| 1 | James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are in the Dispersion: greetings. | Mt 10:3 Mt 13:55 Mk 3:18 Lk 6:15 Ac 1:13 Ac 12:17 Ac 15:13 Ac 21:18 Ga 1:19 Ga 2:9 Ga 2:12 Jud 1:1 |
| 2 | Count it all joy, my brothers, when you fall into various temptations, | Jm 1:12 Mt 5:10-12 Lk 6:22 Lk 6:23 Ac 5:41 Ro 8:17 Ro 8:18 Ro 8:35-37 2Co 12:9 2Co 12:10 Php 1:29 Php 2:17 Col 1:24 Heb 10:34 1Pe 4:13-16 |
| 3 | Knowing that the testing of your faith produces patience. | Ro 5:3 Ro 5:4 Ro 8:28 2Co 4:17 |
| 4 | Let patience have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing. | Jm 5:7-11 Jb 17:9 Ps 37:7 Ps 40:1 Hab 2:3 Mt 10:22 Lk 8:15 Lk 21:19 Ga 6:9 |
| 5 | But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach; and it will be given him. | Ex 31:3 Ex 31:6 Ex 36:1-4 1Ki 3:7-9 1Ki 3:11-9 1Ki 3:12-9 Jb 28:12-28 Pr 3:5-7 Pr 9:4-6 Jer 1:6 Jer 1:7 2Co 2:16 |
| 6 | But let him ask in faith, without any doubting, for he who doubts is like a wave of the sea, driven by the wind and tossed. | Mt 21:22 Mk 11:22-24 1Ti 2:8 Heb 11:6 |
| 7 | For let that man not think that he will receive anything from the Lord. | Jm 4:3 Pr 15:8 Pr 21:27 Isa 1:15 Isa 58:3 Isa 58:4 |
| 8 | He is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways. | Jm 4:8 1Ki 18:21 2Ki 17:33 2Ki 17:41 Isa 29:13 Hos 7:8-11 Hos 10:2 Mt 6:22 Mt 6:24 2Pe 2:14 2Pe 3:16 |
| 9 | But let the brother in humble circumstances glory in his high position; | Jm 2:5 Jm 2:6 Dt 15:7 Dt 15:9 Dt 15:11 Ps 62:9 Pr 17:5 Pr 19:1 Lk 1:52 |
| 10 | and the rich, in that he is made humble, because like the flower in the grass, he will pass away. | Isa 57:15 Isa 66:2 Mt 5:3 Php 3:8 1Ti 6:17 |
| 11 | For the sun arises with the scorching wind, and withers the grass, and the flower in it falls, and the beauty of its appearance perishes. So also will the rich man fade away in his pursuits. | Isa 49:10 Jon 4:7 Jon 4:8 Mt 13:6 Mk 4:6 |
| 12 | Blessed is the man who endures temptation, for when he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life, which the Lord promised to those who love him. | Jm 1:2-4 Jm 5:11 Jb 5:17 Ps 94:12 Ps 119:67 Ps 119:71 Ps 119:75 Pr 3:11 Pr 3:12 Heb 6:15 Heb 10:32 Heb 12:5 Rev 3:19 |
| 13 | Let no man say when he is tempted, "I am tempted by God," for God can`t be tempted with evil, and he himself tempts no one. | Jm 1:2 Jm 1:12 Gn 3:12 Isa 63:17 Hab 2:12 Hab 2:13 Ro 9:19 Ro 9:20 |
| 14 | But each one is tempted, when he is drawn away by his own lust, and enticed. | Jm 4:1 Jm 4:2 Gn 6:5 Gn 8:21 Jsh 7:21-24 2Sa 11:2 2Sa 11:3 1Ki 21:2-4 Jb 31:9 Jb 31:27 Pr 4:23 Isa 44:20 Hos 13:9 Mt 5:28 Mt 15:18 Mt 15:20 Mk 7:21 Mk 7:22 Ro 7:11 Ro 7:13 Eph 4:22 Heb 3:13 |
| 15 | Then the lust, when it has conceived, bears sin; and the sin, when it is full grown, brings forth death. | Gn 3:6 Gn 4:5-8 Jb 15:35 Ps 7:14 Isa 59:4 Mic 2:1-3 Mt 26:14 Mt 26:48-59 Ac 5:1-3 |
