A Greeting from James (Jude 1:1–2)
1 RV James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are of the Dispersion, 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 RV Count it all joy, my brethren, when ye fall into manifold temptations; BSB BSB: Consider it pure joy, my brothers, when you encounter trials of many kinds,
3 RV Knowing that the proof of your faith worketh patience. BSB BSB: because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance.
4 RV And let patience have its perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, lacking in nothing. BSB BSB: Allow perseverance to finish its work, so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything.
6 RV But let him ask in faith, nothing doubting: for he that doubteth is like the surge of the sea driven by 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 RV For let not that man think that he shall receive anything of the Lord; BSB BSB: That man should not expect to receive anything from the Lord.
8 RV a doubleminded man, unstable in all his ways. BSB BSB: He is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.
9 RV But let the brother of low degree glory in his high estate: BSB BSB: The brother in humble circumstances should exult in his high position.
10 RV and 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 RV 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 his goings. 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 RV Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he hath been approved, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord 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 RV but each man is tempted, when he is drawn away by 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 RV Then the lust, when it hath conceived, beareth sin: and the sin, when it is fullgrown, bringeth 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 RV Be not deceived, my beloved brethren. BSB BSB: Do not be deceived, my beloved brothers.
17 RV Every good gift and every perfect boon is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom can be no variation, neither shadow that is cast by 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 RV Of his own will he brought us forth by the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits 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 RV Ye know this , my beloved brethren. But 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 RV for the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God. BSB BSB: for man’s anger does not bring about the righteousness that God desires.
21 RV Wherefore putting away all filthiness and overflowing of wickedness, receive with meekness the implanted 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 RV But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deluding your own selves. BSB BSB: Be doers of the word, and not hearers only. Otherwise, you are deceiving yourselves.
23 RV 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 mirror: 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 RV for he beholdeth himself, and goeth away, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was. BSB BSB: and after observing himself goes away and immediately forgets what he looks like.
25 RV But he that looketh into the perfect law, the law of liberty, and so continueth, being not a hearer that forgetteth, but a doer that worketh, this man shall be blessed in his doing. 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 RV If any man thinketh himself to be religious, while he bridleth not his tongue but deceiveth his 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 RV Pure religion and undefiled before our God and 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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