become judges with evil thoughts? |
havent yall discriminated among yourselves and become judges with evil thoughts? |
| 2:5 |
Listen, my beloved brothers. Didnt God choose those who are poor in this world to be rich in faith and heirs of the Kingdom which he promised to those who love him? |
Yall listen, my beloved siblings. Didnt God choose those who are poor in this world to be rich in faith and heirs of the Empire which ʜᴇ promised to those who love ʜɪᴍ? |
| 2:6 |
But you have dishonored the poor man. Dont the rich oppress you and personally drag you before the courts? |
But yall have dishonored the poor. Dont the rich oppress yall and personally drag yall into court? |
| 2:7 |
Dont they blaspheme the honorable name by which you are called? |
Dont they blaspheme the beautiful name by which yall have been called? |
| 2:8 |
However, if you fulfill the royal law according to the Scripture, You shall love your neighbor as yourself, you do well. |
However, if yall fulfill the royal law according to the Scripture, Love your neighbor as yourself, yall are doing right. |
| 2:9 |
But if you show partiality, you commit sin, being convicted by the law as transgressors. |
But if yall show favoritism, yall are committing sin, being convicted by the law as transgressors. |
| 2:10 |
For whoever keeps the whole law, and yet stumbles in one point, he has become guilty of all. |
For whoever keeps the whole law and yet stumbles in one point has become guilty of all. |
| 2:11 |
For he who said, Do not commit adultery, also said, Do not commit murder. Now if you do not commit adultery but do murder, you have become a transgressor of the law. |
For ʜᴇ who said, Do not commit adultery, also said, Do not commit murder. Now if you do not commit adultery but do murder, you have become a transgressor of the law. |
| 2:12 |
So speak and so do as men who are to be judged by the law of freedom. |
So yall must speak and act as those who are going to be judged by the law of freedom. |
| 2:13 |
For judgment is without mercy to him who has shown no mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment. |
For judgment is without mercy to anyone who has shown no mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment. |
| 2:14 |
What good is it, my brothers, if a man says he has faith, but has no works? Can faith save him? |
What good is it, my siblings, if a person claims to have faith, but has no works? Can that faith save them? |
| 2:15 |
And if a brother or sister is naked and in lack of daily food, |
If a brother or sister is without clothing and in need of daily food, |
| 2:16 |
and one of you tells them, Go in peace. Be warmed and filled; yet you didnt give them the things the body needs, what good is it? |
and one of yall tells them, Yall go in peace. Yall be warmed and well fed, but yall dont give them what the body needs, what good is it? |
| 2:17 |
Even so faith, if it has no works, is dead in itself. |
In the same way faith, if it has no works, is dead in itself. |
| 2:18 |
Yes, a man will say, You have faith, and I have works. Show me your faith without works, and I will show you my faith by my works. |
But someone will say, You have faith, and I have works. Show me your faith without works, and I will show you my faith by my works. |
| 2:20 |
But do you want to know, vain man, that faith apart from works is dead? |
But are you willing to learn, O foolish human, that faith apart from works is useless? |
| 2:21 |
Wasnt Abraham our father justified by works, in that he offered up Isaac his son on the altar? |
Wasnt Abraham our father justified by works when he offered up Isaac his son on the altar? |
| 2:22 |
You see that faith worked with his works, and by works faith was perfected. |
You see that faith was partnered with his works, and by works faith was made complete. |
| 2:23 |
So the Scripture was fulfilled which says, Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him as righteousness, and he was called the friend of God. |
So the Scripture was fulfilled which says, Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness, and he was called the friend of God. |
| 2:24 |
You see then that by works a man is justified, and not only by faith. |
Yall see that a human is justified by works and not by faith alone. |
| 2:25 |
In the same way, wasnt Rahab the prostitute also justified by works when she received the messengers and sent them out another way? |
In the same way, wasnt Rahab the prostitute also justified by works when she welcomed the messengers and sent them out another way? |
| 2:26 |
For as the body apart from the spirit is dead, even so faith apart from works is dead. |
For as the body apart from the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead. |
| 3:1 |
Let not many of you be teachers, my brothers, knowing that we will receive heavier judgment. |
Not many of yall should become teachers, my siblings, knowing that we will receive a stricter judgment. |
| 3:2 |
For we all stumble in many things. Anyone who doesnt stumble in word is a perfect person, able to bridle the whole body also. |
For we all stumble in many ways. Anyone who doesnt stumble in what they say is a perfect person, able to bridle their entire body. |
| 3:3 |
Indeed, we put bits into the horses mouths so that they may obey us, and we guide their whole body. |
When we put bits into the mouths of horses so that they will obey us, we direct their whole body. |
| 3:4 |
Behold, the ships also, though they are so big and are driven by fierce winds, are yet guided by a very small rudder, wherever the pilot desires. |
Look at the ships too. Though they are large and driven by fierce winds, they are directed by a tiny rudder, wherever the pilot desires. |
| 3:5 |
So the tongue is also a little member, and boasts great things. See how a small fire can spread to a large forest! |
Likewise the tongue is a small part of the body, but it boasts of great things. See how a small flame can set a large forest ablaze! |
| 3:6 |
