,from www4ebible4org with slight        
reformatting by ,martin ,ward4          
,book #ei ,james  #jja3jja ,james1 a    
servant of ,god and of the ,lord ,jesus 
,christ1          to the twelve tribes  
which are in the ,dispersion3           
,greetings4  #jja3jjb ,count it all joy1
 my brothers,the word for brothers      
here and where context allows may also  
be correctly translated                 
brothers and sisters or siblings41 when 
you fall          into various          
temptations1  #jja3jjc knowing that the 
testing of your faith produces          
endurance4  #jja3jjd ,let endurance have
 its perfect work1 that you may be      
perfect          and complete1 lacking  
in nothing4  #jja3jje ,but if any of you
 lacks wisdom1 let him ask of ,god1     
who gives to all liberally and without  
reproach2 and it          will be given 
to him4  #jja3jjf ,but let him ask in   
faith1 without any doubting1 for he who 
doubts          is like a wave of the   
sea1 driven by the wind and tossed4     

#jja3jjg ,for let that man not think    
that he will receive anything           
from the ,lord4  #jja3jjh ,he is a      
double-minded man1 unstable in all his  
ways4  #jja3jji ,but let the brother in 
humble circumstances glory in           
his high position2  #jja3jaj and the    
rich1 in that he is made humble1 because
 like the flower          in the grass1 
he will pass away4  #jja3jaa ,for the   
sun arises with the scorching wind1 and 
withers          the grass1 and the     
flower in it falls1 and the beauty of   
its          appearance perishes4  ,so  
also will the rich man fade away        
in his pursuits4  #jja3jab ,blessed is  
the man who endures temptation1 for when
 he has          been approved1 he will 
receive the crown of life1 which the    
,lord          promised to those who    
love him4  #jja3jac ,let no man say when
 he is tempted1 ,i am tempted by ,god1  
for ,god can't be tempted by evil1 and  
he himself tempts no one4  #jja3jad ,but
 each one is tempted1 when he is drawn  

away by his          own lust1 and      
enticed4  #jja3jae ,then the lust1 when 
it has conceived1 bears sin2 and the    
sin1          when it is full grown1    
brings forth death4  #jja3jaf ,don't be 
deceived1 my beloved brothers4  #jja3jag
 ,every good gift and every perfect gift
 is from above1 coming down             
from the ,father of lights1 with whom   
can be no variation1          nor       
turning shadow4  #jja3jah ,of his own   
will he brought us forth by the word of 
truth1          that we should be a kind
 of first fruits of his creatures4      
#jja3jai ,so1 then1 my beloved brothers1
 let every man be swift to hear1        
slow to speak1 and slow to anger2       
#jja3jbj for the anger of man doesn't   
produce the righteousness of ,god4      
#jja3jba ,therefore1 putting away all   
filthiness and overflowing          of  
wickedness1 receive with humility the   
implanted word1          which is able  
to save your soulsor1 preserve your     
life44  #jja3jbb ,but be doers of the   

word1 and not only hearers1 deluding    
your own selves4  #jja3jbc ,for if      
anyone is a hearer of the word and not a
 doer1          he is like a man looking
 at his natural face in a mirror2       
#jja3jbd for he sees himself1 and goes  
away1 and immediately forgets           
what kind of man he was4  #jja3jbe ,but 
he who looks into the perfect law of    
freedom1 and continues1          not    
being a hearer who forgets1 but a doer  
of the work1          this man will be  
blessed in what he does4  #jja3jbf ,if  
anyone among you thinks himself to be   
religious while          he doesn't     
bridle his tongue1 but deceives his     
heart1          this man's religion is  
worthless4  #jja3jbg ,pure religion and 
undefiled before our ,god and ,father is
 this3          to visit the fatherless 
and widows in their affliction1         
and to keep oneself unstained by the    
world4  #jjb3jja ,my brothers1 don't    
hold the faith of our ,lord ,jesus      
,christ          of glory with          

