(KJV) James 1¹²

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⥃A Greeting from James ^{[ Jude 1:1–2 ]}

[1] James³, a servant⁴ of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to⁵ the twelve tribes which are scattered⁶ abroad, greeting⁷.

⥃Rejoicing in Trials ^{[ Philippians 1:12–20 ]}

[2] My brethren, count⁸ it all joy when ye fall into divers⁹ temptations; [3] Knowing [this], that¹⁰ the trying of your faith worketh patience¹¹. [4] But let¹² patience have [her] perfect work, that ye may be perfect and¹³ entire, wanting¹⁴ nothing. [5] If any¹⁵ of you lack wisdom, let¹⁶ him ask of God, that giveth to all [men] liberally, and upbraideth¹⁷ not; and it shall be given him. [6] But let¹⁸ him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he¹⁹ that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed. [7] For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord.²⁰ [8] A double minded man [is] unstable in all his ways.²¹ [9] Let the brother²² of low degree rejoice²³ in²⁴ that he is exalted: [10] But the rich, in²⁵ that he is made low: because²⁶ as the flower of the grass he shall pass away. [11] For the sun is no sooner risen²⁷ with a burning heat, but it withereth the grass, and the flower thereof falleth, and the grace of the fashion of it perisheth: so²⁸ also shall the rich man fade away in his ways. [12] Blessed [is] the man²⁹ that endureth temptation: for when³⁰ he is tried, he shall receive the crown³¹ of life, which³² the Lord hath promised to them³³ that love him.

⥃Good and Perfect Gifts

[13] Let no man³⁴ say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil³⁵, neither tempteth he any man: [14] But every man is tempted, when³⁶ he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed. [15] Then when³⁷³⁸ lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death. [16] Do³⁹ not err, my⁴⁰ beloved brethren. [17] Every good⁴¹ gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the⁴² Father of lights, with whom is no variableness⁴³, neither shadow of turning. [18] Of his own⁴⁴ will begat he us with⁴⁵ the word of truth, that we should be a kind⁴⁶ of firstfruits of his creatures.

⥃Hearing and Doing

[19] Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let⁴⁷ every man be swift to hear, slow to speak⁴⁸, slow to wrath⁴⁹: [20] For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God.⁵⁰ [21] Wherefore lay⁵¹ apart all filthiness⁵² and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive⁵³ with meekness the engrafted⁵⁴ word, which⁵⁵ is able to save your souls. [22] But be⁵⁶ ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving⁵⁷ your own selves. [23] 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:⁵⁸ [24] For he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what⁵⁹ manner of man he was. [25] But whoso looketh⁶⁰ into the perfect⁶¹ law of liberty⁶², and⁶³ continueth [therein], he being not a forgetful⁶⁴ hearer, but a doer of the work, this⁶⁵ man shall be blessed in his deed⁶⁶. [26] If any man among you seem⁶⁷ to be religious, and bridleth⁶⁸ not his tongue, but⁶⁹ deceiveth his own heart, this⁷⁰ man’s religion [is] vain. [27] Pure⁷¹ religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit⁷² the fatherless and widows in their affliction, [and] to keep⁷³ himself unspotted from the world.

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