雅各書 1
以試煉為喜樂
1 神和主耶穌基督的僕人雅各，向散居各地的十二支派問安。2 我的弟兄們，你們遭遇各種試煉的時候，都要看為喜樂；3 因為知道你們的信心經過考驗，就產生忍耐。4 但忍耐要堅持到底，使你們可以完全，毫無缺乏。5 你們中間若有人缺少智慧，就當向那厚賜眾人，而且不斥責人的 神祈求，他就必得著。6 可是，他應該憑著信心祈求，不要有疑惑；因為疑惑的人，就像被風吹蕩翻騰的海浪。7 那樣的人，不要想從主得到甚麼；
8 因為三心兩意的人，在他的一切道路上，都搖擺不定。
富貴榮華轉眼消逝
9 卑微的弟兄應當以高升為榮；10 富足的也不應該以降卑為辱；因為他如同草上的花，必要過去。
11 太陽一出，熱風一吹，草必枯乾，花必凋謝，它的美容就消失了；富足的人也必在他的奔波經營中這樣衰落。
忍受試煉的人有福了
12 能忍受試煉的人，是有福的；因為他經過考驗之後，必得著生命的冠冕，這冠冕是主應許給愛他的人的。13 人被試探，不可說“我被 神試探”；因為 神不能被惡試探，他也不試探任何人。14 每一個人受試探，都是被自己的私慾所勾引誘惑的。
15 私慾懷了胎，就生出罪；罪長成了，就產生死亡。
16 我親愛的弟兄們，不要看錯了。17 各樣美好的賞賜，各樣完備的恩賜，都是從上面、從眾光之父降下來的，他本身並沒有改變，也沒有轉動的影子。
18 他憑著自己的旨意，藉著真理的道生了我們，使我們作他所造的萬物中初熟的果子。
要作行道的人
19 我親愛的弟兄們，你們要知道，人人都應該快快地聽，慢慢地說，慢一點動怒；20 因為人的忿怒並不能成全 神的義。
21 所以你們應當擺脫一切污穢和所有的邪惡，以溫柔的心領受 神栽種的道；這道能救你們的靈魂。
22 你們應該作行道的人，不要單作聽道的人，自己欺騙自己；23 因為人若只作聽道的人，不作行道的人，他就像一個人對著鏡子看自己本來的面貌，24 看過走開以後，馬上就忘記自己的樣子。
25 唯有詳細察看那使人自由的全備的律法，並且時常遵守的人，他不是聽了就忘記，而是實行出來，就必因自己所作的蒙福。
26 如果有人自以為虔誠，卻不約束他的舌頭，反而自己欺騙自己，這人的虔誠是沒有用的。
27 在父 神看來，純潔無玷污的虔誠，就是照顧患難中的孤兒寡婦，並且保守自己不被世俗所污染。
James 1
Salutation
1 From James,t a slavets of God and the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes dispersed abroad.t Greetings!
Joy in Trials
2 My brothers and sisters,t consider it nothing but joyt when you fall into all sorts of trials,3 because you know that the testing of your faith produces endurance.4 And let endurance have its perfect effect, so that you will be perfect and complete, not deficient in anything.5 But if anyone is deficient in wisdom, he should ask God, who gives to all generously and without reprimand, and it will be given to him.6 But he must ask in faith without doubting, for the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed around by the wind.7 For that person must not suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord,
8 since he is a double-minded individual,ts unstable in all his ways.
9 Now the believert of humble meanst should take pridet in his high position.t10 But the rich person’s pride should be in his humiliation, because he will pass away like a wildflower in the meadow.t11 For the sun rises with its heat and dries up the meadow; the petal of the flower falls off and its beauty is lost forever.t So also the rich person in the midst of his pursuits will wither away.12 Happy is the onet who endures testing, because when he has proven to be genuine, he will receive the crown of life that Gods promised to those who love him.13 Let no one say when he is tempted, “I am tempted by God,” for God cannot be tempted by evil,t and he himself tempts no one.14 But each one is tempted when he is lured and enticed by his own desires.15 Then when desire conceives, it gives birth to sin, and when sin is full grown, it gives birth to death.16 Do not be led astray, my dear brothers and sisters.t17 All generous giving and every perfect giftt is from above, coming downt from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or the slightest hint of change.t
18 By his sovereign plan he gave us birtht through the message of truth, that we would be a kind of firstfruits of all he created.
Living Out the Message
19 Understand this, my dear brothers and sisters!t Let every person be quick to listen, slow to speak, slow to anger.20 For humant anger does not accomplish God’s righteousness.s21 So put away all filth and evil excess and humblyt welcome the message implanted within you, which is able to save your souls.22 But be sure you live out the message and do not merely listen to it and so deceive yourselves.23 For if someone merely listens to the message and does not live it out, he is like someonet who gazes at his own facet in a mirror.24 For he gazes at himself and then goes out and immediately forgetst what sort of person he was.25 But the one who peers into the perfect law of liberty and fixes his attention there,t and does not become a forgetful listener but one who lives it out – het will be blessed in what he does.t26 If someone thinks he is religious yet does not bridle his tongue, and so deceives his heart, his religion is futile.
27 Pure and undefiled religion beforet God the Fathert is this: to care for orphans and widows in their misfortune and to keep oneself unstained by the world.
