I.
Introduction — to the twelve tribes in dispersion
1:1
James 1
:1
1:1
1James, a
aslave of God and of the
2Lord Jesus Christ, to the
3twelve btribes in the
4cdispersion:
5Rejoice!
II.
Practical virtues of Christian perfection
1:2—5:20
A.
Enduring trials by faith
1:2-12
James 1
:2
1:2
Count it all
ajoy, my
bbrothers, whenever you fall into various
1ctrials,
James 1
:3
1:3
Knowing that the
aproving of your
1faith works out
bendurance.
James 1
:4
1:4
And let
aendurance have
its perfect work that you may be
1bperfect and entire, lacking in nothing.
James 1
:5
1:5
But if any one of you lacks
1awisdom, let him
2bask of God, who gives to all
3liberally and does
4not reproach, and it will be given to him.
James 1
:6
1:6
But let him ask in
afaith,
1bdoubting nothing, for he who doubts is like the surge of the
csea, driven by the
dwind and tossed about.
James 1
:7
1:7
For that man must not suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord;
James 1
:8
1:8
He is a
1adouble-souled man, unstable in all his ways.
James 1
:9
1:9
And let the lowly brother
1boast in his
2aexaltation,
James 1
:10
1:10
And the
1rich in his being brought low, because like a
aflower of the grass he will
bpass away.
James 1
:11
1:11
For the
1sun rises with its
2scorching heat and withers the
agrass, and its flower falls off, and the
bbeauty of its appearance is destroyed; so also the
3crich man will fade away in his pursuits.
James 1
:12
1:12
aBlessed is the man who endures
1trial, because when he has become
2approved by testing, he will receive the
3bcrown of
4life, which He
cpromised to those who
5dlove Him.
B.
Resisting temptation as God-born ones
1:13-18
James 1
:13
1:13
Let no one say when he is
1atempted, I am tempted
2of God; for God
3cannot be tempted of evil, and He Himself
4tempts no one.
James 1
:14
1:14
But each one is tempted when he is drawn away and enticed by his own
alusts;
James 1
:15
1:15
Then the lust, having conceived,
1gives birth to sin; and the sin, when it is fully grown, brings forth
adeath.
James 1
:16
1:16
Do not be deceived, my beloved brothers.
James 1
:17
1:17
All good giving and every perfect
1agift is from
babove, coming down from the
2Father of lights, with whom is no
3cvariation or shadow cast by turning.
James 1
:18
1:18
He 1abrought us forth by the
2word of
btruth,
3purposing that we might be a kind of
4cfirstfruits of His creatures.
C.
Living a God-fearing life by the implanted word according to the perfect law of freedom
1:19-27
James 1
:19
1:19
1You know
this, my beloved brothers; but let every man be quick to hear,
2slow to
aspeak, slow to
bwrath;
James 1
:20
1:20
For the
1wrath of man does not accomplish the righteousness of God.
James 1
:21
1:21
Therefore aputting away all
bfilthiness and the abundance of malice, receive in
cmeekness the
1implanted dword, which is able to
2save your souls.
James 1
:22
1:22
And become
adoers of the word and not
bhearers only, who
cdelude themselves.
James 1
:23
1:23
Because if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a
adoer, this one is like a man considering in a
bmirror the face he was born with;
James 1
:24
1:24
For he considers himself and goes away, and immediately forgets what kind of person he is.
James 1
:25
1:25
But he who
1looks into the
2perfect law, the
alaw of
bfreedom, and continues in
it, becoming not a forgetful hearer but a doer of the work, this one will be
cblessed in his doing.
James 1
:26
1:26
If anyone thinks himself to be
1religious and yet does
2not bridle his
atongue but
bdeceives his heart, this one's religion is vain.
James 1
:27
1:27
This is pure and undefiled religion before our God and Father: to visit
1aorphans and widows in their affliction
and to keep oneself
2unspotted from the
3world.
