,this e,book was produced by ,david ,widger with the help of ,derek ,andrew's text from ,january #aiib and the work of ,bryan ,taylor in ,november #bjjb4 ,book #ei ,james #ei3jja3jja ,james1 a servant of ,god and of the ,lord ,jesus ,christ1 to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad1 greeting4 #ei3jja3jjb ,my brethren1 count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations2 #ei3jja3jjc ,knowing this1 that the trying of your faith worketh patience4 #ei3jja3jjd ,but let patience have her perfect work1 that ye may be perfect and entire1 wanting nothing4 #ei3jja3jje ,if any of you lack wisdom1 let him ask of ,god1 that giveth to all men liberally1 and upbraideth not2 and it shall be given him4 #ei3jja3jjf ,but let him ask in faith1 nothing wavering4 ,for he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed4 #ei3jja3jjg ,for let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the ,lord4 #ei3jja3jjh ,a double minded man is unstable in all his ways4 #ei3jja3jji ,let the brother of low degree rejoice in that he is exalted3 #ei3jja3jaj ,but the rich1 in that he is made low3 because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away4 #ei3jja3jaa ,for the sun is no sooner risen with a burning heat1 but it withereth the grass1 and the flower thereof falleth1 and the grace of the fashion of it perisheth3 so also shall the rich man fade away in his ways4 #ei3jja3jab ,blessed is the man that endureth temptation3 for when he is tried1 he shall receive the crown of life1 which the ,lord hath promised to them that love him4 #ei3jja3jac ,let no man say when he is tempted1 ,i am tempted of ,god3 for ,god cannot be tempted with evil1 neither tempteth he any man3 #ei3jja3jad ,but every man is tempted1 when he is drawn away of his own lust1 and enticed4 #ei3jja3jae ,then when lust hath conceived1 it bringeth forth sin3 and sin1 when it is finished1 bringeth forth death4 #ei3jja3jaf ,do not err1 my beloved brethren4 #ei3jja3jag ,every good gift and every perfect gift is from above1 and cometh down from the ,father of lights1 with whom is no variableness1 neither shadow of turning4 #ei3jja3jah ,of his own will begat he us with the word of truth1 that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures4 #ei3jja3jai ,wherefore1 my beloved brethren1 let every man be swift to hear1 slow to speak1 slow to wrath3 #ei3jja3jbj ,for the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of ,god4 #ei3jja3jba ,wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness1 and receive with meekness the engrafted word1 which is able to save your souls4 #ei3jja3jbb ,but be ye doers of the word1 and not hearers only1 deceiving your own selves4 #ei3jja3jbc ,for if any be a hearer of the word1 and not a doer1 he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass3 #ei3jja3jbd ,for he beholdeth himself1 and goeth his way1 and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was4 #ei3jja3jbe ,but whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty1 and continueth therein1 he being not a forgetful hearer1 but a doer of the work1 this man shall be blessed in his deed4 #ei3jja3jbf ,if any man among you seem to be religious1 and bridleth not his tongue1 but deceiveth his own heart1 this man's religion is vain4 #ei3jja3jbg ,pure religion and undefiled before ,god and the ,father is this1 ,to visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction1 and to keep himself unspotted from the world4 #ei3jjb3jja ,my brethren1 have not the faith of our ,lord ,jesus ,christ1 the ,lord of glory1 with respect of persons4 #ei3jjb3jjb ,for if there come unto your assembly a man with a gold ring1 in goodly apparel1 and there come in also a poor man in vile raiment2 #ei3jjb3jjc ,and ye have respect to him that weareth the gay clothing1 and say unto him1 ,sit thou here in a good place2 and say to the poor1 ,stand thou there1 or sit here under my footstool3 #ei3jjb3jjd ,are ye not then partial in yourselves1 and are become judges of evil thoughts8 #ei3jjb3jje ,hearken1 my beloved brethren1 ,hath not ,god chosen the poor of this world rich in faith1 and heirs of the kingdom which he hath promised to them that love him8 #ei3jjb3jjf ,but ye have despised the poor4 ,do not rich men oppress you1 and draw you before the judgment seats8 #ei3jjb3jjg ,do not they blaspheme that worthy name by the which ye are called8 #ei3jjb3jjh ,if ye fulfil the royal law according to the scripture1 ,thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself1 ye do well3 #ei3jjb3jji ,but if ye have respect to persons1 ye commit sin1 and are convinced of the law as transgressors4 #ei3jjb3jaj ,for whosoever shall keep the whole law1 and yet offend in one point1 he is guilty of all4 #ei3jjb3jaa ,for he that said1 ,do not commit adultery1 said also1 ,do not kill4 ,now if thou commit no adultery1 yet if thou kill1 thou art become a transgressor of the law4 #ei3jjb3jab ,so speak ye1 and so do1 as they that shall be judged by the law of liberty4 #ei3jjb3jac ,for he shall have judgment without mercy1 that hath shewed no mercy2 and mercy rejoiceth against judgment4 #ei3jjb3jad ,what doth it profit1 my brethren1 though a man say he hath faith1 and have not works8 can faith save him8 #ei3jjb3jae ,if a brother or sister be naked1 and destitute of daily food1 #ei3jjb3jaf ,and one of you say unto them1 ,depart in peace1 be ye warmed and filled2 notwithstanding ye give them not those things which are needful to the body2 what doth it profit8 #ei3jjb3jag ,even so faith1 if it hath not works1 is dead1 being alone4 #ei3jjb3jah ,yea1 a man may say1 ,thou hast faith1 and ,i have works3 shew me thy faith without thy works1 and ,i will shew thee my faith by my works4 #ei3jjb3jai ,thou believest that there is one ,god2 thou doest well3 the devils also believe1 and tremble4 #ei3jjb3jbj ,but wilt thou know1 ,o vain man1 that faith without works is dead8 #ei3jjb3jba ,was not ,abraham our father justified by works1 when he had offered ,isaac his son upon the altar8 #ei3jjb3jbb ,seest thou how faith wrought with his works1 and by works was faith made perfect8 #ei3jjb3jbc ,and the scripture was fulfilled which saith1 ,abraham believed ,god1 and it was imputed unto him for righteousness3 and he was called the ,friend of ,god4 #ei3jjb3jbd ,ye see then how that by works a man is justified1 and not by faith only4 #ei3jjb3jbe ,likewise also was not ,rahab the harlot justified by works1 when she had received the messengers1 and had sent them out another way8 #ei3jjb3jbf ,for as the body without the spirit is dead1 so faith without works is dead also4 #ei3jjc3jja ,my brethren1 be not many masters1 knowing that we shall receive the greater condemnation4 #ei3jjc3jjb ,for in many things we offend all4 ,if any man offend not in word1 the same is a perfect man1 and able also to bridle the whole body4 #ei3jjc3jjc ,behold1 we put bits in the horses' mouths1 that they may obey us2 and we turn about their whole body4 #ei3jjc3jjd ,behold also the ships1 which though they be so great1 and are driven of fierce winds1 yet are they turned about with a very small helm1 whithersoever the governor listeth4 #ei3jjc3jje ,even so the tongue is a little member1 and boasteth great things4 ,behold1 how great a matter a little fire kindleth6 #ei3jjc3jjf ,and the tongue is a fire1 a world of iniquity3 so is the tongue among our members1 that it defileth the whole body1 and setteth on fire the course of nature2 and it is set on fire of hell4 #ei3jjc3jjg ,for every kind of beasts1 and of birds1 and of serpents1 and of things in the sea1 is tamed1 and hath been tamed of mankind3 #ei3jjc3jjh ,but the tongue can no man tame2 it is an unruly evil1 full of deadly poison4 #ei3jjc3jji ,therewith bless we ,god1 even the ,father2 and therewith curse we men1 which are made after the similitude of ,god4 #ei3jjc3jaj ,out of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing4 ,my brethren1 these things ought not so to be4 #ei3jjc3jaa ,doth a fountain send forth at the same place sweet water and bitter8 #ei3jjc3jab ,can the fig tree1 my brethren1 bear olive berries8 either a vine1 figs8 so can no fountain both yield salt water and fresh4 #ei3jjc3jac ,who is a wise man and endued with knowledge among you8 let him shew out of a good conversation his works with meekness of wisdom4 #ei3jjc3jad ,but if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts1 glory not1 and lie not against the truth4 #ei3jjc3jae ,this wisdom descendeth not from above1 but is earthly1 sensual1 devilish4 #ei3jjc3jaf ,for where envying and strife is1 there is confusion and every evil work4 #ei3jjc3jag ,but the wisdom that is from above is first pure1 then peaceable1 gentle1 and easy to be intreated1 full of mercy and good fruits1 without partiality1 and without hypocrisy4 #ei3jjc3jah ,and the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace of them that make peace4 #ei3jjd3jja ,from whence come wars and fightings among you8 come they not hence1 even of your lusts that war in your members8 #ei3jjd3jjb ,ye lust1 and have not3 ye kill1 and desire to have1 and cannot obtain3 ye fight and war1 yet ye have not1 because ye ask not4 #ei3jjd3jjc ,ye ask1 and receive not1 because ye ask amiss1 that ye may consume it upon your lusts4 #ei3jjd3jjd ,ye