雅各书 1
问候
1 作上帝和主耶稣基督仆人的 雅各请散住十二个支派之人的安。
信心和智慧
2 我的弟兄们，你们落在百般试炼中，都要以为大喜乐；3 因为知道你们的信心经过试验，就生忍耐。4 但忍耐也当成功，使你们成全、完备，毫无缺欠。5 你们中间若有缺少智慧的，应当求那厚赐与众人、也不斥责人的上帝， 主就必赐给他。6 只要凭着信心求，一点不疑惑；因为那疑惑的人，就像海中的波浪，被风吹动翻腾。7 这样的人不要想从主那里得什么。
8 心怀二意的人，在他一切所行的路上都没有定见。
贫穷和富有
9 卑微的弟兄升高，就该喜乐；10 富足的降卑，也该如此；因为他必要过去，如同草上的花一样。
11 太阳出来，热风刮起，草就枯干，花也凋谢，美容就消没了；那富足的人，在他所行的事上也要这样衰残。
考验和试探
12 忍受试探的人是有福的，因为他经过试验以后，必得生命的冠冕；这是 主应许给那些爱他之人的。13 人被试探，不可说：「我是被上帝试探」；因为上帝不能被恶试探，他也不试探人。14 但各人被试探，乃是被自己的私欲牵引诱惑的。
15 私欲既怀了胎，就生出罪来；罪既长成，就生出死来。
16 我亲爱的弟兄们，不要看错了。17 各样美善的恩赐和各样全备的赏赐都是从上头来的，从众光之父那里降下来的；在他并没有改变，也没有转动的影儿。
18 他按自己的旨意，用真道生了我们，叫我们在他所造的万物中好像初熟的果子。
听道和行道
19 我亲爱的弟兄们，这是你们所知道的。但你们各人要快快地听，慢慢地说，慢慢地动怒，20 因为人的怒气并不成就上帝的义。
21 所以，你们要脱去一切的污秽和盈余的邪恶，存温柔的心领受那所栽种的道，就是能救你们灵魂的道。
22 只是你们要行道，不要单单听道，自己欺哄自己。23 因为听道而不行道的，就像人对着镜子看自己本来的面目，24 看见，走后，随即忘了他的相貌如何。
25 惟有详细察看那全备、 使人自由之律法的，并且时常如此，这人既不是听了就忘，乃是实在行出来，就在他所行的事上必然得福。
26 若有人自以为虔诚，却不勒住他的舌头，反欺哄自己的心，这人的虔诚是虚的。27 在上帝我们的父面前，那清洁没有玷污的虔诚，就是看顾在患难中的孤儿寡妇，并且保守自己不沾染世俗。
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.