partiality4  #jjb3jjb ,for if a man with
 a gold ring1 in fine clothing1 comes   
into          your synagogueor1 meeting1
 and a poor man in filthy clothing      
also comes in2  #jjb3jjc and you pay    
special attention to him who wears the  
fine clothing1          and say1 ,sit   
here in a good place2 and you tell the  
poor man1          ,stand there1 or ,sit
 by my footstool2  #jjb3jjd haven't you 
shown partiality among yourselves1 and  
become          judges with evil        
thoughts8  #jjb3jje ,listen1 my beloved 
brothers4  ,didn't ,god choose those who
 are poor          in this world to be  
rich in faith1 and heirs of the ,kingdom
          which he promised to those who
 love him8  #jjb3jjf ,but you have      
dishonored the poor man4  ,don't the    
rich oppress you1          and          
personally drag you before the courts8  
#jjb3jjg ,don't they blaspheme the      
honorable name by which you are called8 
#jjb3jjh ,however1 if you fulfill the   
royal law1 according to          the    

,scripture1 ,you shall love your        
neighbor as yourself1,leviticus         
#ai3ah you do well4  #jjb3jji ,but if   
you show partiality1 you commit sin1    
being convicted          by the law as  
transgressors4  #jjb3jaj ,for whoever   
keeps the whole law1 and yet stumbles in
 one point1          he has become      
guilty of all4  #jjb3jaa ,for he who    
said1 ,do not commit adultery1,exodus   
#bj3ad2          ,deuteronomy #e3ah also
 said1 ,do not commit murder4,exodus    
#aj3ac2          ,deuteronomy #e3ag ,now
 if you do not commit adultery1 but     
murder1          you have become a      
transgressor of the law4  #jjb3jab ,so  
speak1 and so do1 as men who are to be  
judged by a          law of freedom4    
#jjb3jac ,for judgment is without mercy 
to him who has shown no mercy4          
,mercy triumphs over judgment4  #jjb3jad
 ,what good is it1 my brothers1 if a man
 says he has faith1          but has no 
works8  ,can faith save him8  #jjb3jae  
,and if a brother or sister is naked and

 in lack of daily food1  #jjb3jaf and   
one of you tells them1 ,go in peace1 be 
warmed and filled2          and yet you 
didn't give them the things the body    
needs1          what good is it8        
#jjb3jag ,even so faith1 if it has no   
works1 is dead in itself4  #jjb3jah     
,yes1 a man will say1 ,you have faith1  
and ,i have works4          ,show me    
your faith without works1 and ,i by my  
works will show          you my faith4  
#jjb3jai ,you believe that ,god is one4 
,you do well4  ,the demons          also
 believe1 and shudder4  #jjb3jbj ,but do
 you want to know1 vain man1 that faith 
apart from          works is dead8      
#jjb3jba ,wasn't ,abraham our father    
justified by works1 in that he offered  
up ,isaac his son on the altar8         
#jjb3jbb ,you see that faith worked with
 his works1 and by works          faith 
was perfected2  #jjb3jbc and the        
,scripture was fulfilled which says1    
,abraham believed ,god1          and it 
was accounted to him as                 

righteousness2,genesis #ae3af           
and he was called the friend of ,god4   
#jjb3jbd ,you see then that by works1 a 
man is justified1 and not          only 
by faith4  #jjb3jbe ,in like manner     
wasn't ,rahab the prostitute also       
justified          by works1 in that she
 received the messengers1 and sent them 
out another way8  #jjb3jbf ,for as the  
body apart from the spirit is dead1 even
 so faith          apart from works is  
dead4  #jjc3jja ,let not many of you be 
teachers1 my brothers1 knowing that we  
will receive heavier judgment4  #jjc3jjb
 ,for in many things we all stumble4    
,if anyone doesn't          stumble in  
word1 the same is a perfect man1 able to
 bridle          the whole body also4   
#jjc3jjc ,indeed1 we put bits into the  
horses' mouths so that they may         
obey us1 and we guide their whole body4 
#jjc3jjd ,behold1 the ships also1 though
 they are so big and are driven         
by fierce winds1 are yet guided by a    
very small rudder1          wherever the

