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James 1 :: Revised Standard Version (RSV)

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Unchecked Copy BoxJas 1:1 - James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, To the twelve tribes in the Dispersion: Greeting.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJas 1:2 - Count it all joy, my brethren, when you meet various trials,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJas 1:3 - for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJas 1:4 - And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJas 1:5 - If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives to all men generously and without reproaching, and it will be given 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 that is driven and tossed by the wind.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJas 1:7 - For that person must not suppose that a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways, will receive anything from the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJas 1:8 - Combined with verse 7.

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxJas 1:10 - and the rich in his humiliation, because like the flower of the grass he will pass away.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJas 1:11 - For the sun rises with its scorching heat and withers the grass; its flower falls, and its beauty perishes. So will the rich man fade away in the midst of his pursuits.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJas 1:12 - Blessed is the man who endures trial, for when he has stood the test he will receive the crown of life which God 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 with evil and he himself tempts no one;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJas 1:14 - but each person is tempted when he is lured and enticed by his own desire.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJas 1:15 - Then desire when it has conceived 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 endowment and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJas 1:18 - Of his own will he brought us forth by the word of truth that we should be a kind of first fruits of his creatures.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJas 1:19 - Know this, my beloved brethren. Let every man be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJas 1:20 - for the anger of man does not work the righteousness of God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJas 1:21 - Therefore put away all filthiness and rank growth 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 any one is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man who observes his natural face in a mirror;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJas 1:24 - for he observes himself and goes away and at once forgets what he was like.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJas 1:25 - But he who looks into the perfect law, the law of liberty, and perseveres, being no hearer that forgets but a doer that acts, he shall be blessed in his doing.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJas 1:26 - If any one thinks he is religious, and does not bridle his tongue but deceives his heart, this man's religion is vain.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJas 1:27 - Religion that is pure and undefiled before God and the Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained from the world.
RSV Footnotes
Combined with verse 7.
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Downloaded from the Oxford Text Archive and used with permission. The following header is required to be posted:

Source: Transcribed from: The Holy Bible: Revised Standard Version containing the Old and New Testaments, translated from the original tongues: being the version set forth A.D. 1611, revised A.D. 1881-1885 and A.D. 1901: compared with the most ancient authorities and revised A.D. 1946-52. — 2nd ed. of New Testament A.D. 1971. There should be enough in the rest of the description to identify the text.

Language: English

Availability: Freely available for non-commercial use provided that this header is included in its entirety with any copy distributed.

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James Chapter 1 — Additional Translations:

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