Dual Panel1James <2385>_, a servant <1401> of God <2316> and <2532> of the Lord <2962> Jesus <2424> Christ <5547>_, to the twelve <1427> tribes <5443> which <1722> are scattered abroad <1290>_, greeting <5463> (5721)_.
2My <3450> brethren <80>_, count it <2233> (5662) all <3956> joy <5479> when <3752> ye fall <4045> (5632) into divers <4164> temptations <3986>_; {temptation: or, trials}
3Knowing <1097> (5723) [this], that <3754> the trying <1383> of your <5216> faith <4102> worketh <2716> (5736) patience <5281>_.
4But <1161> let <2192> (0) patience <5281> have <2192> (5720) [her] perfect <5046> work <2041>_, that <2443> ye may be <5600> (5753) perfect <5046> and <2532> entire <3648>_, wanting <3007> (5746) nothing <1722> <3367>_.
5<1161> If any <1536> of you <5216> lack <3007> (5743) wisdom <4678>_, let him ask <154> (5720) of <3844> God <2316>_, that giveth <1325> (5723) to all <3956> [men] liberally <574>_, and <2532> upbraideth <3679> (5723) not <3361>_; and <2532> it shall be given <1325> (5701) him <846>_.
6But <1161> let him ask <154> (5720) in <1722> faith <4102>_, nothing <3367> wavering <1252> (5734)_. For <1063> he that wavereth <1252> (5734) is like <1503> (5758) a wave <2830> of the sea <2281> driven with the wind <416> (5746) and <2532> tossed <4494> (5746)_.
7For <1063> let <3633> (0) not <3361> that <1565> man <444> think <3633> (5737) that <3754> he shall receive <2983> (5695) any thing <5100> of <3844> the Lord <2962>_.
8A double minded <1374> man <435> [is] unstable <182> in <1722> all <3956> his <846> ways <3598>_.
9<1161> Let <2744> (0) the brother <80> of low degree <5011> rejoice <2744> (5737) in <1722> that he <846> is exalted <5311>_: {rejoice: or, glory}
10But <1161> the rich <4145>_, in <1722> that he <846> is made low <5014>_: because <3754> as <5613> the flower <438> of the grass <5528> he shall pass away <3928> (5695)_.
11For <1063> the sun <2246> is no sooner risen <393> (5656) with <4862> a burning heat <2742>_, but <2532> it withereth <3583> (5656) the grass <5528>_, and <2532> the flower <438> thereof <846> falleth <1601> (5627)_, and <2532> the grace <2143> of the fashion <4383> of it <846> perisheth <622> (5639)_: so <3779> also <2532> shall <3133> (0) the rich man <4145> fade away <3133> (5701) in <1722> his <846> ways <4197>_.
12Blessed <3107> [is] the man <435> that <3739> endureth <5278> (5719) temptation <3986>_: for <3754> when he is tried <1384> <1096> (5637)_, he shall receive <2983> (5695) the crown <4735> of life <2222>_, which <3739> the Lord <2962> hath promised <1861> (5662) to them that love <25> (5723) him <846>_.
13Let <3004> (0) no man <3367> say <3004> (5720) when he is tempted <3985> (5746)_, <3754> I am tempted <3985> (5743) of <575> God <2316>_: for <1063> God <2316> cannot be tempted <551> <2076> (5748) with evil <2556>_, neither <1161> tempteth <3985> (0) he <846> <3985> (5719) any man <3762>_: {evil: or, evils}
14But <1161> every man <1538> is tempted <3985> (5743)_, when he is drawn away <1828> (5746) of <5259> his own <2398> lust <1939>_, and <2532> enticed <1185> (5746)_.
15Then <1534> when lust <1939> hath conceived <4815> (5631)_, it bringeth forth <5088> (5719) sin <266>_: and <1161> sin <266>_, when it is finished <658> (5685)_, bringeth forth <616> (5719) death <2288>_.
16Do <4105> (0) not <3361> err <4105> (5744)_, my <3450> beloved <27> brethren <80>_.
17Every <3956> good <18> gift <1394> and <2532> every <3956> perfect <5046> gift <1434> is <2076> (5748) from above <509>_, and cometh down <2597> (5723) from <575> the Father <3962> of lights <5457>_, with <3844> whom <3739> is <1762> (5748) no <3756> variableness <3883>_, neither <2228> shadow <644> of turning <5157>_.
18Of his own will <1014> (5679) begat he <616> (5656) us <2248> with the word <3056> of truth <225>_, that <1519> we <2248> should be <1511> (5750) a kind <5100> of firstfruits <536> of his <846> creatures <2938>_.
19Wherefore <5620>_, my <3450> beloved <27> brethren <80>_, let <2077> (0) every <3956> man <444> be <2077> (5749) swift <5036> to <1519> hear <191> (5658)_, slow <1021> to <1519> speak <2980> (5658)_, slow <1021> to <1519> wrath <3709>_:
20For <1063> the wrath <3709> of man <435> worketh <2716> (5736) not <3756> the righteousness <1343> of God <2316>_.
21Wherefore <1352> lay apart <659> (5642) all <3956> filthiness <4507> and <2532> superfluity <4050> of naughtiness <2549>_, and receive <1209> (5663) with <1722> meekness <4240> the engrafted <1721> word <3056>_, which <3588> is able <1410> (5740) to save <4982> (5658) your <5216> souls <5590>_.
22But <1161> be ye <1096> (5737) doers <4163> of the word <3056>_, and <2532> not <3361> hearers <202> only <3440>_, deceiving <3884> (5740) your own selves <1438>_.
23For <3754> if any <1536> be <2076> (5748) a hearer <202> of the word <3056>_, and <2532> not <3756> a doer <4163>_, he <3778> is like <1503> (5758) unto a man <435> beholding <2657> (5723) his <846> natural <1078> face <4383> in <1722> a glass <2072>_:
24For <1063> he beholdeth <2657> (5656) himself <1438>_, and <2532> goeth his way <565> (5754)_, and <2532> straightway <2112> forgetteth <1950> (5633) what manner of man <3697> he was <2258> (5713)_.
25But <1161> whoso looketh <3879> (5660) into <1519> the perfect <5046> law <3551> of liberty <1657>_, and <2532> continueth <3887> (5660) [therein], he <3778> being <1096> (5637) not <3756> a forgetful <1953> hearer <202>_, but <235> a doer <4163> of the work <2041>_, this man <3778> shall be <2071> (5704) blessed <3107> in <1722> his <846> deed <4162>_. {deed: or, doing}
26If any man <1536> among <1722> you <5213> seem <1380> (5719) to be <1511> (5750) religious <2357>_, and bridleth <5468> (5723) not <3361> his <846> tongue <1100>_, but <235> deceiveth <538> (5723) his own <846> heart <2588>_, this man's <5127> religion <2356> [is] vain <3152>_.
27Pure <2513> religion <2356> and <2532> undefiled <283> before <3844> God <2316> and <2532> the Father <3962> is <2076> (5748) this <3778>_, To visit <1980> (5738) the fatherless <3737> and <2532> widows <5503> in <1722> their <846> affliction <2347>_, [and] to keep <5083> (5721) himself <1438> unspotted <784> from <575> the world <2889>_.