| 16 | Don`t be deceived, my beloved brothers. | Mt 22:29 Mk 12:24 Mk 12:27 Ga 6:7 Col 2:4 Col 2:8 2Ti 2:18 |
| 17 | Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom can be no variation, nor turning shadow. | Jm 1:5 Jm 3:15 Jm 3:17 Gn 41:16 Gn 41:38 Gn 41:39 Ex 4:11 Ex 4:12 Ex 31:3-6 Ex 36:1 Ex 36:2 Nm 11:17 Nm 11:25 1Ch 22:12 1Ch 29:19 2Ch 1:11 2Ch 1:12 Pr 2:6 Isa 28:26 Dn 2:21 Dn 2:22 Dn 2:27-30 Mt 7:11 Mt 11:25 Mt 11:26 Mt 13:11 Mt 13:12 Lk 11:13 Jn 3:27 Ac 5:31 Ac 11:18 Ro 6:23 Ro 11:30 Ro 12:6-8 1Co 4:7 1Co 12:4-12 Eph 2:3-5 Eph 2:8-5 Eph 4:8-11 Php 1:29 Tit 3:3-5 1Jn 4:10 1Jn 5:11 1Jn 5:12 |
| 18 | Of his own will he brought us forth by the word of truth, that we should be a kind of first fruits of his creatures. | Jn 1:13 Jn 3:3-5 Ro 4:17 Ro 8:29-31 Ro 9:15-18 Eph 2:4 Eph 2:5 Col 1:20 Col 1:21 2Th 2:13 2Th 2:14 1Pe 1:3 1Pe 1:23 |
| 19 | So, then, my beloved brothers, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, and slow to anger; | Ne 8:2 Ne 8:3 Ne 8:12-14 Ne 8:18-14 Ne 9:3 Pr 8:32-35 Ec 5:1 Mk 2:2 Mk 12:37 Lk 15:1 Lk 19:48 Ac 2:42 Ac 10:33 Ac 13:42-44 Ac 13:48-44 Ac 17:11 1Th 2:13 |
| 20 | for the anger of man doesn`t produce the righteousness of God. | Jm 3:17 Jm 3:18 Nm 20:11 Nm 20:12 2Ti 2:24 2Ti 2:25 |
| 21 | Therefore, putting away all filthiness and overflowing of wickedness, receive with humility the implanted word, which is able to save your souls. | Isa 2:20 Isa 30:22 Ezk 18:31 Ro 13:12 Ro 13:13 Eph 4:22 Col 3:5-8 Heb 12:1 1Pe 2:1 1Pe 2:11 |
| 22 | But be doers of the word, and not only hearers, deluding your own selves. | Jm 4:17 Mt 7:21-25 Mt 12:50 Mt 28:20 Lk 6:46-48 Lk 11:28 Lk 12:47 Lk 12:48 Jn 13:17 Ro 2:13 Php 4:8 Col 3:17 1Jn 2:3 1Jn 3:7 3Jn 1:11 Rev 22:7 |
| 23 | For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man beholding his natural face in a mirror; | Jm 2:14-26 Jer 44:16 Ezk 33:31 Ezk 33:32 Mt 7:26 Mt 7:27 Lk 6:47-7 |
| 24 | for he sees himself, and goes away, and immediately forgets what kind of man he was. | Jg 8:18 Mt 8:27 Lk 1:66 Lk 7:39 1Th 1:5 2Pe 3:11 |
| 25 | But he who looks into the perfect law, the law of freedom, and continues, not being a hearer who forgets but a doer of the work, this man will be blessed in what he does. | Pr 14:15 Isa 8:20 2Co 13:5 Heb 12:15 |
| 26 | If anyone among you thinks himself to be religious, while he doesn`t bridle his tongue, but deceives his heart, this man`s religion is worthless. | Pr 14:12 Pr 16:25 Lk 8:18 1Co 3:18 Ga 2:6 Ga 2:9 Ga 6:3 |
| 27 | Pure religion and undefiled before our God and Father is this: to visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained by the world. | Jm 3:17 Ps 119:1 Mt 5:8 Lk 1:6 1Ti 1:5 1Ti 5:4 |
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