And the tongue is a fire. The world of iniquity among our members is the tongue, which defiles the whole body, and sets on fire the course of nature, and is set on fire by Gehenna. |
The tongue is also a fire, a world of evil set among the parts of our body. It defiles the whole body, and sets on fire the course of our existence, and is itself set on fire by hell. |
| 3:7 |
For every kind of animal, bird, creeping thing, and sea creature is tamed, and has been tamed by mankind; |
For every species of animal, bird, reptile, and sea creature is tamed and has been tamed by the human species, |
| 3:8 |
but nobody can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison. |
but no human can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison. |
| 3:9 |
With it we bless our God and Father, and with it we curse men who are made in the image of God. |
With it we bless our Lord and Father, and with it we curse humans who are made in the image of God. |
| 3:10 |
Out of the same mouth comes blessing and cursing. My brothers, these things ought not to be so. |
Out of the same mouth comes blessing and cursing. My siblings, things should not be this way. |
| 3:11 |
Does a spring send out from the same opening fresh and bitter water? |
Does the same spring pour out fresh and bitter water from the same opening? |
| 3:12 |
Can a fig tree, my brothers, yield olives, or a vine figs? Thus no spring yields both salt water and fresh water. |
My siblings, can a fig tree produce olives, or a vine figs? Neither can a salty spring produce fresh water. |
| 3:13 |
Who is wise and understanding among you? Let him show by his good conduct that his deeds are done in gentleness of wisdom. |
Who among yall is wise and understanding? Let them show it by their excellent behavior and works done in the gentleness that comes from wisdom. |
| 3:14 |
But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your heart, dont boast and dont lie against the truth. |
But if yall have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your* heart, yall must not boast or lie against the truth. |
| 3:15 |
This wisdom is not that which comes down from above, but is earthly, sensual, and demonic. |
Such wisdom does not come down from above, but is earthly, natural, and demonic. |
| 3:16 |
For where jealousy and selfish ambition are, there is confusion and every evil deed. |
For where jealousy and selfish ambition are, there is disorder and every evil practice. |
| 3:17 |
But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceful, gentle, reasonable, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy. |
But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceful, gentle, reasonable, full of mercy and good fruits, impartial, and without hypocrisy. |
| 4:1 |
Where do wars and fightings among you come from? Dont they come from your pleasures that war in your members? |
Where do the arguments and battles among yall come from? Dont they come from yalls desires that wage war within yall? |
| 4:2 |
You lust, and dont have. You murder and covet, and cant obtain. You fight and make war. You dont have, because you dont ask. |
Yall lust but dont have, so yall murder. Yall covet, but arent able to get, so yall argue and battle. Yall dont have, because yall dont ask. |
| 4:3 |
You ask, and dont receive, because you ask with wrong motives, so that you may spend it on your pleasures. |
Yall ask and dont receive, because yall ask with wrong motives, that yall may spend it on yalls pleasures. |
| 4:4 |
You adulterers and adulteresses, dont you know that friendship with the world is hostility toward God? Whoever therefore wants to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God. |
Adulterous people, dont yall know that friendship with the world is hostility toward God? Therefore, whoever wants to be a friend of the world makes themselves an enemy of God. |
| 4:5 |
Or do you think that the Scripture says in vain, The Spirit who lives in us yearns jealously? |
Or do yall think that the Scripture says in vain, The Spirit who lives in us yearns jealously? |
| 4:6 |
But he gives more grace. Therefore it says, God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble. |
But ʜᴇ gives more grace. Therefore it says, God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble. |
| 4:7 |
Be subject therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. |
So yall, submit to God. If yall resist the devil, he will flee from yall. |
| 4:8 |
Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners. Purify your hearts, you double minded. |
Yall draw near to God, and ʜᴇ will draw near to yall. Cleanse your* hands, yall sinners, and purify your* hearts, yall double minded. |
| 4:9 |
Lament, mourn, and weep. Let your laughter be turned to mourning and your joy to gloom. |
Yall lament, mourn, and weep. Let yalls laughter be turned to mourning and yalls joy to gloom. |
| 4:10 |
Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he will exalt you. |
Humble yourselves* in the presence of the Lord, and ʜᴇ will exalt yall. |
| 4:11 |
Dont speak against one another, brothers. He who speaks against a brother and judges his brother, speaks against the law and judges the law. But if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law but a judge. |
Yall must not speak against one another, siblings. Anyone who speaks against a sibling and judges them, speaks against the law, and judges the law. But if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law but a judge. |
| 4:12 |
Only one is the lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy. But who are you to judge another? |
There is only one lawgiver, the one who is able to save and to destroy. But who are you to judge your neighbor? |
| 4:13 |
Come now, you who say, Today or tomorrow lets go into this city and spend a year there, trade, and make a profit. |
Come now, you who say, Today or tomorrow we will go into this city and spend a year there, trade, and make a profit. |
| 4:14 |
Yet you dont know what your life will be like tomorrow. For what is your life? For you are a vapor that appears for a little time and then vanishes away. |
