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BOOK OF
JAMES |
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| Book 59 - New
Testament Book of James - King James Version |
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STUDY
OF JAMES
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| 001:001
| James, a servant of
God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are
scattered abroad, greeting.
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| My brethren, count
it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations;
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| Knowing this, that
the trying of your faith worketh patience.
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| 001:004
| But let patience
have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting
nothing.
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| If any of you lack
wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and
upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.
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| 001:006
| But let him ask in
faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of
the sea driven with the wind and tossed.
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| 001:007
| For let not that man
think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord.
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| 001:008
| A double minded man
is unstable in all his ways.
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| 001:009
| Let the brother of
low degree rejoice in that he is exalted:
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| 001:010
| But the rich, in
that he is made low: because as the flower of the grass he shall
pass away.
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| 001:011
| For the sun is no
sooner risen with a burning heat, but it withereth the grass, and
the flower thereof falleth, and the grace of the fashion of it
perisheth: so also shall the rich man fade away in his ways.
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| 001:012
| Blessed is the man
that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive
the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love
him.
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| 001:013
| Let no man say when
he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with
evil, neither tempteth he any man:
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| 001:014
| But every man is
tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed.
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| 001:015
| Then when lust hath
conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished,
bringeth forth death.
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| 001:016
| Do not err, my
beloved brethren.
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| 001:017
| Every good gift and
every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father
of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of
turning.
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| 001:018
| Of his own will
begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of
firstfruits of his creatures.
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| 001:019
| Wherefore, my
beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak,
slow to wrath:
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| 001:020
| For the wrath of man
worketh not the righteousness of God.
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| 001:021
| Wherefore lay apart
all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with
meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls.
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| 001:022
| But be ye doers of
the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.
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| 001:023
| For if any be a
hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man
beholding his natural face in a glass:
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| 001:024
| For he beholdeth
himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner
of man he was.
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| 001:025
| But whoso looketh
into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being
not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be
blessed in his deed.
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| 001:026
| If any man among you
seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth
his own heart, this man's religion is vain.
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| 001:027
| Pure religion and
undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the
fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself
unspotted from the world.
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| CHAPTER
2
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| 002:001
| My brethren, have
not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory, with
respect of persons.
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| 002:002
| For if there come
unto your assembly a man with a gold ring, in goodly apparel, and
there come in also a poor man in vile raiment;
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| 002:003
| And ye have respect
to him that weareth the gay clothing, and say unto him, Sit thou
here in a good place; and say to the poor, Stand thou there, or
sit here under my footstool:
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| 002:004
| Are ye not then
partial in yourselves, and are become judges of evil thoughts?
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| Hearken, my beloved
brethren, Hath not God chosen the poor of this world rich in
faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he hath promised to them
that love him?
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| But ye have despised
the poor. Do not rich men oppress you, and draw you before the
judgment seats?
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| 002:007
| Do not they
blaspheme that worthy name by the which ye are called?
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| 002:008
| If ye fulfil the
royal law according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy
neighbour as thyself, ye do well:
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| 002:009
| But if ye have
respect to persons, ye commit sin, and are convinced of the law as
transgressors.
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| 002:010
| For whosoever shall
keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of
all.
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| 002:011
| For he that said, Do
not commit adultery, said also, Do not kill. Now if thou commit no
adultery, yet if thou kill, thou art become a transgressor of the
law.
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| 002:012
| So speak ye, and so
do, as they that shall be judged by the law of liberty.
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| 002:013
| For he shall have
judgment without mercy, that hath shewed no mercy; and mercy
rejoiceth against judgment.
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| 002:014
| What doth it profit,
my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works?
can faith save him?
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| 002:015
| If a brother or
sister be naked, and destitute of daily food,
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| 002:016
| And one of you say
unto them, Depart in peace, be ye warmed and filled;
notwithstanding ye give them not those things which are needful to
the body; what doth it profit?
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| 002:017
| Even so faith, if it
hath not works, is dead, being alone.
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| 002:018
| Yea, a man may say,
Thou hast faith, and I have works: shew me thy faith without thy
works, and I will shew thee my faith by my works.
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| 002:019
| Thou believest that
there is one God; thou doest well: the devils also believe, and
tremble.
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| But wilt thou know,
O vain man, that faith without works is dead?
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| 002:021
| Was not Abraham our
father justified by works, when he had offered Isaac his son upon
the altar?
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| Seest thou how faith
wrought with his works, and by works was faith made perfect?
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| And the scripture
was fulfilled which saith, Abraham believed God, and it was
imputed unto him for righteousness: and he was called the Friend
of God.
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| Ye see then how that
by works a man is justified, and not by faith only.
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| 002:025
| Likewise also was
not Rahab the harlot justified by works, when she had received the
messengers, and had sent them out another way?
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| 002:026
| For as the body
without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.
