Verse-Reference
Reference-Verse
Abbreviate Books
Quotes around Verses      |
 Jam 1:1 |
[fn]James, a bond-servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, To the twelve tribes who are [fn]dispersed abroad: Greetings. |
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Jam 1:2 |
Consider it all joy, my brethren, when you encounter various [fn]trials, |
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Jam 1:3 |
knowing that the testing of your faith produces [fn]endurance. |
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Jam 1:4 |
And let [fn]endurance have its perfect [fn]result, so that you may be [fn]perfect and complete, lacking in nothing. |
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Jam 1:5 |
But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all generously and [fn]without reproach, and it will be given to him. |
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Jam 1:6 |
But he must ask in faith without any doubting, for the one who doubts is like the surf of the sea, driven and tossed by the wind. |
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Jam 1:7 |
For that man ought not to expect that he will receive anything from the Lord, |
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Jam 1:8 |
being a [fn]double-minded man, unstable in all his ways. |
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Jam 1:9 |
But the [fn]brother of humble circumstances is to glory in his high position; |
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Jam 1:10 |
and the rich man is to glory in his humiliation, because like [fn]flowering grass he will pass away. |
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Jam 1:11 |
For the sun rises with [fn]a scorching wind and withers the grass; and its flower falls off and the beauty of its appearance is destroyed; so too the rich man in the midst of his pursuits will fade away. |
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Jam 1:12 |
Blessed is a man who perseveres under trial; for once he has [fn]been approved, he will receive the crown of life which the Lord has promised to those who love Him. |
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Jam 1:13 |
Let no one say when he is tempted, "I am being tempted [fn]by God"; for God cannot be tempted [fn]by evil, and He Himself does not tempt anyone. |
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Jam 1:14 |
But each one is tempted when he is carried away and enticed by his own lust. |
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Jam 1:15 |
Then when lust has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and when sin [fn]is accomplished, it brings forth death. |
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Jam 1:16 |
Do not be [fn]deceived, my beloved brethren. |
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Jam 1:17 |
Every good thing given and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or [fn]shifting shadow. |
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Jam 1:18 |
In the exercise of His will He brought us forth by the word of truth, so that we would be [fn]a kind of first fruits [fn]among His creatures. |
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Jam 1:19 |
[fn]This you know, my beloved brethren. But everyone must be quick to hear, slow to speak and slow to anger; |
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Jam 1:20 |
for the anger of man does not achieve the righteousness of God. |
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Jam 1:21 |
Therefore, putting aside all filthiness and all [fn]that remains of wickedness, in [fn]humility receive the word implanted, which is able to save your souls. |
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Jam 1:22 |
But prove yourselves doers of the word, and not merely hearers who delude themselves. |
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Jam 1:23 |
For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man who looks at his [fn]natural face in a mirror; |
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Jam 1:24 |
for once he has looked at himself and gone away, [fn]he has immediately forgotten what kind of person he was. |
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Jam 1:25 |
But one who looks intently at the perfect law, the law of liberty, and abides by it, not having become a forgetful hearer but [fn]an effectual doer, this man will be blessed in [fn]what he does. |
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Jam 1:26 |
If anyone thinks himself to be religious, and yet does not [fn]bridle his tongue but deceives his own heart, this man's religion is worthless. |
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Jam 1:27 |
Pure and undefiled religion in the sight of our God and Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their distress, and to keep oneself unstained [fn]by the world. |
NASB Footnotes:
- (1:1) Or, Jacob
- (1:1) Literally: in the Dispersion
- (1:2) Or, temptations
- (1:3) Or, steadfastness
- (1:4) V 3, note 1
- (1:4) Literally: work
- (1:4) Or, mature
- (1:5) Literally: does not reproach
- (1:8) Or, doubting, hesitating
- (1:9) I.e. church member
- (1:10) Literally: the flower of the grass
- (1:11) Literally: the
- (1:12) Or, passed the test
- (1:13) Literally: from
- (1:13) Literally: of evil things
- (1:15) Literally: is brought to completion
- (1:16) Or, misled
- (1:17) Literally: shadow of turning
- (1:18) Or, a certain first fruits
- (1:18) Literally: of
- (1:19) Or, Know this
- (1:21) Literally: abundance of malice
- (1:21) Or, gentleness
- (1:23) Literally: the face of his birth; or nature
- (1:24) Literally: and he
- (1:25) Literally: a doer of a work
- (1:25) Literally: his doing
- (1:26) Or, control
- (1:27) Literally: from
