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\v 1 I, James, serve God and am bound to God through the Lord Jesus Christ. I am writing this letter to the twelve Jewish tribes who trust in Christ and who are scattered throughout the world. I greet you all.
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\v 2 My fellow believers, consider it something to greatly rejoice over when you experience various kinds of hardships.
\v 3 Understand that as you trust God in hardships they help you to endure even more hardships.
\v 3 Understand that as you trust God in hardships, they help you to endure even more hardships.
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\v 4 Endure hardships to their very end so that you may follow Christ in every way. Then you will not fail to do well.
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\v 5 If anyone of you needs to know what to do, let him ask God, who gives generously and is not angry at anyone who asks.
\v 5 If anyone of you needs to know what to do, let him ask God who gives generously and is not angry at anyone who asks.
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\v 6 But when you ask God, trust him to answer you. Do not doubt that he will answer and always help you, because a person who keeps doubting God cannot follow him, like a wave of the sea that is blown back and forth by the wind and thus cannot continue in the same direction.
\v 6 But when you ask God, trust him to answer you. Do not doubt that he will answer and always help you because a person who keeps doubting God cannot follow him, like a wave of the sea that is blown back and forth by the wind and thus cannot continue in the same direction.
\v 7 Indeed, a person who doubts should not think that the Lord will do anything that they request him to do.
\v 8 For he is a person who cannot decide whether he will follow Jesus or not follow Jesus. That is a person who does not do what he promised he would to do.
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\v 9 Believers who are poor should be glad because God has honored them.
\v 10 And believers who are rich should be glad that God has humbled them, which helps them trust in Jesus Christ, because they and their riches will pass away, just as wild flowers wither.
\v 11 When the sun rises, the scorching hot wind dries the plants and causes the flowers to fall and no longer be beautiful. Like the flowers that dies, rich people will die while they are earning money.
\v 10 And believers who are rich should be glad that God has humbled them, which helps them trust in Jesus Christ because they and their riches will pass away, just as wild flowers wither.
\v 11 When the sun rises, the scorching hot wind dries the plants and causes the flowers to fall and no longer be beautiful. Like the flowers that die, rich people will die while they are earning money.
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\v 12 God honors those who endure hard trials. He will reward them by making them live forever, as he has promised to do for all who love him.
\v 12 God honors those who endure hard trials. He will reward them by making them live forever as he has promised to do for all who love him.
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\v 13 When we are tempted to sin, we must not think it is God who is tempting us, because no one can persuade God to do evil, and he never tries to persuade anyone to do evil.
\v 13 When we are tempted to sin, we must not think it is God who is tempting us because no one can persuade God to do evil, and he never tries to persuade anyone to do evil.
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\v 14 But everyone wants to do evil, and so they do it, just as if they are falling into a trap.
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\v 16 My fellow believers whom I love, stop deceiving yourselves.
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\v 17 Every truly good and perfect gift comes from God the Father, who is in heaven. He is the true God who gives us light. God does not change like created things change, like shadows that appear and disappear. God never changes and he is always good!
\v 17 Every truly good and perfect gift comes from God the Father who is in heaven. He is the true God who gives us light. God does not change like created things change, like shadows that appear and disappear. God never changes and he is always good!
\v 18 God chose to give us spiritual life when we trusted in his true message. So now believers in Jesus have become the first people to have true spiritual life, which only Jesus can give.
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\v 19 My fellow believers whom I love, you know that every one of you should be eager to pay attention to God's true message. You should not quickly speak your own thoughts, nor quickly get angry,
\v 19 My fellow believers whom I love, you know that every one of you should be eager to pay attention to God's true message. You should not quickly speak your own thoughts nor quickly get angry
\v 20 because when we get angry we cannot do the righteous things that God wants us to do.
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\v 21 So stop doing all kinds of evil and humbly accept the message that God planted in your inner beings because he is able to save you if you accept his message.
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\v 22 Do what God commands in his message. Do not only listen to it, because people who only listen to it and do not obey it think wrongly that God will save them.
\v 23 Some people hear God's message but do not do what it says. They are like someone who looks at his face in a mirror.
\v 24 Although he looks at himself, he goes away from the mirror and immediately forgets what he looks like.
\v 25 But other people look closely at God's message, which is perfect and which sets people free to voluntarily do what God wants them to do. And if they continue to examine God's message and do not just hear it and then forget it, but do what God tells them to do, God will bless them because of what they do.
\v 25 But other people look closely at God's message, which is perfect and which sets people free to voluntarily do what God wants them to do. And if they continue to examine God's message and do not just hear it and then forget it but do what God tells them to do, then God will bless them because of what they do.
