Chapter 1
James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting.
James
Matthew 10:3 13:55 Mark 3:18 Luke 6:15 Acts 1:13 12:17 15:13 21:18 Galatians 1:19 2:9,12 Jude 1:1
a servant
John 12:26 Romans 1:1 Philippians 1:1 Titus 1:1 2 Peter 1:1
to
Exodus 24:4 28:21 39:14 1 Kings 18:31 Ezra 6:17 Matthew 19:28 Acts 26:7 Revelation 7:4
scattered
Leviticus 26:33 Deuteronomy 4:27 28:64 30:3 32:26 Esther 3:8 Ezekiel 12:15 John 7:35 Acts 2:5 8:1 15:21 1 Peter 1:1
greeting
Acts 15:23 23:26 2 Timothy 4:21
My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations;
count
12 Matthew 5:10-12 Luke 6:22,23 Acts 5:41 Romans 8:17,18,35-37 2 Corinthians 12:9 2 Corinthians 12:10 Philippians 1:29 2:17 Colossians 1:24 Hebrews 10:34 1 Peter 4:13-16
divers
Hebrews 11:36-38 1 Peter 1:6-8 2 Peter 2:9 Revelation 2:10
Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience.
that
Romans 5:3,4 8:28 2 Corinthians 4:17
patience
Romans 2:7 8:25 15:4 Colossians 1:11 2 Thessalonians 1:4 3:5 Hebrews 10:36 12:1 2 Peter 1:6
But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing.
let
5:7-11 Job 17:9 Psalms 37:7 40:1 Habakkuk 2:3 Matthew 10:22 Luke 8:15 21:19 Galatians 6:9
perfect and
3:2 Proverbs 4:8 Matthew 5:48 John 17:23 1 Corinthians 2:6 Philippians 3:12-15 Colossians 4:12 2 Timothy 3:17 Hebrews 13:21 1 Peter 5:10 1 John 4:17,18
wanting
1:5 Matthew 19:20 Mark 10:21 Luke 18:22 2 Peter 1:9
If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.
any
Exodus 31:3,6 36:1-4 1 Kings 3:7-9,11,12 Job 28:12-28 Proverbs 3:5-7 9:4-6 Jeremiah 1:6,7 2 Corinthians 2:16
let
17 3:17 5:16 1 Chronicles 22:12 2 Chronicles 1:10 Proverbs 2:3-6 Isaiah 55:6,7 Jeremiah 29:12 Jeremiah 29:13 Daniel 2:18-22 Matthew 7:7-11 Luke 11:9-13 John 4:10 14:13 15:7 John 16:23,24 1 John 3:22 5:14,15
and upbraideth
Matthew 11:20 Mark 16:14 Luke 15:20-22
But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed.
let
Matthew 21:22 Mark 11:22-24 1 Timothy 2:8 Hebrews 11:6
he
Genesis 49:4 Ephesians 4:14 Hebrews 10:23 13:9 2 Peter 2:17 Jude 1:12,13
For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord.
4:3 Proverbs 15:8 21:27 Isaiah 1:15 58:3,4
A double minded man is unstable in all his ways.
4:8 1 Kings 18:21 2 Kings 17:33,41 Isaiah 29:13 Hosea 7:8-11 10:2 Matthew 6:22,24 2 Peter 2:14 3:16
Let the brother of low degree rejoice in that he is exalted:
the brother
2:5,6 Deuteronomy 15:7,9,11 Psalms 62:9 Proverbs 17:5 19:1 Luke 1:52
rejoice
or, glory.
Jeremiah 9:23,24 Romans 5:2,3 Philippians 3:3 *Gr:
in
2:5 1 Samuel 2:8 Psalms 113:7,8 Luke 9:48 10:20 Romans 8:17 2 Corinthians 6:10 Philippians 3:14 1 Peter 2:9 1 John 3:1-3 Revelation 2:9 5:9,10 7:9,10
But the rich, in that he is made low: because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away.
in
Isaiah 57:15 66:2 Matthew 5:3 Philippians 3:8 1 Timothy 6:17
because
4:14 Job 14:2 Psalms 37:2,35,36 90:5,6 102:11 103:15 Isaiah 40:6 Matthew 6:30 1 Corinthians 7:31 1 Peter 1:24 1 John 2:17
For the sun is no sooner risen with a burning heat, but it 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 ways.
risen
Isaiah 49:10 Jonah 4:7,8 Matthew 13:6 Mark 4:6
so
5:1-7 Job 21:24-30 Psalms 37:35,36 49:6-14 73:18-20 Ecclesiastes 5:15 Isaiah 28:1,4 40:7,8 Luke 12:16-21 16:19-25 1 Corinthians 7:31 1 Peter 1:4 5:4
Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him.
the man
2-4 5:11 Job 5:17 Psalms 94:12 119:67,71,75 Proverbs 3:11,12 Hebrews 6:15 Hebrews 10:32 12:5 Revelation 3:19
when
Deuteronomy 8:2 13:3 Proverbs 17:3 Zechariah 13:9 Malachi 3:2,3 Hebrews 11:17 1 Peter 1:6,7 1 Peter 5:10
the crown
Matthew 25:34 Luke 22:28-30 Romans 2:7-10 1 Corinthians 9:25 2 Timothy 4:8 1 Peter 1:7 4:13 1 Peter 5:4 Revelation 2:10 3:21
which
2:5 Isaiah 64:4 Matthew 10:22 19:28,29
them
2:5 Exodus 20:6 Deuteronomy 7:9 Nehemiah 1:5 Psalms 5:11 Romans 8:28 1 Corinthians 2:9 8:3 1 Peter 1:8 1 John 4:19
Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man:
no man
2,12 Genesis 3:12 Isaiah 63:17 Habakkuk 2:12,13 Romans 9:19,20,
evil
or, evils.
But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed.
when
4:1,2 Genesis 6:5 8:21 Joshua 7:21-24 2 Samuel 11:2,3 1 Kings 21:2-4 Job 31:9 Job 31:27 Proverbs 4:23 Isaiah 44:20 Hosea 13:9 Matthew 5:28 15:18,20 Mark 7:21 Mark 7:22 Romans 7:11,13 Ephesians 4:22 Hebrews 3:13
Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death.
when
Genesis 3:6 4:5-8 Job 15:35 Psalms 7:14 Isaiah 59:4 Micah 2:1-3 Matthew 26:14,48-59 Acts 5:1-3
sin, when
Genesis 2:17 3:17-19 Psalms 9:17 Romans 5:12-21 6:21-23 Revelation 20:14,15
Do not err, my beloved brethren.
Do
Matthew 22:29 Mark 12:24,27 Galatians 6:7 Colossians 2:4,8 2 Timothy 2:18
my
19 2:5 Philippians 2:12 4:1 Hebrews 13:1
Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.
good
5 3:15,17 Genesis 41:16,38,39 Exodus 4:11,12 31:3-6 36:1,2 Numbers 11:17,25 1 Chronicles 22:12 29:19 2 Chronicles 1:11,12 Proverbs 2:6 Isaiah 28:26 Daniel 2:21,22,27-30 Matthew 7:11 11:25,26 13:11,12 Luke 11:13 John 3:27 Acts 5:31 11:18 Romans 6:23 11:30 12:6-8 1 Corinthians 4:7 12:4-12 Ephesians 2:3-5,8 4:8-11 Philippians 1:29 Titus 3:3-5 1 John 4:10 5:11,12
from the
Genesis 1:2-5,14,15 Deuteronomy 4:19 Psalms 19:1-8 84:11 Isaiah 45:7 60:19 John 1:9 John 8:12 2 Corinthians 4:6 Ephesians 1:18 1 John 1:5 Revelation 21:23 22:5
no variableness
Numbers 23:19 1 Samuel 15:29 Psalms 122:6 Isaiah 46:10 Malachi 3:6 Romans 11:29 Hebrews 1:11,12 13:8
Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.
his own
John 1:13 3:3-5 Romans 4:17 8:29-31 9:15-18 Ephesians 2:4,5 Colossians 1:20,21 2 Thessalonians 2:13,14 1 Peter 1:3,23
with
21 1 Corinthians 4:15 Ephesians 1:12 1 Peter 1:23 1 John 3:9
kind
Leviticus 23:10 Jeremiah 2:3 Amos 6:1 *marg:; Hebrews 12:23 Revelation 14:4
Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:
let
Nehemiah 8:2,3,12-14,18 9:3 Proverbs 8:32-35 Ecclesiastes 5:1 Mark 2:2 12:37 Luke 15:1 Luke 19:48 Acts 2:42 10:33 13:42-44,48 17:11 1 Thessalonians 2:13
slow to speak
26 3:1,2 Proverbs 10:19 13:3 15:2 17:27 18:13,21 21:23 Ecclesiastes 5:2,3
slow to wrath
Nehemiah 9:17 Proverbs 14:17,29 15:18 16:32 17:14 19:11,19 25:28 Ecclesiastes 7:8,9 Matthew 5:22 Galatians 5:20,21 Ephesians 4:26,31 Colossians 3:8,15
For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God.