 pilot desires4  #jjc3jje ,so the tongue
 is also a little member1 and boasts    
great things4          ,see how a small 
fire can spread to a large forest6      
#jjc3jjf ,and the tongue is a fire4     
,the world of iniquity among            
our members is the tongue1 which defiles
 the whole body1          and sets on   
fire the course of nature1 and is set on
 fire          by ,gehenna4or1 ,hell    
#jjc3jjg ,for every kind of animal1     
bird1 creeping thing1 and thing         
in the sea1 is tamed1 and has been tamed
 by mankind4  #jjc3jjh ,but nobody can  
tame the tongue4  ,it is a restless     
evil1          full of deadly poison4   
#jjc3jji ,with it we bless our ,god and 
,father1 and with it we curse men1      
who are made in the image of ,god4      
#jjc3jaj ,out of the same mouth comes   
forth blessing and cursing4          ,my
 brothers1 these things ought not to be 
so4  #jjc3jaa ,does a spring send out   
from the same opening fresh and bitter  
water8  #jjc3jab ,can a fig tree1 my    

brothers1 yield olives1 or a vine figs8 
,thus no spring yields both salt water  
and fresh water4  #jjc3jac ,who is wise 
and understanding among you8  ,let him  
show by his          good conduct that  
his deeds are done in gentleness of     
wisdom4  #jjc3jad ,but if you have      
bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in 
your heart1          don't boast and    
don't lie against the truth4  #jjc3jae  
,this wisdom is not that which comes    
down from above1          but is        
earthly1 sensual1 and demonic4  #jjc3jaf
 ,for where jealousy and selfish        
ambition are1 there is confusion        
and every evil deed4  #jjc3jag ,but the 
wisdom that is from above is first pure1
 then peaceful1          gentle1        
reasonable1 full of mercy and good      
fruits1          without partiality1 and
 without hypocrisy4  #jjc3jah ,now the  
fruit of righteousness is sown in peace 
by those          who make peace4       
#jjd3jja ,where do wars and fightings   
among you come from8          ,don't    

they come from your pleasures that war  
in your members8  #jjd3jjb ,you lust1   
and don't have4  ,you kill1 covet1 and  
can't obtain4          ,you fight and   
make war4  ,you don't have1 because you 
don't ask4  #jjd3jjc ,you ask1 and don't
 receive1 because you ask with wrong    
motives1          so that you may spend 
it for your pleasures4  #jjd3jjd ,you   
adulterers and adulteresses1 don't you  
know that friendship          with the  
world is enmity with ,god8  ,whoever    
therefore wants          to be a friend 
of the world makes himself an enemy of  
,god4  #jjd3jje ,or do you think that   
the ,scripture says in vain1 ,the       
,spirit          who lives in us yearns 
jealously8  #jjd3jjf ,but he gives more 
grace4  ,therefore it says1 ,god resists
          the proud1 but gives grace to 
the humble4,proverbs #c3cd  #jjd3jjg ,be
 subject therefore to ,god4  ,but resist
 the devil1 and he will          flee   
from you4  #jjd3jjh ,draw near to ,god1 
and he will draw near to you4  ,cleanse 

your hands1          you sinners2 and   
purify your hearts1 you double-minded4  
#jjd3jji ,lament1 mourn1 and weep4  ,let
 your laughter be turned to mourning1   
and your joy to gloom4  #jjd3jaj ,humble
 yourselves in the sight of the ,lord1  
and he will exalt you4  #jjd3jaa ,don't 
speak against one another1 brothers4    
,he who speaks          against a       
brother and judges his brother1 speaks  
against          the law and judges the 
law4  ,but if you judge the law1        
you are not a doer of the law1 but a    
judge4  #jjd3jab ,only one is the       
lawgiver1 who is able to save and to    
destroy4          ,but who are you to   
judge another8  #jjd3jac ,come now1 you 
who say1 ,today or tomorrow let's go    
into this city1          and spend a    
year there1 trade1 and make a profit4   
#jjd3jad ,whereas you don't know what   
your life will be like tomorrow4        
,for what is your life8  ,for you are a 
vapor1 that appears          for a      
little time1 and then vanishes away4    

