English Bible Presentation Sharing - James Book, chapter 1, verse 16 in Hcsb Version

James 1 : 1 (HCSB)

James, a slave of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ: To the 12 tribes in the Dispersion. Greetings.

James 1 : 2 (HCSB)

Consider it a great joy, my brothers, whenever you experience various trials,

James 1 : 3 (HCSB)

knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance.

James 1 : 4 (HCSB)

But endurance must do its complete work, so that you may be mature and complete, lacking nothing.

James 1 : 5 (HCSB)

Now if any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives to all generously and without criticizing, and it will be given to him.

James 1 : 6 (HCSB)

But let him ask in faith without doubting. For the doubter is like the surging sea, driven and tossed by the wind.

James 1 : 7 (HCSB)

That person should not expect to receive anything from the Lord.

James 1 : 8 (HCSB)

An indecisive man is unstable in all his ways.

James 1 : 9 (HCSB)

The brother of humble circumstances should boast in his exaltation;

James 1 : 10 (HCSB)

but the one who is rich *should boast in his humiliation, because he will pass away like a flower of the field.

James 1 : 11 (HCSB)

For the sun rises with its scorching heat and dries up the grass; its flower falls off, and its beautiful appearance is destroyed. In the same way, the rich man will wither away while pursuing his activities.

James 1 : 12 (HCSB)

Blessed is a man who endures trials, because when he passes the test he will receive the crown of life that He has promised to those who love Him.

James 1 : 13 (HCSB)

No one undergoing a trial should say, "I am being tempted by God." For God is not tempted by evil, and He Himself doesn't tempt anyone.

James 1 : 14 (HCSB)

But each person is tempted when he is drawn away and enticed by his own evil desires.

James 1 : 15 (HCSB)

Then after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin, and when sin is fully grown, it gives birth to death.

James 1 : 16 (HCSB)

Don't be deceived, my dearly loved brothers.

James 1 : 17 (HCSB)

Every generous act and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights; with Him there is no variation or shadow cast by turning.

James 1 : 18 (HCSB)

By His own choice, He gave us a new birth by the message of truth so that we would be the firstfruits of His creatures.

James 1 : 19 (HCSB)

My dearly loved brothers, understand this: everyone must be quick to hear, slow to speak, and slow to anger,

James 1 : 20 (HCSB)

for man's anger does not accomplish God's righteousness.

James 1 : 21 (HCSB)

Therefore, ridding yourselves of all moral filth and evil excess, humbly receive the implanted word, which is able to save you.

James 1 : 22 (HCSB)

But be doers of the word and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.

James 1 : 23 (HCSB)

Because if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man looking at his own face in a mirror;

James 1 : 24 (HCSB)

for he looks at himself, goes away, and right away forgets what kind of man he was.

James 1 : 25 (HCSB)

But the one who looks intently into the perfect law of freedom and perseveres in it, and is not a forgetful hearer but a doer who acts-- this person will be blessed in what he does.

James 1 : 26 (HCSB)

If anyone thinks he is religious, without controlling his tongue but deceiving his heart, his religion is useless.

James 1 : 27 (HCSB)

Pure and undefiled religion before our God and Father is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself unstained by the world.