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J A MES 1
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learned, practice what you believe, become the embodiment of your faith. Then you will
not only live your faith, you will attract others to it as well.
Key verses in James
1:2-4 Dear brothers and sisters,
when troubles of any kind come your
way, consider it an opportunity for
great joy. For you know that when
your faith is tested, your endurance
has a chance to grow. So let it grow,
for when your endurance is fully
developed, you will be perfect and
complete, needing nothing.
1:22 But don’t just listen to God’s
word. You must do what it says.
Otherwise, you are only fooling
yourselves.
1:27 Pure and genuine religion in
the sight of God the Father means
caring for orphans and widows in
their distress and refusing to let
the world corrupt you.
works with the humility that comes
from wisdom.
3:13 If you are wise and understand God’s ways, prove it by living
an honorable life, doing good
4:17 Remember, it is sin to know
what you ought to do and then
not do it.
3:17 But the wisdom from above
is first of all pure. It is also peace
loving, gentle at all times, and
2:14 What good is it, dear brothers willing to yield to others. It is full
and sisters, if you say you have faith of mercy and the fruit of good
but don’t show it by your actions?
deeds. It shows no favoritism and
Can that kind of faith save anyone? is always sincere.
Greetings from James
This letter is from James, a slave of God and
of the Lord Jesus Christ.
I am writing to the “twelve tribes”—Jewish
believers scattered abroad.
Greetings!
1
Faith and Endurance
2 Dear brothers and sisters,* when troubles of
any kind come your way, consider it an opportunity for great joy. 3 For you know that when your
faith is tested, your endurance has a chance to
grow. 4 So let it grow, for when your endurance
is fully developed, you will be perfect and complete, needing nothing.
5 If you need wisdom, ask our generous God,
and he will give it to you. He will not rebuke you
for asking. 6 But when you ask him, be sure that
your faith is in God alone. Do not waver, for a
person with divided loyalty is as unsettled as a
wave of the sea that is blown and tossed by the
wind. 7 Such people should not expect to receive
anything from the Lord. 8 Their loyalty is divided
between God and the world, and they are unstable in everything they do.
9 Believers who are* poor have something to
boast about, for God has honored them. 10 And
those who are rich should boast that God has
humbled them. They will fade away like a little
flower in the field. 11 The hot sun rises and the
grass withers; the little flower droops and falls,
and its beauty fades away. In the same way, the
rich will fade away with all of their achievements.
12 God blesses those who patiently endure
testing and temptation. Afterward they will receive the crown of life that God has promised to
those who love him. 13 And remember, when you
are being tempted, do not say, “God is tempting
me.” God is never tempted to do wrong,* and he
never tempts anyone else. 14 Temptation comes
from our own desires, which entice us and drag
us away. 15 These desires give birth to sinful actions. And when sin is allowed to grow, it gives
birth to death.
16 So don’t be misled, my dear brothers and
sisters. 17 Whatever is good and perfect is a gift
coming down to us from God our Father, who
created all the lights in the heavens.* He never
changes or casts a shifting shadow.* 18 He chose
to give birth to us by giving us his true word.
And we, out of all creation, became his prized
possession.*
— promises —
from God
If you need wisdom,
ask our generous God,
and he will give it to you.
He will not rebuke
you for asking.
JA M E S 1:5
Listening and Doing
19 Understand this, my dear brothers and sisters:
You must all be quick to listen, slow to speak,
and slow to get angry. 20 Human anger* does
1:2 Greek brothers; also in 1:16, 19. 1:9 Greek The brother
who is. 1:13 Or God should not be put to a test by evil people.
1:17a Greek from above, from the Father of lights. 1:17b Some
manuscripts read He never changes, as a shifting shadow
does. 1:18 Greek we became a kind of firstfruit of his creatures.
1:20a Greek A man’s anger.