雅各书 1
问候
1 上帝和主耶稣基督的仆人雅各问候散居在各处的十二个支派的人。
信心和智慧
2 我的弟兄们，你们遭受各种试炼时，都要认为是大喜乐， 3 因为知道你们的信心经过考验，就生忍耐。 4 但要让忍耐发挥完全的功用，使你们能又完全又完整，一无所缺。 5 你们中间若有缺少智慧的，该求那厚赐与众人又不斥责人的上帝，上帝必赐给他。 6 只要凭着信心求，一点也不疑惑；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到什么。 8 三心二意的人，在他一切所行的路上都摇摆不定。
贫穷和富有
9 卑微的弟兄要因高升而夸耀， 10 富足的却要因被降卑而夸耀，因为富足的人要消逝，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，它美丽的样子就消失了；那富足的人在他一生的奔波中也要这样衰残。
考验和试探
12 忍受试炼的人有福了，因为他经过考验以后必得生命的冠冕，这是主应许给爱他之人的。 13 人被诱惑，不可说：“我是被上帝诱惑”；因为上帝是不被恶诱惑的，他也不诱惑人。 14 但每一个人被诱惑是因自己的私欲牵引而被诱惑的。 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，不要被欺骗了。 17 各样美善的恩泽和各样完美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，用真理的道生了我们，使我们在他所造的万物中成为初熟的果子。
听道和行道
19 我亲爱的弟兄们，你们要明白：你们每一个人要快快地听，慢慢地说，慢慢地动怒， 20 因为人的怒气并不能实现上帝的义。 21 所以，你们要除去一切的污秽和累积的恶毒，要存温柔的心领受所栽种的道，就是能救你们灵魂的道。
22 但是，你们要作行道的人，不要只作听道的人，自己欺骗自己。 23 因为只听道而不行道的，就像人对着镜子观看自己本来的面目， 24 注视后，就离开，立刻忘了自己的相貌如何。 25 惟有查看那完美、使人自由的律法，并且时常遵守的，他不是听了就忘，而是切实行出来，这样的人在所行的事上必然蒙福。
26 若有人自以为虔诚，却不勒住自己的舌头，反欺骗自己的心，这人的虔诚是徒然的。 27 在上帝—我们的父面前，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
1 t From James, a servant of God and of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Greetings to the twelve tribes scattered all over the world.tFaith and Wisdom
2 t My friends, be glad, even if you have a lot of trouble. 3 You know you learn to endure by having your faith tested.
4 But you must learn to endure everything, so you will be completely mature and not lacking in anything.
5 t If any of you need wisdom, you should ask God, and it will be given to you. God is generous and won't correct you for asking. 6 But when you ask for something, you must have faith and not doubt. Anyone who doubts is like an ocean wave tossed around in a storm.
7-8 If you are that kind of person, you can't make up your mind, and you surely can't be trusted. So don't expect the Lord to give you anything at all.Poor People and //Rich People
9 Any of God's people who are poor should be glad he thinks so highly of them. 10 t But any who are rich should be glad when God makes them humble. Rich people will disappear like wild flowers
11 scorched by the burning heat of the sun. The flowers lose their blossoms, and their beauty is destroyed. This is how the rich will disappear, as they go about their business.Trials and Temptations
12 t God will bless you, if you don't give up when your faith is being tested. He will reward you with a glorious life, t just as he rewards everyone who loves him.
13 t Don't blame God when you are tempted! God cannot be tempted by evil, and he doesn't use evil to tempt others. 14 We are tempted by our own desires that drag us off and trap us.
15 Our desires make us sin, and when sin is finished with us, it leaves us dead.
16 Don't be fooled, my dear friends. 17 Every good and perfect gift comes down from the Father who created all the lights in the heavens. He is always the same and never makes dark shadows by changing.
18 He wanted us to be his own special people, t and so he sent the true message to give us new birth.Hearing and Obeying
19 t My dear friends, you should be quick to listen and slow to speak or to get angry. 20 If you are angry, you cannot do any of the good things God wants done.
21 You must stop doing anything immoral or evil. Instead be humble and accept the message planted in you to save you.
22 Obey God's message! Don't fool yourselves by just listening to it. 23 If you hear the message and don't obey it, you are like people who stare at themselves in a mirror 24 and forget what they look like as soon as they leave.
25 But you must never stop looking at the perfect law that sets you free. God will bless you in everything you do, if you listen and obey, and don't just hear and forget.
26 If you think you are being religious, but can't control your tongue, you are fooling yourself, and your religion is useless. 27 Religion that pleases God the Father must be pure and spotless. You must help needy orphans and widows and not let this world make you evil.