A Greeting from James (Jude 1:1–2)
1 AKJV James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting. BSB BSB: James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, To the twelve tribes of the Dispersion: Greetings.
Rejoicing in Trials (Philippians 1:12–20)
2 AKJV My brothers, count it all joy when you fall into divers temptations; BSB BSB: Consider it pure joy, my brothers, when you encounter trials of many kinds,
3 AKJV Knowing this, that the trying of your faith works patience. BSB BSB: because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance.
4 AKJV But let patience have her perfect work, that you may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing. BSB BSB: Allow perseverance to finish its work, so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything.
6 AKJV But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavers is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed. BSB BSB: But he must ask in faith, without doubting, because he who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind.
7 AKJV For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord. BSB BSB: That man should not expect to receive anything from the Lord.
8 AKJV A double minded man is unstable in all his ways. BSB BSB: He is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.
9 AKJV Let the brother of low degree rejoice in that he is exalted: BSB BSB: The brother in humble circumstances should exult in his high position.
10 AKJV But the rich, in that he is made low: because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away. BSB BSB: But the one who is rich should exult in his low position, because he will pass away like a flower of the field.
11 AKJV For the sun is no sooner risen with a burning heat, but it wither the grass, and the flower thereof falls, and the grace of the fashion of it perishes: so also shall the rich man fade away in his ways. BSB BSB: For the sun rises with scorching heat and withers the plant; its flower falls and its beauty is lost. So too, the rich man will fade away in the midst of his pursuits.
12 AKJV Blessed is the man that endures temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord has promised to them that love him. BSB BSB: Blessed is the man who perseveres under trial, because when he has stood the test, he will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those who love Him.
Good and Perfect Gifts 14 AKJV But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed. BSB BSB: But each one is tempted when by his own evil desires he is lured away and enticed.
15 AKJV Then when lust has conceived, it brings forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, brings forth death. BSB BSB: Then after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death.
16 AKJV Do not err, my beloved brothers. BSB BSB: Do not be deceived, my beloved brothers.
17 AKJV Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of lights, with whom is no ficklenss, neither shadow of turning. BSB BSB: Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, with whom there is no change or shifting shadow.
18 AKJV Of his own will fathered he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of first fruits of his creatures. BSB BSB: He chose to give us birth through the word of truth, that we would be a kind of firstfruits of His creation.
Hearing and Doing 19 AKJV Why, my beloved brothers, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath: BSB BSB: My beloved brothers, understand this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to anger,
20 AKJV For the wrath of man works not the righteousness of God. BSB BSB: for man’s anger does not bring about the righteousness that God desires.
21 AKJV Why lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls. BSB BSB: Therefore, get rid of all moral filth and every expression of evil, and humbly accept the word planted in you, which can save your souls.
22 AKJV But be you doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves. BSB BSB: Be doers of the word, and not hearers only. Otherwise, you are deceiving yourselves.
23 AKJV For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like to a man beholding his natural face in a glass: BSB BSB: For anyone who hears the word but does not carry it out is like a man who looks at his face in a mirror,
24 AKJV For he beholds himself, and goes his way, and straightway forgets what manner of man he was. BSB BSB: and after observing himself goes away and immediately forgets what he looks like.
25 AKJV But whoever looks into the perfect law of liberty, and continues therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed. BSB BSB: But the one who looks intently into the perfect law of freedom, and continues to do so—not being a forgetful hearer, but an effective doer—he will be blessed in what he does.
26 AKJV If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridles not his tongue, but deceives his own heart, this man’s religion is vain. BSB BSB: If anyone considers himself religious and yet does not bridle his tongue, he deceives his heart and his religion is worthless.
27 AKJV 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. BSB BSB: Pure and undefiled religion before our God and Father is this: to care for orphans and widows in their distress, and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.
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