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James 1

Testing Your Faith

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 1 aJames, a  bbond-servant of God and  cof the Lord Jesus Christ,

To  dthe twelve tribes who are  2 edispersed abroad:  fGreetings.

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 aConsider it all joy, my brethren, when you encounter  bvarious  1trials,

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knowing that  athe testing of your  bfaith produces  1 cendurance.

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And let  1 aendurance have its perfect  2result, so that you may be  3 bperfect and complete, lacking in nothing.

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But if any of you  alacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all generously and  1without reproach, and  bit will be given to him.

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But he must  aask in faith  bwithout any doubting, for the one who doubts is like the surf of the sea,  cdriven and tossed by the wind.

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For that man ought not to expect that he will receive anything from the Lord,

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being a  1 adouble-minded man,  bunstable in all his ways.

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 aBut the  1brother of humble circumstances is to glory in his high position;

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and the rich man is to glory in his humiliation, because  alike  1flowering grass he will pass away.

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For the sun rises with  1 aa scorching wind and  bwithers the grass; and its flower falls off and the beauty of its appearance is destroyed; so too the rich man in the midst of his pursuits will fade away.

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 aBlessed is a man who perseveres under trial; for once he has  1been approved, he will receive  bthe crown of life which the Lord  chas promised to those who  dlove Him.

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Let no one say when he is tempted, " aI am being tempted  1by God"; for God cannot be tempted  2by evil, and He Himself does not tempt anyone.

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But each one is tempted when he is carried away and enticed by his own lust.

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Then  awhen lust has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and when  bsin  1is accomplished, it brings forth death.

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 aDo not be  1deceived,  bmy beloved brethren.

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Every good thing given and every perfect gift is  afrom above, coming down from  bthe Father of lights,  cwith whom there is no variation or  1shifting shadow.

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In the exercise of  aHis will He  bbrought us forth by  cthe word of truth, so that we would be  1a kind of  dfirst fruits  2among His creatures.

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 1This  ayou know,  bmy beloved brethren. But everyone must be quick to hear,  cslow to speak and  dslow to anger;

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for  athe anger of man does not achieve the righteousness of God.

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Therefore,  aputting aside all filthiness and all  1that remains of wickedness, in  2humility receive  bthe word implanted, which is able to save your souls.

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 aBut prove yourselves doers of the word, and not merely hearers who delude themselves.

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For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man who looks at his  1natural face  ain a mirror;

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for once he has looked at himself and gone away,  1he has immediately forgotten what kind of person he was.

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But one who looks intently at the perfect law,  athe law of liberty, and abides by it, not having become a forgetful hearer but  1an effectual doer, this man will be  bblessed in  2what he does.

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If anyone thinks himself to be religious, and yet does not  1 abridle his tongue but deceives his own heart, this man's religion is worthless.

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Pure and undefiled religion  ain the sight of our God and Father is this: to  bvisit  corphans and widows in their distress, and to keep oneself unstained  1by  dthe world.



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