1James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting.

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Ezekiel 12:15, Ezekiel 12:15, 1 Peter 1:1, 1 Peter 1:1, John 7:35

2Count it all joy, my brethren, when ye fall into various temptations;

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1 Peter 1:6, 1 Peter 1:8, 1 Peter 1:6, 1 Peter 1:8, James 1:12

3knowing that the trying of your faith worketh endurance.

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Romans 5:3, Romans 5:4, Romans 5:3, Romans 5:4, Hebrews 10:36

4But let endurance have a perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting in nothing.

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1 Peter 5:10, 1 Peter 5:10, Matthew 5:48, Luke 21:19, Matthew 5:48

5But if any one of you is wanting in wisdom, let him ask of God, who giveth to all liberally, and upbraideth not; and it will be given him.

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Proverbs 2:3, Proverbs 2:6, Proverbs 2:3, Proverbs 2:6, John 15:7

6But let him ask in faith, nothing doubting; for he that doubteth is like a wave of the sea driven by the wind and tossed.

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Matthew 21:21, Matthew 21:22, Matthew 21:21, Matthew 21:22, Hebrews 11:6

7For let not that man think that he shall receive anything from the Lord,

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James 4:3, James 4:3, Isaiah 58:3, Isaiah 58:4, Isaiah 58:3

8a double-minded man as he is, unstable in all his ways.

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1 Kings 18:21, 1 Kings 18:21, Matthew 6:24, Matthew 6:24, James 4:8

9Let the brother of low degree glory in that he is exalted;

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Jeremiah 9:23, Jeremiah 9:24, Jeremiah 9:23, Jeremiah 9:24, James 2:5

10but the rich, in that he is made low; because as the flower of the grass he will pass away.

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1 Peter 1:24, 1 Peter 1:24, 1 John 2:17, 1 John 2:17, Job 14:2

11For the sun rose with its burning heat, and withered the grass, and its flower fell off, and the beauty of its appearance perished; so also will the rich man fade away in his ways.

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Isaiah 40:7, Isaiah 40:8, Isaiah 40:7, Isaiah 40:8, Psalms 37:35

12Blessed is the man that endureth temptation; for when he is approved, he will receive the crown of life, which He promised to them that love him.

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1 Peter 5:10, 1 Peter 5:10, 1 Peter 1:6, 1 Peter 1:8, 1 Peter 1:6

13Let no one when he is tempted, say, I am tempted by God; for God cannot be tempted with evil, and he tempteth no one.

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Habakkuk 2:12, Habakkuk 2:13, Habakkuk 2:12, Habakkuk 2:13, James 1:12

14But each one is tempted when by his own lust he is led away and enticed;

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Mark 7:21, Mark 7:22, Mark 7:21, Mark 7:22, Ephesians 4:22

15then lust, having conceived, bringeth forth sin, and sin, when completed, bringeth forth death.

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Psalms 7:14, Psalms 7:14, Job 15:35, Job 15:35, Romans 5:12

16Do not err, my beloved brethren.

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James 1:19, James 1:19, Galatians 6:7, Philippians 2:12, Galatians 6:7

17Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the lights, with whom is no change, nor shadow from turning.

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John 3:27, John 3:27, Matthew 7:11, Matthew 7:11, Hebrews 13:8

18Of his own will he begot us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of first-fruits of his creatures.

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Romans 8:29, Romans 8:31, Romans 8:29, Romans 8:31, 1 Peter 1:23

19Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath.

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Proverbs 17:27, Proverbs 17:27, Proverbs 21:23, Proverbs 21:23, Proverbs 14:29

20For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God.

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2 Timothy 2:24, 2 Timothy 2:25, 2 Timothy 2:24, 2 Timothy 2:25, Ephesians 4:26

21Wherefore put off all filthiness, and excess of wickedness, and receive with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.

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Ephesians 4:22, Ephesians 4:22, Ephesians 1:13, Ephesians 1:13, 1 Peter 2:11

22But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.

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Romans 2:13, Romans 2:13, Luke 6:46, Luke 6:48, Luke 6:46

23For if any one is a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like a man beholding his natural face in a glass;

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Matthew 7:26, Matthew 7:27, Matthew 7:26, Matthew 7:27, Ezekiel 33:31

24for he beholds himself, and goes away, and immediately forgets what manner of man he was.

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2 Peter 3:11, 2 Peter 3:11, Luke 1:66, Luke 7:39, Luke 1:66

25But he who looks into the perfect law of liberty, and remains there, being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man will be blessed in his deed.

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Luke 11:28, Luke 11:28, John 13:17, John 13:17, 2 Corinthians 3:17

26If any one thinks that he is religious, and bridles not his tongue, but deceives his own heart, this man’s religion is vain.

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Ephesians 4:29, Psalms 141:3, Ephesians 4:29, Psalms 141:3, 1 Peter 3:10

27Pure religion and undefiled before God, the Father, is this, to visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep one’s self unspotted from the world.

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Isaiah 1:16, Isaiah 1:17, Isaiah 1:16, Isaiah 1:17, 1 John 3:17