James 1 (NET)

James 1:1¹From James, a slave of God and the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes dispersed abroad. Greetings!Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

James 1:2²My brothers and sisters, consider it nothing but joy when you fall into all sorts of trials,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

James 1:3³because you know that the testing of your faith produces endurance.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

James 1:4⁴And let endurance have its perfect effect, so that you will be perfect and complete, not deficient in anything.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

James 1:5⁵But if anyone is deficient in wisdom, he should ask God, who gives to all generously and without reprimand, and it will be given to him.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

James 1:6⁶But he must ask in faith without doubting, for the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed around by the wind.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

James 1:7⁷For that person must not suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

James 1:8⁸since he is a double-minded individual, unstable in all his ways.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

James 1:9⁹Now the believer of humble means should take pride in his high position.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

James 1:10¹⁰But the rich person’s pride should be in his humiliation, because he will pass away like a wildflower in the meadow.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

James 1:11¹¹For the sun rises with its heat and dries up the meadow; the petal of the flower falls off and its beauty is lost forever. So also the rich person in the midst of his pursuits will wither away.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

James 1:12¹²Happy is the one who endures testing, because when he has proven to be genuine, he will receive the crown of life that God promised to those who love him.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

James 1:13¹³Let no one say when he is tempted, “I am tempted by God,” for God cannot be tempted by evil, and he himself tempts no one.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

James 1:14¹⁴But each one is tempted when he is lured and enticed by his own desires.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

James 1:15¹⁵Then when desire conceives, it gives birth to sin, and when sin is full grown, it gives birth to death.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

James 1:16¹⁶Do not be led astray, my dear brothers and sisters.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

James 1:17¹⁷All generous giving and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or the slightest hint of change.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

James 1:18¹⁸By his sovereign plan he gave us birth through the message of truth, that we would be a kind of firstfruits of all he created.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

James 1:19¹⁹Understand this, my dear brothers and sisters! Let every person be quick to listen, slow to speak, slow to anger.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

James 1:20²⁰For human anger does not accomplish God’s righteousness.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

James 1:21²¹So put away all filth and evil excess and humbly welcome the message implanted within you, which is able to save your souls.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

James 1:22²²But be sure you live out the message and do not merely listen to it and so deceive yourselves.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

James 1:23²³For if someone merely listens to the message and does not live it out, he is like someone who gazes at his own face in a mirror.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

James 1:24²⁴For he gazes at himself and then goes out and immediately forgets what sort of person he was.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

James 1:25²⁵But the one who peers into the perfect law of liberty and fixes his attention there, and does not become a forgetful listener but one who lives it out—he will be blessed in what he does.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

James 1:26²⁶If someone thinks he is religious yet does not bridle his tongue, and so deceives his heart, his religion is futile.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

James 1:27²⁷Pure and undefiled religion before God the Father is this: to care for orphans and widows in their adversity and to keep oneself unstained by the world.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions