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Epistle of James, Chapter 1

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Chapter 1 of James—New World Translation (NWT)

  1. ¶ James,[a]1 a slave2 of God and of [the] Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes3 that are scattered4 about:[b]
    ¶ Greetings!
  2. ¶ Consider it all joy, my brothers, when YOU meet with various trials,5
  3. knowing as YOU do that this tested quality of[c] YOUR faith works out endurance.6
  4. But let endurance have its work complete, that YOU may be complete7 and sound in all respects, not lacking in anything.8
  5. ¶ So, if any one of YOU is lacking in wisdom,9 let him keep on asking God,10 for he gives generously to all and without reproaching;11 and it will be given him.12
  6. But let him keep on asking13 in faith, not doubting[d] at all,14 for he who doubts is like a wave of the sea driven by the wind15 and blown about.
  7. In fact, let not that man suppose that he will receive anything from Jehovah;[e]16
  8. he is an indecisive[f]17 man, unsteady18 in all his ways.
  9. ¶ But let the lowly brother exult over his exaltation,19
  10. and the rich one20 over his humiliation, because like a flower of the vegetation he will pass away.21
  11. For the sun rises with its burning heat and withers the vegetation, and its flower drops off and the beauty of its outward appearance perishes. So, too, the rich man will fade away in his ways of life.22
  12. ¶ Happy is the man that keeps on enduring trial,23 because on becoming approved he will receive the crown of life,24 which Jehovah[g] promised to those who continue loving him.25
  13. When under trial,26 let no one say: “I am being tried by God.” For with evil things God cannot be tried nor does he himself try anyone.
  14. But each one is tried by being drawn out and enticed[h] by his own desire.27
  15. Then the desire, when it has become fertile, gives birth to sin;28 in turn, sin, when it has been accomplished, brings forth death.29
  16. ¶ Do not be misled,30 my beloved brothers.
  17. Every good gift31 and every perfect present is from above,32 for it comes down from the Father of the [celestial] lights,33 and with him there is not a variation of the turning of the shadow.[i]34
  18. Because he willed35 it, he brought us forth by the word of truth,36 for us to be certain firstfruits37 of his creatures.
  19. ¶ Know this, my beloved brothers. Every man must be swift about hearing, slow about speaking,38 slow about wrath;39
  20. for man’s wrath does not work out God’s righteousness.40
  21. Hence put away all filthiness and that superfluous thing, badness,41 and accept with mildness the implanting of the word42 which is able to save YOUR souls.[j]43
  22. ¶ However, become doers of the word,44 and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves with false reasoning.45
  23. For if anyone is a hearer of the word, and not a doer,46 this one is like a man looking at his natural face in a mirror.
  24. For he looks at himself, and off he goes and immediately forgets what sort of man he is.
  25. But he who peers[k] into the perfect law47 that belongs to freedom and who persists in [it], this [man], because he has become, not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work,48 will be happy49 in his doing [it].
  26. ¶ If any man seems to himself[l] to be a formal worshiper[m]50 and yet does not bridle his tongue,51 but goes on deceiving his own heart,52 this man’s form of worship is futile.53
  27. The form of worship[n] that is clean54 and undefiled55 from the standpoint of our God and Father is this: to look after orphans[o]56 and widows57 in their tribulation,58 and to keep oneself without spot59 from the world.60

FOOTNOTES

  1. ^ Lit., “Jacob.” Gr., I·aʹko·bos. “James” is an abbreviated English form of Jacob, meaning “Taking Hold of the Heel; Supplanter.”
  2. ^ “That are scattered about.” Lit., “the (ones) in the dispersion [Gr., di·a·spo·raiʹ; Lat., di·sper·si·oʹne].”
  3. ^ Or, “this way of testing.”
  4. ^ Lit., “judging for self dividedly.”
  5. ^ See App 1D.
  6. ^ Lit., “two-souled.” Gr., diʹpsy·khos; Lat., duʹplex aʹni·mo.
  7. ^ “Jehovah,” J7,8,13,16,17; C(Gr.), Kyʹri·os; ItVgSyp, “God”; אAB omit. See App 1D.
  8. ^ Or, “caught as by bait.” Lit., “being baited on.”
  9. ^ Or, “variation or shadow caused by a turning.”
  10. ^ Or, “your lives.” Gr., tas psy·khasʹ hy·monʹ; Lat., aʹni·mas veʹstras; J17(Heb.), naph·sho·theh·khemʹ.
  11. ^ Lit., “having stooped beside.”
  12. ^ Or, “thinks himself.”
  13. ^ “Formal worshiper.” Lat., re·li·gi·oʹsum, “religious.”
  14. ^ “Form of worship.” Gr., thre·skeiʹa; Lat., re·liʹgi·o, “religion.”
  15. ^ Or, “bereaved ones.”