#jjd3jae ,for you ought to say1 ,if the 
,lord wills1 we will both live1         
and do this or that4  #jjd3jaf ,but now 
you glory in your boasting4  ,all such  
boasting is evil4  #jjd3jag ,to him     
therefore who knows to do good1 and     
doesn't do it1          to him it is    
sin4  #jje3jja ,come now1 you rich1 weep
 and howl for your miseries that are    
coming on you4  #jje3jjb ,your riches   
are corrupted and your garments are     
moth-eaten4  #jje3jjc ,your gold and    
your silver are corroded1 and their     
corrosion will be          for a        
testimony against you1 and will eat your
 flesh like fire4          ,you have    
laid up your treasure in the last days4 
#jje3jjd ,behold1 the wages of the      
laborers who mowed your fields1         
which you have kept back by fraud1 cry  
out1 and the cries          of those who
 reaped have entered into the ears of   
the ,lord          of ,armies,greek3    
,sabaoth 7for ,hebrew3  ,tze'va'ot74    
#jje3jje ,you have lived delicately on  

the earth1 and taken your pleasure4     
,you have nourished your hearts as in a 
day of slaughter4  #jje3jjf ,you have   
condemned1 you have murdered the        
righteous one4          ,he doesn't     
resist you4  #jje3jjg ,be patient       
therefore1 brothers1 until the coming of
 the ,lord4          ,behold1 the farmer
 waits for the precious fruit of the    
earth1          being patient over it1  
until it receives the early and late    
rain4  #jje3jjh ,you also be patient4   
,establish your hearts1 for the coming  
of the ,lord is at hand4  #jje3jji      
,don't grumble1 brothers1 against one   
another1 so that you          won't be  
judged4  ,behold1 the judge stands at   
the door4  #jje3jaj ,take1 brothers1 for
 an example of suffering and of         
patience1          the prophets who     
spoke in the name of the ,lord4         
#jje3jaa ,behold1 we call them blessed  
who endured4  ,you have heard           
of the patience of ,job1 and have seen  
the ,lord in the outcome1          and  

how the ,lord is full of compassion and 
mercy4  #jje3jab ,but above all things1 
my brothers1 don't swear1 neither by    
heaven1          nor by the earth1 nor  
by any other oath2 but let your yes     
be yes1 and your no1 no2 so that you    
don't fall into          hypocrisy4,,tr 
reads under judgment instead of into    
hypocrisy  #jje3jac ,is any among you   
suffering8  ,let him pray4  ,is any     
cheerful8          ,let him sing        
praises4  #jje3jad ,is any among you    
sick8  ,let him call for the elders of  
the assembly1          and let them pray
 over him1 anointing him with oil in the
 name          of the ,lord1  #jje3jae  
and the prayer of faith will heal him   
who is sick1          and the ,lord will
 raise him up4  ,if he has committed    
sins1          he will be forgiven4     
#jje3jaf ,confess your offenses to one  
another1 and pray for one another1      
that you may be healed4  ,the insistent 
prayer of a righteous          person is
 powerfully effective4  #jje3jag ,elijah

 was a man with a nature like ours1 and 
he prayed earnestly          that it    
might not rain1 and it didn't rain on   
the earth          for three years and  
six months4  #jje3jah ,he prayed again1 
and the sky gave rain1 and the earth    
brought          forth its fruit4       
#jje3jai ,brothers1 if any among you    
wanders from the truth1 and someone     
turns him back1  #jje3jbj let him know  
that he who turns a sinner from the     
error of his way          will save a   
soul from death1 and will cover a       
multitude of sins4