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James 1 :: New King James Version (NKJV)

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Greeting to the Twelve Tribes
Faith Works in Trial

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Unchecked Copy BoxJas 1:1 - James, a bondservant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ,
To the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad:
Greetings.
Profiting from Trials

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Unchecked Copy BoxJas 1:2 - My brethren, count it all joy when you fall into various trials,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJas 1:3 - knowing that the testing of your faith produces patience.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJas 1:4 - But let patience have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJas 1:5 - If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach, and it will be given to him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJas 1:6 - But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for he who doubts is like a wave of the sea driven and tossed by the wind.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJas 1:7 - For let not that man suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJas 1:8 - he is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.
The Perspective of Rich and Poor

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Unchecked Copy BoxJas 1:9 - Let the lowly brother glory in his exaltation,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJas 1:10 - but the rich in his humiliation, because as a flower of the field he will pass away.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJas 1:11 - For no sooner has the sun risen with a burning heat than it withers the grass; its flower falls, and its beautiful appearance perishes. So the rich man also will fade away in his pursuits.
Loving God Under Trials

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Unchecked Copy BoxJas 1:12 - Blessed is the man who endures temptation; for when he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life which the Lord has promised to those who love Him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJas 1:13 - Let no one say when he is tempted, “I am tempted by God”; for God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does He Himself tempt anyone.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJas 1:14 - But each one is tempted when he is drawn away by his own desires and enticed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJas 1:15 - Then, when desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, brings forth death.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJas 1:16 - Do not be deceived, my beloved brethren.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJas 1:17 - Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow of turning.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJas 1:18 - Of His own will He brought us forth by the word of truth, that we might be a kind of firstfruits of His creatures.
Qualities Needed in Trials

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Unchecked Copy BoxJas 1:19 - So then,[fn] my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJas 1:20 - for the wrath of man does not produce the righteousness of God.
Doers—Not Hearers Only

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Unchecked Copy BoxJas 1:21 - Therefore lay aside all filthiness and overflow of wickedness, and receive with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJas 1:22 - But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJas 1:23 - For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man observing his natural face in a mirror;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJas 1:24 - for he observes himself, goes away, and immediately forgets what kind of man he was.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJas 1:25 - But he who looks into the perfect law of liberty and continues in it, and is not a forgetful hearer but a doer of the work, this one will be blessed in what he does.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJas 1:26 - If anyone among you[fn] thinks he is religious, and does not bridle his tongue but deceives his own heart, this one’s religion is useless.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJas 1:27 - Pure and undefiled religion before God and the Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their trouble, and to keep oneself unspotted from the world.
See the NKJV Preface (Especially for Parenthesis, Brackets, & Asterisks).
NKJV Footnotes
NU-Text reads Know this or This you know.
NU-Text omits among you.
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New King James Version, © 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc. All rights reserved. Used by permission.

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James Chapter 1 — Additional Translations:

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