<vn='1'><sn="2385">James</s>, a <sn="1401">servant</s> of <sn="2316">God</s><sn="2532">and</s> of the <sn="2962">Lord</s><sn="2424">Jesus</s><sn="5547">Christ</s>, to <sn="3588">the</s><sn="1427">twelve</s><sn="5443">tribes</s><sn="3588">which</s> are scattered <sn="1722 1290">abroad</s>, <sn="5463">greeting</s>. </v>
<vn='2'><sn="3450">My</s><sn="80">brethren</s>, <sn="2233">count</s> it <sn="3956">all</s><sn="5479">joy</s><sn="3752">when</s> ye fall <sn="4045">into</s><sn="4164">divers</s><sn="3986">temptations</s>; </v>
<vn='3'><sn="1097">Knowing</s> this, <sn="3754">that</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="1383">trying</s> of <sn="5216">your</s><sn="4102">faith</s><sn="2716">worketh</s><sn="5281">patience</s>. </v>
<vn='4'><sn="1161">But</s> let <sn="5281">patience</s><sn="2192">have</s> her <sn="5046">perfect</s><sn="2041">work</s>, <sn="2443">that</s> ye may <sn="5600">be</s><sn="5046">perfect</s><sn="2532">and</s><sn="3648">entire</s>, <sn="3007">wanting</s><sn="3367">nothing</s>. </v>
<vn='5'><sn="*1161"></s><sn="1487">If</s><sn="5100">any</s> of <sn="5216">you</s><sn="3007">lack</s><sn="4678">wisdom</s>, let him <sn="154">ask</s><sn="3844">of</s><sn="2316">God</s>, that <sn="1325">giveth</s> to <sn="3956">all</s> men <sn="574">liberally</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="3679">upbraideth</s><sn="3361">not</s>; <sn="2532">and</s> it shall be <sn="1325">given</s><sn="846">him</s>. </v>
<vn='6'><sn="1161">But</s> let him <sn="154">ask</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="4102">faith</s>, <sn="3367">nothing</s><sn="1252">wavering</s>. <sn="1063">For</s> he that <sn="1252">wavereth</s> is <sn="1503">like</s> a <sn="2830">wave</s> of the <sn="2281">sea</s> driven with the <sn="416">wind</s><sn="2532">and</s><sn="4494">tossed</s>. </v>
<vn='7'><sn="1063">For</s> let <sn="3361">not</s><sn="1565">that</s><sn="444">man</s><sn="3633">think</s><sn="3754">that</s> he shall <sn="2983">receive</s> any <sn="5100">thing</s><sn="3844">of</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="2962">Lord</s>. </v>
<vn='8'>A double <sn="1374">minded</s><sn="435">man</s> is <sn="182">unstable</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="3956">all</s><sn="848">his</s><sn="3598">ways</s>. </v>
<vn='9'><sn="*1161"></s> Let <sn="3588">the</s><sn="80">brother</s> of low <sn="5011">degree</s><sn="2744">rejoice</s><sn="1722">in</s> that <sn="848">he</s> is <sn="5311">exalted</s>: </v>
<vn='10'><sn="1161">But</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="4145">rich</s>, <sn="1722">in</s> that <sn="848">he</s> is made <sn="5014">low</s>: <sn="3754">because</s><sn="5613">as</s> the <sn="438">flower</s> of the <sn="5528">grass</s> he shall pass <sn="3928">away</s>. </v>
<vn='11'><sn="1063">For</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="2246">sun</s> is no sooner <sn="393">risen</s><sn="4862">with</s> a burning <sn="2742">heat</s>, <sn="2532">but</s> it <sn="3583">withereth</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="5528">grass</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="438">flower</s><sn="846">thereof</s><sn="1601">falleth</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="2143">grace</s> of <sn="3588">the</s><sn="4383">fashion</s> of <sn="846">it</s><sn="622">perisheth</s>: <sn="3779">so</s><sn="2532">also</s> shall <sn="3588">the</s> rich <sn="4145">man</s> fade <sn="3133">away</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="848">his</s><sn="4197">ways</s>. </v>
<vn='12'><sn="3107">Blessed</s> is the <sn="435">man</s><sn="3739">that</s><sn="5278">endureth</s><sn="3986">temptation</s>: <sn="3754">for</s> when he <sn="1096">is</s><sn="1384">tried</s>, he shall <sn="2983">receive</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="4735">crown</s> of <sn="2222">life</s>, <sn="3739">which</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="2962">Lord</s> hath <sn="1861">promised</s> to them that <sn="25">love</s><sn="846">him</s>. </v>
<vn='13'>Let no <sn="3367">man</s><sn="3004">say</s> when he is <sn="3985">tempted</s>, I am <sn="3985">tempted</s><sn="575">of</s><sn="2316">God</s>: <sn="1063">for</s><sn="2316">God</s> cannot be <sn="2076 551">tempted</s> with <sn="2556">evil</s>, <sn="1161">neither</s><sn="3985">tempteth</s><sn="848">he</s> any <sn="3762">man</s>: </v>
<vn='14'><sn="1161">But</s> every <sn="1538">man</s> is <sn="3985">tempted</s>, when he is drawn <sn="1828">away</s><sn="5259">of</s> his <sn="2398">own</s><sn="1939">lust</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="1185">enticed</s>. </v>