Yet yall dont know what will happen tomorrow. For what is yalls life? Yall are a vapor that appears for a little time and then vanishes away. |
| 4:15 |
For you ought to say, If the Lord wills, we will both live, and do this or that. |
Instead, yall ought to say, If the Lord wills, we will live and do this or that. |
| 4:16 |
But now you glory in your boasting. All such boasting is evil. |
As it is, yall boast in yalls arrogance. All such boasting is evil. |
| 4:17 |
To him therefore who knows to do good and doesnt do it, to him it is sin. |
Therefore, whoever knows what is excellent to do but doesnt do it, that is sin for them. |
| 5:1 |
Come now, you rich, weep and howl for your miseries that are coming on you. |
Come now, wealthy ones, yall should weep and howl for the miseries that are coming upon yall. |
| 5:2 |
Your riches are corrupted and your garments are moth eaten. |
Yalls riches are rotten and yalls garments have become moth eaten. |
| 5:3 |
Your gold and your silver are corroded, and their corrosion will be for a testimony against you and will eat your flesh like fire. You have laid up your treasure in the last days. |
Yalls gold and silver are corroded, and their corrosion will be for a testimony against yall and eat yalls flesh like fire. Yall have hoarded wealth in the last days. |
| 5:4 |
Behold, the wages of the laborers who mowed your fields, which you have kept back by fraud, cry out; and the cries of those who reaped have entered into the ears of the Lord of Armies. |
Look! The wages of the laborers who mowed yalls fields, which yall have kept back by fraud, cry out against yall. The cries of the harvesters have entered into the ears of the Lord of Armies. |
| 5:5 |
You have lived in luxury on the earth, and taken your pleasure. You have nourished your hearts as in a day of slaughter. |
Yall have lived indulgently and luxuriously on the earth. Yall have fattened yalls hearts as in a day of slaughter. |
| 5:6 |
You have condemned and you have murdered the righteous one. He doesnt resist you. |
Yall have condemned and murdered the righteous person who was not resisting yall. |
| 5:7 |
Be patient therefore, brothers, until the coming of the Lord. Behold, the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth, being patient over it, until it receives the early and late rain. |
Yall be patient then, siblings, until the coming of the Lord. See how the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth, being patient over it, until it receives the early and late rain. |
| 5:8 |
You also be patient. Establish your hearts, for the coming of the Lord is at hand. |
Yall too, be patient and strengthen yalls hearts, for the coming of the Lord is near. |
| 5:9 |
Dont grumble, brothers, against one another, so that you wont be judged. Behold, the judge stands at the door. |
Dont yall grumble against one another, my siblings, so that yall wont be judged. Look, the judge is standing at the door! |
| 5:10 |
Take, brothers, for an example of suffering and of perseverance, the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord. |
Siblings, as an example of suffering and of perseverance, yall consider the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord. |
| 5:11 |
Behold, we call them blessed who endured. You have heard of the perseverance of Job and have seen the Lord in the outcome, and how the Lord is full of compassion and mercy. |
We call them blessed who endured. Yall have heard of the perseverance of Job, and yall have seen what the Lord brought about. The Lord is full of compassion and mercy. |
| 5:12 |
But above all things, my brothers, dont swear—not by heaven, or by the earth, or by any other oath; but let your yes be yes, and your no, no, so that you dont fall into hypocrisy. |
But above all things, my siblings, yall must not swear—not by heaven or by the earth or by any other oath. Instead let yalls yes mean yes, and yalls no mean no, so that yall wont fall into judgment. |
| 5:13 |
Is any among you suffering? Let him pray. Is any cheerful? Let him sing praises. |
Is anyone among yall suffering? Let them pray. Is anyone cheerful? Let them play an instrument. |
| 5:14 |
Is any among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the assembly, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord; |
Is any among yall sick? Let them call for the elders of the church to pray over them, anointing them with oil in the name of the Lord. |
| 5:15 |
and the prayer of faith will heal him who is sick, and the Lord will raise him up. If he has committed sins, he will be forgiven. |
And the prayer offered in faith will heal the sick person, and the Lord will raise them up. If they have committed sins, they will be forgiven. |
| 5:16 |
Confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The insistent prayer of a righteous person is powerfully effective. |
Therefore, yall acknowledge your* sins to one another and yall pray for one another, so that yall may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person can accomplish much. |
| 5:17 |
Elijah was a man with a nature like ours, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain, and it didnt rain on the earth for three years and six months. |
Elijah was a human like us. He prayed earnestly that it might not rain, and it didnt rain on the earth for three years and six months. |
| 5:18 |
He prayed again, and the sky gave rain, and the earth produced its fruit. |
Then he prayed again, and the sky gave rain, and the earth produced its fruit. |
| 5:19 |
Brothers, if any among you wanders from the truth and someone turns him back, |
Siblings, if any among yall wanders from the truth and someone turns them back, |
| 5:20 |
let him know that he who turns a sinner from the error of his way will save a soul from death and will cover a multitude of sins. |
let them know that the one who turns a sinner from the error of their way will save a soul from death and will cover a multitude of sins. |