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James 1 :: King James Version (KJV)

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Unchecked Copy BoxJas 1:1 - James, G2385 a servant G1401 of God G2316 and G2532 of the Lord G2962 Jesus G2424 Christ, G5547 to the twelve G1427 tribes G5443 which G1722 are scattered abroad, G1290 greeting. G5463
Unchecked Copy BoxJas 1:2 - My G3450 brethren, G80 count it G2233 all G3956 joy G5479 when G3752 ye fall G4045 into divers G4164 temptations; G3986
Unchecked Copy BoxJas 1:3 - Knowing G1097 this, that G3754 the trying G1383 of your G5216 faith G4102 worketh G2716 patience. G5281
Unchecked Copy BoxJas 1:4 - But G1161 let G2192  patience G5281 have G2192 her perfect G5046 work, G2041 that G2443 ye may be G5600 perfect G5046 and G2532 entire, G3648 wanting G3007 nothing. G1722 G3367
Unchecked Copy BoxJas 1:5 -  G1161 If any G1536 of you G5216 lack G3007 wisdom, G4678 let him ask G154 of G3844 God, G2316 that giveth G1325 to all G3956 men liberally, G574 and G2532 upbraideth G3679 not; G3361 and G2532 it shall be given G1325 him. G846
Unchecked Copy BoxJas 1:6 - But G1161 let him ask G154 in G1722 faith, G4102 nothing G3367 wavering. G1252 For G1063 he that wavereth G1252 is like G1503 a wave G2830 of the sea G2281 driven with the wind G416 and G2532 tossed. G4494
Unchecked Copy BoxJas 1:7 - For G1063 let G3633  not G3361 that G1565 man G444 think G3633 that G3754 he shall receive G2983 any thing G5100 of G3844 the Lord. G2962
Unchecked Copy BoxJas 1:8 - A double minded G1374 man G435 is unstable G182 in G1722 all G3956 his G846 ways. G3598
Unchecked Copy BoxJas 1:9 -  G1161 Let G2744  the brother G80 of low degree G5011 rejoice G2744 in G1722 that he G846 is exalted: G5311
Unchecked Copy BoxJas 1:10 - But G1161 the rich, G4145 in G1722 that he G846 is made low: G5014 because G3754 as G5613 the flower G438 of the grass G5528 he shall pass away. G3928
Unchecked Copy BoxJas 1:11 - For G1063 the sun G2246 is no sooner risen G393 with G4862 a burning heat, G2742 but G2532 it withereth G3583 the grass, G5528 and G2532 the flower G438 thereof G846 falleth, G1601 and G2532 the grace G2143 of the fashion G4383 of it G846 perisheth: G622 so G3779 also G2532 shall G3133  the rich man G4145 fade away G3133 in G1722 his G846 ways. G4197
Unchecked Copy BoxJas 1:12 - Blessed G3107 is the man G435 that G3739 endureth G5278 temptation: G3986 for G3754 when he is tried, G1384 G1096 he shall receive G2983 the crown G4735 of life, G2222 which G3739 the Lord G2962 hath promised G1861 to them that love G25 him. G846
Unchecked Copy BoxJas 1:13 - Let G3004  no man G3367 say G3004 when he is tempted, G3985 G3754 I am tempted G3985 of G575 God: G2316 for G1063 God G2316 cannot be tempted G551 G2076 with evil, G2556 neither G1161 tempteth G3985  he G846 G3985 any man: G3762
Unchecked Copy BoxJas 1:14 - But G1161 every man G1538 is tempted, G3985 when he is drawn away G1828 of G5259 his own G2398 lust, G1939 and G2532 enticed. G1185
Unchecked Copy BoxJas 1:15 - Then G1534 when lust G1939 hath conceived, G4815 it bringeth forth G5088 sin: G266 and G1161 sin, G266 when it is finished, G658 bringeth forth G616 death. G2288
Unchecked Copy BoxJas 1:16 - Do G4105  not G3361 err, G4105 my G3450 beloved G27 brethren. G80
Unchecked Copy BoxJas 1:17 - Every G3956 good G18 gift G1394 and G2532 every G3956 perfect G5046 gift G1434 is G2076 from above, G509 and cometh down G2597 from G575 the Father G3962 of lights, G5457 with G3844 whom G3739 is G1762 no G3756 variableness, G3883 neither G2228 shadow G644 of turning. G5157
Unchecked Copy BoxJas 1:18 - Of his own will G1014 begat he G616 us G2248 with the word G3056 of truth, G225 that G1519 we G2248 should be G1511 a kind G5100 of firstfruits G536 of his G846 creatures. G2938
Unchecked Copy BoxJas 1:19 - Wherefore, G5620 my G3450 beloved G27 brethren, G80 let G2077  every G3956 man G444 be G2077 swift G5036 to G1519 hear, G191 slow G1021 to G1519 speak, G2980 slow G1021 to G1519 wrath: G3709
Unchecked Copy BoxJas 1:20 - For G1063 the wrath G3709 of man G435 worketh G2716 not G3756 the righteousness G1343 of God. G2316
Unchecked Copy BoxJas 1:21 - Wherefore G1352 lay apart G659 all G3956 filthiness G4507 and G2532 superfluity G4050 of naughtiness, G2549 and receive G1209 with G1722 meekness G4240 the engrafted G1721 word, G3056 which G3588 is able G1410 to save G4982 your G5216 souls. G5590
Unchecked Copy BoxJas 1:22 - But G1161 be ye G1096 doers G4163 of the word, G3056 and G2532 not G3361 hearers G202 only, G3440 deceiving G3884 your own selves. G1438
Unchecked Copy BoxJas 1:23 - For G3754 if any G1536 be G2076 a hearer G202 of the word, G3056 and G2532 not G3756 a doer, G4163 he G3778 is like G1503 unto a man G435 beholding G2657 his G846 natural G1078 face G4383 in G1722 a glass: G2072
Unchecked Copy BoxJas 1:24 - For G1063 he beholdeth G2657 himself, G1438 and G2532 goeth his way, G565 and G2532 straightway G2112 forgetteth G1950 what manner of man G3697 he was. G2258
Unchecked Copy BoxJas 1:25 - But G1161 whoso looketh G3879 into G1519 the perfect G5046 law G3551 of liberty, G1657 and G2532 continueth G3887 therein, he G3778 being G1096 not G3756 a forgetful G1953 hearer, G202 but G235 a doer G4163 of the work, G2041 this man G3778 shall be G2071 blessed G3107 in G1722 his G846 deed. G4162
Unchecked Copy BoxJas 1:26 - If any man G1536 among G1722 you G5213 seem G1380 to be G1511 religious, G2357 and bridleth G5468 not G3361 his G846 tongue, G1100 but G235 deceiveth G538 his own G846 heart, G2588 this man's G5127 religion G2356 is vain. G3152
Unchecked Copy BoxJas 1:27 - Pure G2513 religion G2356 and G2532 undefiled G283 before G3844 God G2316 and G2532 the Father G3962 is G2076 this, G3778 To visit G1980 the fatherless G3737 and G2532 widows G5503 in G1722 their G846 affliction, G2347 and to keep G5083 himself G1438 unspotted G784 from G575 the world. G2889
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