A Greeting from James
(Jude 1:1–2)
James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, Ezk 12:151Pe 1:1Jhn 7:35Act 8:1Act 26:7Act 15:13Act 15:23Deu 28:64
To the twelve tribes of the Dispersion: 1
Greetings.
Rejoicing in Trials
(Philippians 1:12–20)
Consider it pure joy, my brothers, when you encounter trials of many kinds, 1Pe 1:6-8Jas 1:122Co 12:9-10Mat 5:10-12Luk 6:22-23Php 1:292Pe 2:9Rom 8:17-18 because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance. Rom 5:3-4Heb 10:36Col 1:112Co 4:17Rom 8:281Pe 1:72Pe 1:6Rom 15:4 Allow perseverance to finish its work, so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything. 1Pe 5:10Luk 21:19Mat 5:482Ti 3:17Gal 6:9Heb 13:21Jas 5:7-11Hab 2:3
Now if any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him. Pro 2:3-6Jhn 15:7Jer 29:12-13Pro 3:5-71Jn 5:14-152Ch 1:10Mat 7:7-11Jas 3:17 But he must ask in faith, without doubting, because he who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind. Mat 21:21-22Heb 11:6Mrk 11:22-24Eph 4:14Heb 10:23Heb 13:91Ti 2:82Pe 2:17 That man should not expect to receive anything from the Lord. Jas 4:3Pro 15:8Isa 1:15Isa 58:3-4Pro 21:27 He is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways. 1Ki 18:21Mat 6:24Jas 4:8Isa 29:132Pe 2:142Ki 17:412Pe 3:162Ki 17:33
The brother in humble circumstances should exult in his high position. Jer 9:23-24Jas 2:5-6Pro 19:12Co 6:10Psa 113:7-8Psa 62:9Rev 2:9Luk 1:52 But the one who is rich should exult in his low position, because he will pass away like a flower of the field. 1Pe 1:241Jn 2:17Job 14:21Ti 6:17Mat 5:3Psa 103:15Isa 40:6Jas 4:14 For the sun rises with scorching heat and withers the plant; its flower falls and its beauty is lost. So too, the rich man will fade away in the midst of his pursuits. Isa 40:7-8Psa 37:35-36Luk 16:19-25Mrk 4:6Jas 5:1-7Psa 49:6-14Luk 12:16-21Mat 13:6
Blessed is the man who perseveres under trial, because when he has stood the test, he will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those who love Him. 1Pe 5:101Pe 1:6-8Rev 2:10Jas 5:11Rom 8:28Mat 10:221Co 9:252Ti 4:8
Good and Perfect Gifts
When tempted, no one should say, “God is tempting me.” For God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does He tempt anyone. Jas 1:12Hab 2:12-13Rom 9:19-20Gen 3:12Jas 1:2Isa 63:17 But each one is tempted when by his own evil desires he is lured away and enticed. Mrk 7:21-22Eph 4:22Mat 15:18Heb 3:13Pro 4:23Rom 7:13Jas 4:1-2Mat 5:28 Then after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death. Psa 7:14Job 15:35Rom 5:12-21Gen 2:17Isa 59:4Gen 3:6Rom 6:21-23Mic 2:1-3
Do not be deceived, my beloved brothers. Gal 6:7Jas 1:19Col 2:8Col 2:4Heb 13:1Php 2:121Co 6:92Ti 2:18 Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, with whom there is no change or shifting shadow. 2 Jhn 3:27Mat 7:11Heb 13:8Jhn 8:12Num 23:19Psa 84:111Jn 1:5Pro 2:6 He chose to give us birth through the word of truth, that we would be a kind of firstfruits of His creation. 3 Rom 8:29-311Pe 1:23Jhn 3:3-5Jhn 1:131Pe 1:32Th 2:13-14Eph 2:4-5Rev 14:4
Hearing and Doing
My beloved brothers, understand this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to anger, Pro 17:27Pro 21:23Pro 14:29Pro 10:19Pro 18:13Pro 13:3Eph 4:26Pro 16:32 for man’s anger does not bring about the righteousness that God desires. 2Ti 2:24-25Eph 4:26Jas 3:17-18Num 20:11-12 Therefore, get rid of all moral filth and every expression of evil, and humbly accept the word planted in you, which can save your souls. Eph 4:221Pe 2:11Eph 1:13Jhn 6:63Psa 25:9Col 3:5-81Pe 2:1Heb 12:1
Be doers of the word, and not hearers only. Otherwise, you are deceiving yourselves. Rom 2:13Luk 6:46-48Jhn 13:17Jas 4:171Jn 2:3Luk 11:28Jas 2:14-20Mat 12:50 For anyone who hears the word but does not carry it out is like a man who looks at his face in a mirror, Mat 7:26-27Jas 2:14-26Ezk 33:31-32Luk 6:47Jer 44:16Luk 6:7 and after observing himself goes away and immediately forgets what he looks like. 2Pe 3:11Luk 1:66Luk 7:391Th 1:5Jdg 8:18Mat 8:27 But the one who looks intently into the perfect law of freedom, and continues to do so—not being a forgetful hearer, but an effective doer—he will be blessed in what he does. Luk 11:28Jhn 13:172Co 3:17-181Pe 2:16Luk 6:47-49Gal 5:1Jas 2:12Jhn 8:31-32
If anyone considers himself religious and yet does not bridle his tongue, he deceives his heart and his religion is worthless. Eph 4:29Psa 141:31Pe 3:10Eph 5:4Pro 19:1Psa 34:13Pro 10:31Pro 10:19 Pure and undefiled religion before our God and Father is this: to care for orphans and widows in their distress, and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world. Isa 1:16-171Jn 3:17-19Gal 6:9-10Rom 12:2Mat 25:34-46Isa 58:6-71Jn 2:15-17Job 31:15-20