REFERENCES

  1. ^ Mt 13:55; Ac 12:17; Ga 1:19
  2. ^ Ro 12:11; Col 3:24; 1Th 1:9
  3. ^ Je 31:31; Ac 26:7
  4. ^ Ac 2:5; 8:1; 1Pe 1:1
  5. ^ Mt 5:12; Ac 5:41; 1Pe 4:14
  6. ^ Ro 5:3; 1Pe 1:7
  7. ^ Mt 5:48
  8. ^ 1Co 14:20; Eph 4:13
  9. ^ Pr 2:3
  10. ^ 1Ki 3:9; Mr 11:24; 1Jo 3:22
  11. ^ Mt 7:11
  12. ^ Pr 2:6; Jn 15:7; 1Jo 5:14
  13. ^ Mt 7:7
  14. ^ Mt 21:22; Heb 11:6
  15. ^ Eph 4:14
  16. ^ Is 58:3; Jm 4:3
  17. ^ Jm 4:8
  18. ^ 2Pe 3:16
  19. ^ Is 64:5; Jm 2:5
  20. ^ 1Ti 6:17
  21. ^ Is 37:27; 40:6; 1Pe 1:24
  22. ^ Is 40:7; Mt 19:24
  23. ^ Mt 5:10; Jm 1:2
  24. ^ 2Ti 4:8; 1Pe 5:4; Re 2:10
  25. ^ Jm 2:5
  26. ^ Heb 2:18; 4:15
  27. ^ Ge 3:6; De 32:5; Is 44:20; 1Jo 2:16
  28. ^ Ps 7:14
  29. ^ Eze 18:4; Ro 5:21; 7:11
  30. ^ Ga 6:7
  31. ^ Ps 115:16; Ro 6:23; 1Co 14:1
  32. ^ Mt 7:11; Jn 3:27
  33. ^ Ps 136:7; Is 45:7; 60:20; Eph 5:8; 1Jo 1:5
  34. ^ Ml 3:6
  35. ^ Jn 1:13; Ro 8:28; 2Th 2:13
  36. ^ Heb 4:12; 1Pe 1:23
  37. ^ Ex 34:22; Le 23:17; Re 14:4
  38. ^ Pr 10:19; 17:27
  39. ^ Ec 7:9; Mt 5:22
  40. ^ Jm 3:18
  41. ^ Col 3:8; 1Pe 2:1
  42. ^ Mt 13:23
  43. ^ Heb 2:3; 1Pe 1:9
  44. ^ Le 18:5; De 7:11; 1Sa 15:22; Mt 7:21; Ro 10:5; 1Jo 3:7
  45. ^ 2Ti 3:13; Ti 3:3
  46. ^ Lu 6:46; Jm 2:14
  47. ^ Ps 19:7; Ro 8:2
  48. ^ De 30:14; Mt 7:24; Jn 13:17
  49. ^ Lu 11:28
  50. ^ Lu 18:12
  51. ^ Ps 39:1; Pr 12:18; 15:2; 1Pe 3:10
  52. ^ Re 3:17
  53. ^ Lu 18:14; Re 3:16
  54. ^ Is 1:16
  55. ^ 1Ti 1:5
  56. ^ De 14:29; 27:19; Jb 29:12; Ps 68:5
  57. ^ Jb 29:13; Is 1:17; 1Ti 5:3
  58. ^ Is 58:7
  59. ^ 1Co 5:7; Re 18:4
  60. ^ Jm 4:4

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Comments

  1. David yakubuDavid yakubu
    Oct 29, 2022 08:05 GMT

    When i do read some comments and seeing that its the same people that are supposed to be called believers but are talking ill of other denominations, it hurts. Let us all remember that We should judge not

    1. jonas smithjonas smith
      Apr 23, 2023 02:57 GMT

      The bible tells us to test the spirits. Satan disguises himself as angel of light. So yes some denomination are not teaching the truth. You are responsible for judging which ones are not. You have to judge the truth at all times. this is what the bible teaches

  2. THTH
    Apr 7, 2021 00:20 GMT

    The NWT is a very good translation. Dr. Jason David BeDuhn PhD attests to that in his book Truth in Translation. drive.google.com/...5p16melHzg8/view

    1. James LernerJames Lerner
      Jul 20, 2024 09:48 GMT

      The NWT is Satanic filth to its very core.

