James

Blessed is the man who endures temptation, for when he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life, which the Lord promised to those who love him.

But be doers of the word, and not only hearers, deluding your own selves.

Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he will exalt you.

Confess your offenses to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The insistent prayer of a righteous person is powerfully effective.

Count it all joy, my brothers, when you fall into various temptations, — read the full passage →

What good is it, my brothers, if a man says he has faith, but has no works? Can faith save him? — read the full passage →

Be subject therefore to God. But resist the devil, and he will flee from you. — read the full passage →

For as the body apart from the spirit is dead, even so faith apart from works is dead.

Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom can be no variation, nor turning shadow.

Pure religion and undefiled before our God and Father is this: to visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained by the world.

But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach; and it will be given to him.

Who is wise and understanding among you? Let him show by his good conduct that his deeds are done in gentleness of wisdom.

Be subject therefore to God. But resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

So the tongue is also a little member, and boasts great things. See how a small fire can spread to a large forest! — read the full passage →

Is any among you suffering? Let him pray. Is any cheerful? Let him sing praises. — read the full passage →

Count it all joy, my brothers, when you fall into various temptations, — read the full passage →

James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are in the Dispersion: Greetings.

Even so faith, if it has no works, is dead in itself.

So the tongue is also a little member, and boasts great things. See how a small fire can spread to a large forest!

My brothers, don’t hold the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ of glory with partiality. — read the full passage →

Out of the same mouth comes blessing and cursing. My brothers, these things ought not to be so.

James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are in the Dispersion: Greetings. — read the full passage →

So, then, my beloved brothers, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, and slow to anger;

So, then, my beloved brothers, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, and slow to anger; — read the full passage →

Is any among you suffering? Let him pray. Is any cheerful? Let him sing praises.

You see then that by works, a man is justified, and not only by faith.

But be doers of the word, and not only hearers, deluding your own selves. — read the full passage →

Count it all joy, my brothers, when you fall into various temptations, — read the full passage →

What good is it, my brothers, if a man says he has faith, but has no works? Can faith save him?

But of the other apostles I saw no one, except James, the Lord’s brother.

For as the body apart from the spirit is dead, even so faith apart from works is dead. — read the full passage →

To him therefore who knows to do good, and doesn’t do it, to him it is sin.

Count it all joy, my brothers, when you fall into various temptations,

Isn’t this the carpenter’s son? Isn’t his mother called Mary, and his brothers, James, Joses, Simon, and Judas?

Whereas you don’t know what your life will be like tomorrow. For what is your life? For you are a vapor, that appears for a little time, and then vanishes away.

Let not many of you be teachers, my brothers, knowing that we will receive heavier judgment. — read the full passage →

James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are in the Dispersion: Greetings. — read the full passage →

Going on from there, he saw two other brothers, James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, in the boat with Zebedee their father, mending their nets. He called them.

Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to those who are called, sanctified by God the Father, and kept for Jesus Christ:

Then he appeared to James, then to all the apostles,

The day following, Paul went in with us to James; and all the elders were present.

When they had come in, they went up into the upper room, where they were staying; that is Peter, John, James, Andrew, Philip, Thomas, Bartholomew, Matthew, James the son of Alphaeus, Simon the Zealot, and Judas the son of James.

let him know that he who turns a sinner from the error of his way will save a soul from death and will cover a multitude of sins.

However, if you fulfill the royal law, according to the Scripture, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself,” you do well.

and when they perceived the grace that was given to me, James and Cephas and John, they who were reputed to be pillars, gave to me and Barnabas the right hand of fellowship, that we should go to the Gentiles, and they to the circumcision.

But he, beckoning to them with his hand to be silent, declared to them how the Lord had brought him out of the prison. He said, “Tell these things to James, and to the brothers.” Then he departed, and went to another place.

Brothers, if any among you wanders from the truth and someone turns him back, — read the full passage →

Let not many of you be teachers, my brothers, knowing that we will receive heavier judgment.

