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{{verse|1|2}} Count it all joy, my brethren, when ye fall into manifold

 

{{verse|1|3}} Knowing that the proving of your faith

 

{{verse|1|4}} And let patience have [its] perfect

{{verse|1|5}} But if any of you lacketh wisdom, let him ask of God, who

giveth to all liberally and upbraideth not; and it shall be

 

{{verse|1|6}} But let him ask in faith, nothing doubting: for

he that doubteth is like the surge of the sea driven by the wind

 

{{verse|1|7}} For let not that man think that he shall

 

{{verse|1|8}} a doubleminded man, unstable

 

{{verse|1|9}} But let the brother of low degree glory

 

{{verse|1|10}} and the rich, in that he is made low:

 

{{verse|1|11}} For the sun ariseth with the scorching wind, and 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

 

{{verse|1|12}} Blessed is the man that endureth temptation;

for when he hath been approved, he shall receive the crown of

 

{{verse|1|13}} Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God; for God

 

{{verse|1|14}} but each man is tempted, when he is drawn away by his own

 

{{verse|1|15}} Then the lust, when it hath conceived,

beareth sin: and the sin, when it is fullgrown, bringeth forth

 

 

{{verse|1|17}} Every

good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from

the Father of lights, with whom can be no variation, neither

 

{{verse|1|18}} Of his own will he

brought us forth by the word of truth, that we should be a kind

 

{{verse|1|19}} Ye know [this], my

beloved brethren. But let every man be swift to hear, slow to

 

{{verse|1|20}} for the wrath of man worketh not

 

{{verse|1|21}} Wherefore putting away all

filthiness and overflowing of wickedness, receive with meekness

 

{{verse|1|22}} But

be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deluding your own

 

{{verse|1|23}} For if any one is a hearer of the word and not a

doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a

 

{{verse|1|24}} for he beholdeth himself, and goeth away, and

 

{{verse|1|25}} But he

that looketh into the perfect law, the [law] of liberty, and

[so] continueth, being not a hearer that forgetteth but a doer

 

{{verse|1|26}} If

 

{{verse|2|1}} My brethren, hold not the faith of our Lord Jesus

 

{{verse|2|2}} For

if there come into your synagogue a man with a gold ring, in

fine clothing, and there come in also a poor man in vile

 

{{verse|2|3}} and ye have regard to him that weareth the fine

clothing, and say, Sit thou here in a good place; and ye say to

 

{{verse|2|4}} Do ye not make distinctions among yourselves, and become judges

 

{{verse|2|5}} Hearken, my beloved brethren; did not

God choose them that are poor as to the world [to be] rich in

faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he promised to them that

 

{{verse|2|6}} But ye have dishonored the poor man. Do not the

rich oppress you, and themselves drag you before the

 

{{verse|2|7}} Do not they blaspheme the honorable name

 

{{verse|2|8}} Howbeit if ye fulfil the royal

law, according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as

 

{{verse|2|9}} but if ye have respect of persons, ye

 

{{verse|2|10}} For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet stumble in one

 

{{verse|2|11}} For he that said, Do

not commit adultery, said also, Do not kill. Now if thou dost

not commit adultery, but killest, thou art become a transgressor

 

{{verse|2|12}} So speak ye, and so do, as men that are to be

 

{{verse|2|13}} For judgment [is] without

mercy to him that hath showed no mercy: mercy glorieth against

 

{{verse|2|14}} What doth it profit, my brethren, if a man say

 

{{verse|2|15}} If a brother or sister be naked and in lack of daily

 

{{verse|2|16}} and one of you say unto them, Go in peace, be ye

warmed and filled; and yet ye give them not the things needful

 

{{verse|2|17}} Even so faith, if it

 

{{verse|2|18}} Yea, a man will say,

Thou hast faith, and I have works: show me thy faith apart from

 

{{verse|2|19}} Thou believest that God is one; thou doest well: the demons also

 

{{verse|2|20}} But wilt thou know, O vain man,

 

{{verse|2|21}} Was not Abraham

our father justified by works, in that he offered up Isaac his

 

{{verse|2|22}} Thou seest that faith wrought with

 

{{verse|2|23}} and the

scripture was fulfilled which saith, And Abraham believed God,

and it was reckoned unto him for righteousness; and he was

 

{{verse|2|24}} Ye see that by works a man is

 

{{verse|2|25}} And in like manner was

not also Rahab the harlot justified by works, in that she

 

{{verse|2|26}} For as the body apart from the spirit is dead, even so faith

 

{{verse|3|1}} Be not many [of you] teachers, my brethren, knowing

 

{{verse|3|2}} For in many things

we all stumble. If any stumbleth not in word, the same is a

 

