1:1 
    [kjv]  James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting.
    [bbe]  James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, sends words of love to the twelve tribes of the Jews living in all parts of the earth.
1:2  
    [kjv]  My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations;
    [bbe]  Let it be all joy to you, my brothers, when you undergo tests of every sort;
1:3  
    [kjv]  Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience.
    [bbe]  Because you have the knowledge that the testing of your faith gives you the power of going on in hope;
1:4
    [kjv]  But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing.
    [bbe]  But let this power have its full effect, so that you may be made complete, needing nothing.
1:5  
    [kjv]  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.
    [bbe]  But if any man among you is without wisdom, let him make his request to God, who gives freely to all without an unkind word, and it will be given to him.
1:6
    [kjv]  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.
    [bbe]  Let him make his request in faith, doubting nothing; for he who has doubt in his heart is like the waves of the sea, which are troubled by the driving of the wind.
1:7  
    [kjv]  For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord.
    [bbe]  Let it not seem to such a man that he will get anything from the Lord;
1:8
    [kjv]  A double minded man is unstable in all his ways.
    [bbe]  For there is a division in his mind, and he is uncertain in all his ways.
1:9  
    [kjv]  Let the brother of low degree rejoice in that he is exalted:
    [bbe]  But let the brother of low position be glad that he is lifted up;
1:10
    [kjv]  But the rich, in that he is made low: because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away.
    [bbe]  But the man of wealth, that he is made low; because like the flower of the grass he will come to his end.
1:11  
    [kjv]  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.
    [bbe]  For when the sun comes up with its burning heat, the grass gets dry and the grace of its form is gone with the falling flower; so the man of wealth comes to nothing in his ways.
1:12
    [kjv]  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.
    [bbe]  There is a blessing on the man who undergoes testing; because, if he has God's approval, he will be given the crown of life, which the Lord has said he will give to those who have love for him.
1:13
    [kjv]  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:
    [bbe]  Let no man say when he is tested, I am tested by God; for it is not possible for God to be tested by evil, and he himself puts no man to such a test:
1:14 
    [kjv]  But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed.
    [bbe]  But every man is tested when he is turned out of the right way by the attraction of his desire.
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