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\v 26 Some people think that they worship God rightly, but they habitually speak evil talk. Those people are wrong in thinking that they worship God rightly. The fact is that they worship God in vain.
\v 27 One of the things that God has told us to do is to take care of orphans and widows who suffer hardship. Those who do that, and who do not think or act immorally like those who do not obey God, truly worship God, who is our Father, and God approves of them.
\v 27 One of the things that God has told us to do is to take care of orphans and widows who suffer hardship. Those who do that and who do not think or act immorally like those who do not obey God, truly worship God who is our Father, and God approves of them.
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\v 12 Always speak and act as the people whom God will judge using his law, not the law that condemns us, but the law that sets us free from being punished for our sins.
\v 13 Because when God judges us, he will not act mercifully toward those who do not act mercifully toward others. But if we are merciful to others, then we will not fear God when he judges us.
\v 12 Always speak and act as the people whom God will judge using his law—not the law that condemns us but the law that sets us free from being punished for our sins,
\v 13 because when God judges us, he will not act mercifully toward those who do not act mercifully toward others. But if we are merciful to others, then we will not fear God when he judges us.
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\v 14 My brothers and sisters, some people say, "I believe in the Lord Jesus Christ," but they do not do good things. What they say will do them no good. If they only believe with words, God will certainly not save them.
\v 15 To illustrate, suppose that a brother or sister is continually lacking clothes or food for each day.
\v 16 And suppose one of you says to them, "Do not worry, go away, get warm, and find the food you need!" But if you do not give them the things that they need for their bodies, then that will be no help to them!
\v 16 And suppose one of you says to them, "Do not worry; go away, get warm, and find the food you need!" But if you do not give them the things that they need for their bodies, then that will be no help to them!
\v 17 Similarly, if you do not do good deeds to help others, what you say about believing in Christ is as useless as a dead person! You do not really believe in Christ.
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\v 18 But someone may say to me, "God saves some people only because they trust in him, and he saves others because they do good deeds for people." I would answer that person, "You cannot prove to me that people truly trust in God if they do not do good deeds for others! But by doing good deeds for others I will prove to you that I truly trust in God!
\v 19 Think about it! You believe that there is only one real God who truly lives, and you are right to believe that. But the demons also believe that, and they tremble because they also know that God truly lives, and that He will punish them.
\v 20 Also, you foolish person, I will give you proof that if someone says, "I trust in God," but does not do good deeds, what that person says does not help him in any way.
\v 19 Think about it! You believe that there is only one real God who truly lives, and you are right to believe that. But the demons also believe that, and they tremble because they also know that God truly lives and that He will punish them.
\v 20 Also, you foolish person, I will give you proof that if someone says "I trust in God" but does not do good deeds, then what that person says does not help him in any way.
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\v 21 We all honor Abraham, our ancestor. He tried to obey what God told him to do; he tried to give his son Isaac to God on the altar. God considered Abraham to be a righteous person for trying to obey him.
\v 21 We all honor our ancestor Abraham. He tried to obey what God told him to do; he tried to give his son Isaac to God on the altar. God considered Abraham to be a righteous person for trying to obey him.
\v 22 In this way, Abraham trusted in God and obeyed him. When he obeyed him, he finished doing what he was trusting God for.
\v 23 And so it happened as it is written in the scriptures, "Because Abraham truly trusted in God, God viewed him as someone who did the right thing." God also said about Abraham, "He is my friend."
\v 24 From the example of Abraham you can realize that it is because people do good deeds that God considers them to be righteous, and not only because they trust in him.
\v 24 From the example of Abraham, you can realize that it is because people do good deeds that God considers them to be righteous and not only because they trust in him.
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\v 25 Similarly, it was certainly because of what Rahab did that God considered her to be good. Rahab had been a prostitute, but she cared for the messengers who came to spy out the land, and she helped them to escape by sending them home on a different road from the one that they came on.
\v 25 Similarly, it was certainly because of what Rahab did that God considered her to be good. Rahab had been a prostitute, but she cared for the messengers who came to spy out the land, and she helped them to escape by sending them home on a different road from the one on which they came.
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\v 26 Just as a person who is no longer breathing is dead and his body is useless, in the same way, someone who says he trusts in God but does nothing good trusts in God uselessly.
\v 26 Just as a person who is no longer breathing is dead and his body is useless, in the same way someone who says he trusts in God but does nothing good trusts in God uselessly.
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\v 1 My brothers and sisters, not many of you should desire to become teachers of God's word, because you know that God will judge us teachers more severely than he will judge other people.
\v 1 My brothers and sisters, not many of you should desire to become teachers of God's word because you know that God will judge us teachers more severely than he will judge other people.
\v 2 In many ways we do what is wrong. But those who control what they say will be all that God intends them to be. They will be able to control all their actions.
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