ABP - James - 1

1:1  James, [2of God 3and 4the Lord 5Jesus 6Christ, 1bondman], to the twelve tribes, to the ones in the dispersion, Hail!

1:2  [2all 3joy 1Esteem it], my brethren, whenever [3tests 1you should fall into 2various]!

1:3  knowing that the proving [3of yours 1of the 2belief] manufactures endurance;

1:4  and [2endurance 5work 4its perfect 1let 3have]! that you should be perfect and entire, with nothing missing.

1:5  And if anyone of you miss wisdom, let him ask of the giving God! to all simply, and not berating, and it shall be given to him.

1:6  But let him ask in belief, [2nothing 1scrutinizing]! For the one scrutinizing is like a swell of the sea driven by wind and being blown about.

1:7  [3not 1For 2let 6imagine 5man 4that] that he shall receive anything from the Lord!

1:8  [2man 1he is a double-minded], confused in all his ways.

1:9  [2let 6boast 1But 3the 5brother 4humble] in his stature,

1:10  and the rich in his humiliation! for as the flower of grass, he will pass away.

1:11  [4rose 1For 2the 3sun] with the burning wind, and dried the grass, and its flower fell, and the beauty of its countenance perished; so also the rich one in his goings shall wither.

1:12  Blessed is a man who endures test; for [2unadulterated 1becoming], he shall receive the crown of life, which [3promised 1the 2Lord] to the ones loving him.

1:13  [2no one 3being tested 1Let] say that, From God I am tested! For God is beyond testing by evils, [3tests 1and 2he himself] no one.

1:14  But each is tested by his own desire, being dragged away and being entrapped.

1:15  So then the desire having conceived, gives birth to sin; but sin being perpetrated, engenders death.

1:16  Do not be misled, [3brethren 1my 2beloved]!

1:17  Every [2portion 1good] and every [2gift 1perfect] [2from above 1is], coming down from the father of the lights, of whom there is no alteration or [2circuit 1shaded].

1:18  Willingly he engendered us by word of truth, for us being certain first-fruit of the ones of his creations.

1:19  So that, [3brethren 1my 2beloved], let [3be 1every 2man] quick in the hearing, slow in the speaking, slow in anger!

1:20  [3anger 1For 2man's 6righteousness 7of God 4does not 5manufacture].

1:21  Therefore, having put aside all filthiness and abundance of evil, in gentleness, receive the implanted word! the one being able to deliver your souls.

1:22  But become doers of the word! and not only listeners, misleading yourselves.

1:23  For if any [2a listener 3of the word 1is], and not a doer, this one is like a man contemplating the face of his creation in a mirror;

1:24  for he contemplated himself, and went forth, and immediately forgot what he was like.

1:25  But the one having leaned over into [2law 1the perfect], the one of the freedom, and remained, this one is not [3listener 2a forgetful 1becoming], but a doer of work, this one [2blessed 3in 4his doing 1shall be].

1:26  If anyone seems to be religious among you, and not bridling his tongue, but deceiving his heart, of this one [2is in vain 1religion].

1:27  Religion pure and undefiled before the God and father is this -- to visit orphans and widows in their affliction, [3spotless 2oneself 1to keep] from the world.