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| CHAPTER
3
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| 003:001
| My brethren, be not
many masters, knowing that we shall receive the greater
condemnation.
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| 003:002
| For in many things
we offend all. If any man offend not in word, the same is a
perfect man, and able also to bridle the whole body.
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| 003:003
| Behold, we put bits
in the horses' mouths, that they may obey us; and we turn about
their whole body.
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| 003:004
| Behold also the
ships, which though they be so great, and are driven of fierce
winds, yet are they turned about with a very small helm,
whithersoever the governor listeth.
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| 003:005
| Even so the tongue
is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a
matter a little fire kindleth!
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| And the tongue is a
fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members,
that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of
nature; and it is set on fire of hell.
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| For every kind of
beasts, and of birds, and of serpents, and of things in the sea,
is tamed, and hath been tamed of mankind:
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| But the tongue can
no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.
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| Therewith bless we
God, even the Father; and therewith curse we men, which are made
after the similitude of God.
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| Out of the same
mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things
ought not so to be.
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| Doth a fountain send
forth at the same place sweet water and bitter?
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| Can the fig tree, my
brethren, bear olive berries? either a vine, figs? so can no
fountain both yield salt water and fresh.
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| Who is a wise man
and endued with knowledge among you? let him shew out of a good
conversation his works with meekness of wisdom.
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| 003:014
| But if ye have
bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not
against the truth.
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| This wisdom
descendeth not from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish.
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| For where envying
and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work.
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| But the wisdom that
is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to
be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality,
and without hypocrisy.
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| And the fruit of
righteousness is sown in peace of them that make peace.
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| CHAPTER
4
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| 004:001
| From whence come
wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your
lusts that war in your members?
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| Ye lust, and have
not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye fight and
war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not.
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| 004:003
| Ye ask, and receive
not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts.
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| Ye adulterers and
adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is
enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world
is the enemy of God.
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| Do ye think that the
scripture saith in vain, The spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth to
envy?
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| But he giveth more
grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth
grace unto the humble.
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| Submit yourselves
therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
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| 004:008
| Draw nigh to God,
and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and
purify your hearts, ye double minded.
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| 004:009
| Be afflicted, and
mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your
joy to heaviness.
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| 004:010
| Humble yourselves in
the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up.
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| Speak not evil one
of another, brethren. He that speaketh evil of his brother, and
judgeth his brother, speaketh evil of the law, and judgeth the
law: but if thou judge the law, thou art not a doer of the law,
but a judge.
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| There is one
lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy: who art thou that
judgest another?
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| Go to now, ye that
say, To day or to morrow we will go into such a city, and continue
there a year, and buy and sell, and get gain:
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| Whereas ye know not
what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a
vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.
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| For that ye ought to
say, If the Lord will, we shall live, and do this, or that.
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| 004:016
| But now ye rejoice
in your boastings: all such rejoicing is evil.
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| Therefore to him
that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.
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| CHAPTER
5
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| 005:001
| Go to now, ye rich
men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you.
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| Your riches are
corrupted, and your garments are motheaten.
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| Your gold and silver
is cankered; and the rust of them shall be a witness against you,
and shall eat your flesh as it were fire. Ye have heaped treasure
together for the last days.
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| Behold, the hire of
the labourers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you
kept back by fraud, crieth: and the cries of them which have
reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of sabaoth.
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| 005:005
| Ye have lived in
pleasure on the earth, and been wanton; ye have nourished your
hearts, as in a day of slaughter.
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| Ye have condemned
and killed the just; and he doth not resist you.
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| 005:007
| Be patient
therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the
husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath
long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain.
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| 005:008
| Be ye also patient;
stablish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh.
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| Grudge not one
against another, brethren, lest ye be condemned: behold, the judge
standeth before the door.
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| Take, my brethren,
the prophets, who have spoken in the name of the Lord, for an
example of suffering affliction, and of patience.
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| Behold, we count
them happy which endure. Ye have heard of the patience of Job, and
have seen the end of the Lord; that the Lord is very pitiful, and
of tender mercy.
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| But above all
things, my brethren, swear not, neither by heaven, neither by the
earth, neither by any other oath: but let your yea be yea; and
your nay, nay; lest ye fall into condemnation.
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| Is any among you
afflicted? let him pray. Is any merry? let him sing psalms.
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| Is any sick among
you? let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray
over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord:
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| 005:015
| And the prayer of
faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if
he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him.
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| 005:016
| Confess your faults
one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed.
The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.
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| Elias was a man
subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed earnestly that
it might not rain: and it rained not on the earth by the space of
three years and six months.
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| And he prayed again,
and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit.
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| 005:019
| Brethren, if any of
you do err from the truth, and one convert him;
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| Let him know, that
he which converteth the sinner from the error of his way shall
save a soul from death, and shall hide a multitude of sins.
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