adulterers and adulteresses1 know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with ,god8 whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of ,god4 #ei3jjd3jje ,do ye think that the scripture saith in vain1 ,the spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth to envy8 #ei3jjd3jjf ,but he giveth more grace4 ,wherefore he saith1 ,god resisteth the proud1 but giveth grace unto the humble4 #ei3jjd3jjg ,submit yourselves therefore to ,god4 ,resist the devil1 and he will flee from you4 #ei3jjd3jjh ,draw nigh to ,god1 and he will draw nigh to you4 ,cleanse your hands1 ye sinners2 and purify your hearts1 ye double minded4 #ei3jjd3jji ,be afflicted1 and mourn1 and weep3 let your laughter be turned to mourning1 and your joy to heaviness4 #ei3jjd3jaj ,humble yourselves in the sight of the ,lord1 and he shall lift you up4 #ei3jjd3jaa ,speak not evil one of another1 brethren4 ,he that speaketh evil of his brother1 and judgeth his brother1 speaketh evil of the law1 and judgeth the law3 but if thou judge the law1 thou art not a doer of the law1 but a judge4 #ei3jjd3jab ,there is one lawgiver1 who is able to save and to destroy3 who art thou that judgest another8 #ei3jjd3jac ,go to now1 ye that say1 ,to day or to morrow we will go into such a city1 and continue there a year1 and buy and sell1 and get gain3 #ei3jjd3jad ,whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow4 ,for what is your life8 ,it is even a vapour1 that appeareth for a little time1 and then vanisheth away4 #ei3jjd3jae ,for that ye ought to say1 ,if the ,lord will1 we shall live1 and do this1 or that4 #ei3jjd3jaf ,but now ye rejoice in your boastings3 all such rejoicing is evil4 #ei3jjd3jag ,therefore to him that knoweth to do good1 and doeth it not1 to him it is sin4 #ei3jje3jja ,go to now1 ye rich men1 weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you4 #ei3jje3jjb ,your riches are corrupted1 and your garments are motheaten4 #ei3jje3jjc ,your gold and silver is cankered2 and the rust of them shall be a witness against you1 and shall eat your flesh as it were fire4 ,ye have heaped treasure together for the last days4 #ei3jje3jjd ,behold1 the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your fields1 which is of you kept back by fraud1 crieth3 and the cries of them which have reaped are entered into the ears of the ,lord of sabaoth4 #ei3jje3jje ,ye have lived in pleasure on the earth1 and been wanton2 ye have nourished your hearts1 as in a day of slaughter4 #ei3jje3jjf ,ye have condemned and killed the just2 and he doth not resist you4 #ei3jje3jjg ,be patient therefore1 brethren1 unto the coming of the ,lord4 ,behold1 the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth1 and hath long patience for it1 until he receive the early and latter rain4 #ei3jje3jjh ,be ye also patient2 stablish your hearts3 for the coming of the ,lord draweth nigh4 #ei3jje3jji ,grudge not one against another1 brethren1 lest ye be condemned3 behold1 the judge standeth before the door4 #ei3jje3jaj ,take1 my brethren1 the prophets1 who have spoken in the name of the ,lord1 for an example of suffering affliction1 and of patience4 #ei3jje3jaa ,behold1 we count them happy which endure4 ,ye have heard of the patience of ,job1 and have seen the end of the ,lord2 that the ,lord is very pitiful1 and of tender mercy4 #ei3jje3jab ,but above all things1 my brethren1 swear not1 neither by heaven1 neither by the earth1 neither by any other oath3 but let your yea be yea2 and your nay1 nay2 lest ye fall into condemnation4 #ei3jje3jac ,is any among you afflicted8 let him pray4 ,is any merry8 let him sing psalms4 #ei3jje3jad ,is any sick among you8 let him call for the elders of the church2 and let them pray over him1 anointing him with oil in the name of the ,lord3 #ei3jje3jae ,and the prayer of faith shall save the sick1 and the ,lord shall raise him up2 and if he have committed sins1 they shall be forgiven him4 #ei3jje3jaf ,confess your faults one to another1 and pray one for another1 that ye may be healed4 ,the effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much4 #ei3jje3jag ,elias was a man subject to like passions as we are1 and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain3 and it rained not on the earth by the space of three years and six months4 #ei3jje3jah ,and he prayed again1 and the heaven gave rain1 and the earth brought forth her fruit4 #ei3jje3jai ,brethren1 if any of you do err from the truth1 and one convert him2 #ei3jje3jbj ,let him know1 that he which converteth the sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul from death1 and shall hide a multitude of sins4