      The JW Cult is Satanic to its very core.

      Praise Yahweh I will never be a victim of JW brainwashing. If I burn in Hell for eternity or I am ultimately annihilated so be it

      May Yahweh's curse rest on the Watchtower Society and its Satanic leadership

    2. jim mcleodjim mcleod
      Aug 22, 2021 06:16 GMT

      NWT is a false translation that takes away from the deity of Jesus !

  3. SlightlyChaoticSlightlyChaotic
    Jan 30, 2021 16:33 GMT

    Thank you for taking the time to provide this service. I like seeing the NASB on your web page in the same format as I read on paper. On other sites, the text area is smaller, and so I have to keep scrolling down to read and sometimes I lose the context. So I really appreciate the format.

    As far as the NWT, you are certainly free to do whatever you think best with your own web pages. I'd suggest that you make a note anytime you have a translation that is associated with only one denomination or church, for example:
    New World Translation (Jehovah's Witness version).

    In Jesus' parable of the wheat and the tares. the main idea seems to be that you can't easily distinguish between God's people and not-God's people on this earth, so our Lord's response is to wait until they are shown to be the kind of people they are inside. But the NWT seems like false teaching to me. So I think the warning passages from Jesus' apostles are more applicable, as in 2 Peter 3:15-16, when he talks about Paul's writings:
    "There are some things in them that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other Scriptures."
    And we also have the positive exhortations, as in 2 Timothy 2:15:
    "Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth."

    1. BroderickBroderick
      Jan 31, 2021 00:57 GMT

      Your suggestion regarding the denominational flagging is duly noted. But I can’t help but wonder, wouldn’t a Catholic also want “Protestant versions” marked as well?

      As for the parable, I’m pretty sure the slaves were convinced in their own minds that they could tell the tares from the wheat. After all, aren’t they the ones who identified the problem in the first place? But the master obviously thought otherwise.

      Furthermore, even at the time when Jesus himself was walking the earth, not everybody who claimed fellowship actually followed him causing John to inquire at Mark 9:39, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in Your name, and we tried to prevent him because he was not following us.” But Jesus said, “Do not hinder him . . . for he who is not against us is for us.”

  4. Joshua HarderJoshua Harder
    Dec 11, 2020 17:48 GMT

    Hello, question.. why have you included the NWT with other legitimate bible translations? Or why have you not atleast included a warning to readers? Don't you fear that someone could be influenced by the Watchtower's intentional heresies? Thank you.

    1. KevinKevin
      Jul 11, 2021 17:45 GMT

      en.m.wikipedia.org/..._Holy_Scriptures

      See the section critical review

    2. ChrisChris
      Jan 8, 2021 07:15 GMT

      Please site these intentional heresies. I am well versed in the watch tower outline and agree they are in many ways incorrect but i also bet i can point many out from EVERY established or main denomination. There is much to learn from them all as one who drinks milk?

      Judge not lest ye be judged, that is not to pass judgement on you either brother.

      I debate with scripture. I don't hold it to be true that Michael is Y'Shua HaMeshiach but I also firmly hold it to be true that our G-d and Heavenly Father are not the word encarnate and only begotten son.

      I love not seeing "lord" which i relate to baal. I feel the catholic church is a satanic establishment and I am aware a freemason started the hovies but there are evil in high places and our fight is also with principalities.

      What i'm saying is that in my darkest hours, those two were some of if not the only ones who would bring a Bible and eucharist and pray with me.

      We all fall short of the glory of G-d.

      Don't forget the NWT was recognized as the most accurate translation on Jeopardy.

      Lastly, this is different I noted than the NWT i have read and am very familiar with. Pull up the watchtower page and compare. I truly look forward to getting this one!

  5. julietjuliet
    Aug 17, 2022 09:36 GMT

    the sky is blue

  6. mercymercy
    Aug 12, 2022 21:23 GMT

    i am Mercy, the sky is blue what else do you need

    1. mercymercy
      Aug 12, 2022 21:25 GMT

      i am so sorry, it was a big mistake

  7. God is able to do all thingsGod is able to do all things
    May 17, 2021 17:59 GMT

    Jesus how much love calling yo name

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