Modern Literal Version
Modern Literal Version
[ James 1]
1:1 James, a bondservant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes, those who are in the dispersion. Hail to you*!
1:2 My brethren, deem* it with all joy, whenever you* fall into various temptations, 1:3 knowing that the proving of your* faith {Or: belief; and throughout the N.T.} is working out endurance. 1:4But let endurance have its completed work, in order that you* may be completed and whole, deficient in nothing.
1:5 But if anyone of you* is deficient of wisdom, let him ask from God, who gives to all liberally and does not reproach any, and it will be given to him. 1:6 But let him ask in faith, doubting nothing in himself. For* he who is doubting himself has resembled a wave of the sea being blown by the wind and tossed around. 1:7 For* do not let that man assume that he will be receiving anything from the LordС 1:8 an indecisive man is restless in all his ways.
1:9 But let the humble brother boast in his elevation, 1:10 but the rich brother in his humbleness, because like the flower of the grass, he will be passing away. 1:11 For* the sun rose together with the burning heat, and dried up the grass, and its flower fell and the beauty of its face perished. So will the rich man also fade away in his pursuits.
1:12 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 those who love* him. 1:13 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. 1:14 But each person is tempted, while he is pulled away and is enticed by his own lust. 1:15 Thereafter after this lust has conceived, it bears sin, and sin, having been matured, gives-birth to death. 1:16 Do* not be misled, my beloved brethren!
1:17 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. 1:18 Having willed it, he gave-birth to us with the word of truth, *that* we might be a certain first-fruit of his created things.
1:19 So-then my beloved brethren, let every man be quick in order to hear, be slow in order to speak, and slow to wrath. 1:20 For* the wrath of man is not working out the righteousness of God.1:21 Hence, placing away from yourselves all filthiness and the abundance of malice, accept* the implanted word in meekness, which is able to save your* souls.
1:22 But become* doers of the word and not hearers only, deluding yourselves. 1:23 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. 1:24 For* he considered himself, and has gone away and immediately forgot what sort of man he was. 1:25 But he who has peered into the completed law, the law of freedom, and has remained in it, this one, having not become a forgetful hearer, but a doer of work, this one will be fortunate in his doing*{Or: action; practice}. {1Co 13:10}
1:26 If anyone among you* thinks himself to be outwardly religious, though he does not bridle his tongue but deceiving his heart; this one's religion is futile.
{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.'}
1:27 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.
Modern Literal Version Preface & Appendix , copyright 1987, 1999, 2013 by G. Allen Walker for the MLV New Testament Committee.
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