¹ James, a bondservant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes, the ones in the dispersion, hail to you°!

² My brethren, deem° it with all joy, whenever you° fall into various temptations,

³ knowing that the proving of your° faith {Or: belief; and throughout the N.T.} is working out endurance.

⁴ But let endurance have its complete work, in-order-that you° may be complete and whole, deficient in nothing.

⁵ But if anyone of you° is deficient of wisdom, let him ask from God, the one giving to all in liberally and does not reproach any, and it will be given to him.

⁶ But let him ask in faith, doubting nothing. For$ the one who is doubting himself has resembled a wave of the sea being blown by the wind and tossed around.

⁷ For$ do not let that man assume that he will be receiving anything from the Lord;

⁸ an indecisive man is restless in all his ways.

⁹ But let the humble brother boast in his elevation,

¹⁰ but the rich brother in his humbleness, because like the flower of grass, he will pass-away.

¹¹ For$ the sun rose together-with the burning heat, and dried up the grass, and its flower fell off and the beauty of its face perished. So will the rich man also fade-away in his pursuits.

¹² The fortunate man who is enduring temptation, because when he became approved, he will be receiving the crown of life, which the Lord promised to the ones who love$ him.

¹³ Let no one say while he is tempted, I am tempted from God, for$ God is not temptable from evils, and he himself tempts no one.

¹⁴ But each person is tempted, while he is lured out and is enticed by his own lust.

¹⁵ Thereafter, when conceived, it bears sin, and awas matured, gives-birth to death.

¹⁶ Do° not be misled, my beloved brethren!

¹⁷ Every good act of giving, and every complete gift, is from above, descending from the Father of lights, with whom there is no change or a shadow of turning.

¹⁸ After he willed it, and gave-birth to us with the word of truth, $that$ we might be a certain first-fruit of his created things.

¹⁹ So-then my beloved brethren, let every man be quick $that$ he may hear, be slow $that$ he may speak, and slow to wrath.

²⁰ For$ the wrath of man is not working out the righteousness of God.

²¹ Hence, after placing away from yourselves all filthiness and the abundance of malice, accept° the implanted word in meekness, the one which is able to save your° souls.

²² But become° doers of the word and not hearers only, deluding yourselves.

²³ Because if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, this one has resembled a man considering his face (which was his from birth) in a mirror.

²⁴ For$ he considered himself, and has gone away and immediately forgot what sort of man he was.

²⁵ But he who peered into the complete law, the law of freedom, and has remained in it, this one did not become a forgetful hearer, but a doer of work, this one will be fortunate in his doing$ {Or: practice; action} . {1Co 13:10}

²⁶ If anyone among you° thinks himself to be outwardly religious, though he does not bridle his tongue but is deceiving his heart; this one’s religion is futile.

²⁷ A clean and undefiled religion with our God and Father is this: to visit the orphans and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unstained from the world. {Many try to use the other meaning of this Greek word: ‘oversee’ for ‘visit’. The ‘orphans’ can be the ‘fatherless’. See the section ‘Greek History During New Testament Times.’}