3:17,18 Numbers 20:11,12 2 Timothy 2:24,25
Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls.
lay
Isaiah 2:20 30:22 Ezekiel 18:31 Romans 13:12,13 Ephesians 4:22 Colossians 3:5-8 Hebrews 12:1 1 Peter 2:1,11
filthiness
4:8 Ezekiel 36:25 2 Corinthians 7:1 Ephesians 5:4
and receive
Psalms 25:9 Isaiah 29:19 61:1 Zephaniah 2:3 Matthew 5:5 Acts 10:33 1 Thessalonians 1:5 2:13
the engrafted
John 6:63,68 Romans 6:17 *marg:; Romans 11:17 Hebrews 4:2
which
Acts 13:26 Romans 1:16 1 Corinthians 15:2 Ephesians 1:13 2 Timothy 3:15-17 Titus 2:11 Hebrews 2:3 1 Peter 1:9
But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.
be
4:17 Matthew 7:21-25 12:50 28:20 Luke 6:46-48 11:28 12:47,48 John 13:17 Romans 2:13 Philippians 4:8 Colossians 3:17 1 John 2:3 3:7 3 John 1:11 Revelation 22:7
deceiving
26 Isaiah 44:20 Obadiah 1:3 1 Corinthians 3:18 6:9 15:33 Galatians 6:3,7 2 Timothy 3:13 Titus 3:3 2 Peter 2:13 1 John 1:8 Revelation 12:9
For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass:
2:14-26 Jeremiah 44:16 Ezekiel 33:31,32 Matthew 7:26,27 Luke 6:47-7
For he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was.
what
Judges 8:18 Matthew 8:27 Luke 1:66 7:39 1 Thessalonians 1:5 2 Peter 3:11
But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.
looketh
Proverbs 14:15 Isaiah 8:20 2 Corinthians 13:5 Hebrews 12:15
the perfect
2:12 Psalms 19:7-10 119:32,45,96-105 Romans 7:12,22,23
liberty
John 8:32,36 Romans 8:15 2 Corinthians 3:17,18 Galatians 5:1 1 Peter 2:16
and
1 Samuel 12:14 John 8:31 15:9,10 Acts 2:42 13:43 26:22 Romans 2:7,8 11:22 Colossians 1:23 1 Timothy 2:15 4:16 1 John 2:24
a forgetful
this
Psalms 19:11 106:3 119:2,3 Luke 6:47-49 11:28 John 13:17 1 Corinthians 15:58 Revelation 14:13 22:14
deed
or, doing.
If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion is vain.
seem
Proverbs 14:12 16:25 Luke 8:18 1 Corinthians 3:18 Galatians 2:6,9 6:3
bridleth
19 3:2-6 Psalms 32:9 34:13 39:1,2 141:3 Proverbs 10:19,31 13:2,3 15:2 Proverbs 16:10 19:1 21:26 Ephesians 4:29 5:4 Colossians 4:6 1 Peter 3:10
but
22 Deuteronomy 11:16 Isaiah 44:20 Galatians 6:3
this
2:20 Isaiah 1:13 Malachi 3:14 Matthew 15:9 Mark 7:7 1 Corinthians 15:2,15 Galatians 3:4
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.
Pure
3:17 Psalms 119:1 Matthew 5:8 Luke 1:6 1 Timothy 1:5 5:4
To visit
Job 29:12,13 31:15-20 Psalms 68:5 Isaiah 1:16,17 58:6,7 Matthew 25:34-46 Galatians 5:6 6:9,10 1 John 3:17-19
to keep
4:4 John 17:14,15 Romans 12:2 Galatians 1:4 6:14 Colossians 3:1-3 1 John 2:15-17 1 John 5:4,5,18