<vn='15'><sn="1534">Then</s> when <sn="1939">lust</s> hath <sn="4815">conceived</s>, it bringeth <sn="5088">forth</s><sn="266">sin</s>: <sn="1161">and</s><sn="266">sin</s>, when it is <sn="658">finished</s>, bringeth <sn="616">forth</s><sn="2288">death</s>. </v>
<vn='17'><sn="3956">Every</s><sn="18">good</s><sn="1394">gift</s><sn="2532">and</s><sn="3956">every</s><sn="5046">perfect</s><sn="1434">gift</s><sn="2076">is</s> from <sn="509">above</s>, and cometh <sn="2597">down</s><sn="575">from</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="3962">Father</s> of <sn="5457">lights</s>, <sn="3844">with</s><sn="3739">whom</s><sn="1762">is</s><sn="3756">no</s><sn="3883">variableness</s>, <sn="2228">neither</s><sn="644">shadow</s> of <sn="5157">turning</s>. </v>
<vn='18'>Of his own <sn="1014">will</s><sn="616">begat</s> he <sn="2248">us</s> with the <sn="3056">word</s> of <sn="225">truth</s>, that <sn="2248">we</s> should <sn="1511">be</s> a <sn="5100">kind</s> of <sn="536">firstfruits</s> of <sn="848">his</s><sn="2938">creatures</s>. </v>
<vn='19'><sn="5620">Wherefore</s>, <sn="3450">my</s><sn="27">beloved</s><sn="80">brethren</s>, let <sn="3956">every</s><sn="444">man</s><sn="2077">be</s><sn="5036">swift</s> to <sn="191">hear</s>, <sn="1021">slow</s> to <sn="2980">speak</s>, <sn="1021">slow</s><sn="1519">to</s><sn="3709">wrath</s>: </v>
<vn='20'><sn="1063">For</s> the <sn="3709">wrath</s> of <sn="435">man</s><sn="2716">worketh</s><sn="3756">not</s> the <sn="1343">righteousness</s> of <sn="2316">God</s>. </v>
<vn='21'><sn="1352">Wherefore</s> lay <sn="659">apart</s><sn="3956">all</s><sn="4507">filthiness</s><sn="2532">and</s><sn="4050">superfluity</s> of <sn="2549">naughtiness</s>, and <sn="1209">receive</s><sn="1722">with</s><sn="4240">meekness</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="1721">engrafted</s><sn="3056">word</s>, which is <sn="1410">able</s> to <sn="4982">save</s><sn="5216">your</s><sn="5590">souls</s>. </v>
<vn='22'><sn="1161">But</s><sn="1096">be</s> ye <sn="4163">doers</s> of the <sn="3056">word</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="3361">not</s><sn="202">hearers</s><sn="3440">only</s>, <sn="3884">deceiving</s> your own <sn="1438">selves</s>. </v>
<vn='23'><sn="3754">For</s> if <sn="1536">any</s><sn="2076">be</s> a <sn="202">hearer</s> of the <sn="3056">word</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="3756">not</s> a <sn="4163">doer</s>, <sn="3778">he</s> is like <sn="1503">unto</s> a <sn="435">man</s><sn="2657">beholding</s><sn="846">his</s><sn="1078">natural</s><sn="4383">face</s><sn="1722">in</s> a <sn="2072">glass</s>: </v>
<vn='24'><sn="1063">For</s> he <sn="2657">beholdeth</s><sn="1438">himself</s>, <sn="2532">and</s> goeth his <sn="565">way</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="2112">straightway</s><sn="1950">forgetteth</s> what manner of <sn="3697">man</s> he <sn="2258">was</s>. </v>
<vn='25'><sn="1161">But</s> whoso <sn="3879">looketh</s><sn="1519">into</s> the <sn="5046">perfect</s><sn="3551">law</s><sn="*3588">of</s><sn="1657">liberty</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="3887">continueth</s> therein, <sn="3778">he</s><sn="1096">being</s><sn="3756">not</s> a <sn="1953">forgetful</s><sn="202">hearer</s>, <sn="235">but</s> a <sn="4163">doer</s> of the <sn="2041">work</s>, this <sn="3778">man</s> shall <sn="2071">be</s><sn="3107">blessed</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="848">his</s><sn="4162">deed</s>. </v>
<vn='26'>If any <sn="1536">man</s><sn="1722">among</s><sn="5213">you</s><sn="1380">seem</s> to <sn="1511">be</s><sn="2357">religious</s>, and <sn="5468">bridleth</s><sn="3361">not</s><sn="848">his</s><sn="1100">tongue</s>, <sn="235">but</s><sn="538">deceiveth</s> his <sn="848">own</s><sn="2588">heart</s>, this <sn="5127">man</s> 's <sn="2356">religion</s> is <sn="3152">vain</s>. </v>
<vn='27'><sn="2513">Pure</s><sn="2356">religion</s><sn="2532">and</s><sn="283">undefiled</s><sn="3844">before</s><sn="2316">God</s><sn="2532">and</s> the <sn="3962">Father</s><sn="2076">is</s><sn="3778">this</s>, To <sn="1980">visit</s> the <sn="3737">fatherless</s><sn="2532">and</s><sn="5503">widows</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="846">their</s><sn="2347">affliction</s>, and to <sn="5083">keep</s><sn="1438">himself</s><sn="784">unspotted</s><sn="575">from</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="2889">world</s>. </v>