{{verse|3|3}} Now if we

put the horses' bridles into their mouths that they may obey us,

 

{{verse|3|4}} Behold, the ships

also, though they are so great and are driven by rough winds,

are yet turned about by a very small rudder, whither the impulse

 

{{verse|3|5}} So the tongue also is a little

member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how much wood is

 

{{verse|3|6}} And the tongue is a fire: the

world of iniquity among our members is the tongue, which

defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the wheel of

 

{{verse|3|7}} For every kind of

beasts and birds, of creeping things and things in the sea, is

 

{{verse|3|8}} But the tongue can

no man tame; [it is] a restless evil, [it is] full of deadly

 

{{verse|3|9}} Therewith bless we the Lord and Father; and

 

{{verse|3|10}} out of the same mouth cometh forth blessing and cursing.

 

{{verse|3|11}} Doth the

fountain send forth from the same opening sweet [water] and

 

{{verse|3|12}} Can a fig tree, my brethren, yield olives, or a

 

{{verse|3|13}} Who is

wise and understanding among you? let him show by his good life

 

{{verse|3|14}} But if ye have bitter

jealousy and faction in your heart, glory not and lie not

 

{{verse|3|15}} This wisdom is not [a wisdom] that

 

{{verse|3|16}} For where jealousy and faction are, there is confusion

 

{{verse|3|17}} But the wisdom that is from above is

{{verse|4|1}} Whence [come] wars and whence [come] fightings among

you? [come they] not hence, [even] of your pleasures that war in

 

{{verse|4|2}} Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and covet,

and cannot obtain: ye fight and war; ye have not, because ye ask

 

{{verse|4|3}} Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that

 

{{verse|4|4}} Ye adulteresses, know

ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God?

Whosoever therefore would be a friend of the world maketh

 

{{verse|4|5}} Or think ye that the scripture

speaketh in vain? Doth the spirit which he made to dwell in us

 

{{verse|4|6}} But he giveth more grace. Wherefore

[the scripture] saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace

 

{{verse|4|7}} Be subject therefore unto God; but resist

 

{{verse|4|8}} Draw nigh to God,

and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners;

 

{{verse|4|9}} Be afflicted, and

mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and

 

{{verse|4|10}} Humble yourselves in the sight of

 

{{verse|4|11}} Speak not one against

judgeth his brother, speaketh against the law, and judgeth the

law: but if thou judgest the law, thou art not a doer of the

 

{{verse|4|12}} One [only] is the lawgiver and judge,

[even] he who is able to save and to destroy: but who art thou

 

{{verse|4|13}} Come now, ye that say, To-day

or to-morrow we will go into this city, and spend a year there,

 

{{verse|4|14}} whereas ye know not what shall

be on the morrow. What is your life? For ye are a vapor, that

 

{{verse|4|15}} For

that ye ought to say, If the Lord will, we shall both live, and

 

{{verse|4|16}} But now ye glory in your vauntings: all

 

{{verse|4|17}} To him therefore that knoweth to

 

{{verse|5|1}} Come now, ye rich, weep and howl for your miseries that

 

{{verse|5|2}} Your riches are corrupted, and your

 

{{verse|5|3}} Your gold and your silver are

rusted; and their rust shall be for a testimony against you, and

shall eat your flesh as fire. Ye have laid up your treasure in

 

{{verse|5|4}} Behold, the hire of the laborers who mowed

your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth out: and

the cries of them that reaped have entered into the ears of the

 

{{verse|5|5}} Ye have lived delicately on the earth,

and taken your pleasure; ye have nourished your hearts in a day

 

{{verse|5|6}} Ye have condemned, ye have killed the

 

{{verse|5|7}} Be patient

 

{{verse|5|8}} Be ye also patient; establish your hearts: for the coming

 

{{verse|5|9}} Murmur not, brethren, one against

another, that ye be not judged: behold, the judge standeth

 

{{verse|5|10}} Take, brethren, for an example of

suffering and of patience, the prophets who spake in the name of

 

{{verse|5|11}} Behold, we call them blessed that endured: ye

have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the

 

{{verse|5|12}} But above all things, my brethren, swear not, neither by the

 

{{verse|5|13}} Is any among you suffering? Let him pray. Is any

 

{{verse|5|14}} Is any among you sick? Let

him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over

 

{{verse|5|15}} and

the prayer of faith shall save him that is sick, and the Lord

shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, it shall be

 

{{verse|5|16}} Confess therefore your sins one to another,

{{verse|5|17}} Elijah was a man of like passions with us, and he prayed

fervently that it might not rain; and it rained not on the earth

 

{{verse|5|18}} And he prayed again; and

 

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