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

23,24

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