You believe that God is one. You do well. The demons also believe, and shudder.

James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are in the Dispersion: Greetings. — read the full passage →

Where do wars and fightings among you come from? Don’t they come from your pleasures that war in your members? — read the full passage →

He killed James, the brother of John, with the sword.

But he who looks into the perfect law of freedom, and continues, not being a hearer who forgets, but a doer of the work, this man will be blessed in what he does.

“But you, Israel, my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend,

He believed in Yahweh; and he reckoned it to him for righteousness.

If anyone among you thinks himself to be religious while he doesn’t bridle his tongue, but deceives his heart, this man’s religion is worthless.

knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance.

There were also women watching from afar, among whom were both Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the less and of Joses, and Salome;

You lust, and don’t have. You kill, covet, and can’t obtain. You fight and make war. You don’t have, because you don’t ask.

But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceful, gentle, reasonable, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy. — read the full passage →

But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceful, gentle, reasonable, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.

For every kind of animal, bird, creeping thing, and thing in the sea, is tamed, and has been tamed by mankind.

Let not many of you be teachers, my brothers, knowing that we will receive heavier judgment. — read the full passage →

For as the body apart from the spirit is dead, even so faith apart from works is dead. — read the full passage →

Let brotherly love continue. — read the full passage →

Rejoice, and be exceedingly glad, for great is your reward in heaven. For that is how they persecuted the prophets who were before you.

This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and made known by his angel to his servant, John,

Is any among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the assembly, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord, — read the full passage →

Be patient therefore, brothers, until the coming of the Lord. Behold, the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth, being patient over it, until it receives the early and late rain. — read the full passage →

Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded.

What good is it, my brothers, if a man says he has faith, but has no works? Can faith save him? — read the full passage →

Let no man say when he is tempted, “I am tempted by God,” for God can’t be tempted by evil, and he himself tempts no one.

But let the brother in humble circumstances glory in his high position; — read the full passage →

Let endurance have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.

After they were silent, James answered, “Brothers, listen to me.

When he came to the house, he didn’t allow anyone to enter in, except Peter, John, James, the father of the child, and her mother.

Matthew; Thomas; James, the son of Alphaeus; Simon, who was called the Zealot;

As he sat on the Mount of Olives opposite the temple, Peter, James, John, and Andrew asked him privately,

In the multitude of words there is no lack of disobedience, but he who restrains his lips does wisely.

Didn’t you, our God, drive out the inhabitants of this land before your people Israel, and give it to the seed of Abraham your friend forever?

“You shall not commit adultery.

“You shall not murder.

“‘You shall not take vengeance, nor bear any grudge against the children of your people; but you shall love your neighbor as yourself. I am Yahweh.

“You shall not commit adultery.

“You shall not murder.

Indeed, we put bits into the horses’ mouths so that they may obey us, and we guide their whole body.

and one of you tells them, “Go in peace, be warmed and filled”; and yet you didn’t give them the things the body needs, what good is it?

Listen, my beloved brothers. Didn’t God choose those who are poor in this world to be rich in faith, and heirs of the Kingdom which he promised to those who love him?

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

and the rich, in that he is made humble, because like the flower in the grass, he will pass away.

He is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.

But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach; and it will be given to him. — read the full passage →

James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are in the Dispersion: Greetings. — read the full passage →

James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are in the Dispersion: Greetings. — read the full passage →

Now faith is assurance of things hoped for, proof of things not seen. — read the full passage →

For before some people came from James, he ate with the Gentiles. But when they came, he drew back and separated himself, fearing those who were of the circumcision.

After they were silent, James answered, “Brothers, listen to me. — read the full passage →

Among them were Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James and Joses, and the mother of the sons of Zebedee.

You adulterers and adulteresses, don’t you know that friendship with the world is hostility toward God? Whoever therefore wants to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.

For, “He who would love life, and see good days, let him keep his tongue from evil, and his lips from speaking deceit.