James 1 Bishops' Bible 1568
From Textus Receptus
Jam 1:1 Iames a seruaunt of God, and of the lorde Iesus Christ, to ye twelue tribes which are scattred abroade, greetyng. Jam 1:2 My brethren, count it all ioy whe ye fall into diuers temptations: Jam 1:3 Knowyng (this) that the trying of your fayth worketh patience: Jam 1:4 And let patience haue [her] perfect worke, that ye may be perfect & sounde, lackyng nothyng. Jam 1:5 If any of you lacke wisdome, let him aske of God, that geueth to all men indifferentlie, and casteth no man in the teeth: and it shalbe geuen hym. Jam 1:6 But let hym aske in fayth, nothyng waueryng: For he that wauereth, is like a waue of the sea, tost of the wynde, and caryed with violence. Jam 1:7 Neither let that man thynke that he shall receaue any thyng of the Lorde. Jam 1:8 A double mynded man, [is] vnstable in all his wayes. Jam 1:9 Let the brother of lowe degree, reioyce in that he is exalted: Jam 1:10 Agayne, the riche, in that he is made lowe: Because as the flowre of the grasse he shall passe away. Jam 1:11 For the sunne hath rysen with heate, and the grasse hath withered, and his flowre hath fallen away, & the beautie of the fashion of it hath perished: So also shall the ryche man fade away in his wayes. Jam 1:12 Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: For when he is tryed, he shall receaue the crowne of lyfe, which the Lorde hath promised to them that loue hym. Jam 1:13 Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God, for God can not be tempted with euyl, neither tempteth he any man: Jam 1:14 But euery man is tempted, when he is drawen away, & entised of his owne concupiscence. Jam 1:15 Then, when lust hath conceaued, it bryngeth foorth sinne: and sinne when it is finished, bryngeth foorth death. Jam 1:16 Do not erre my deare brethren. Jam 1:17 Euery good geuyng, and euery perfect gyft is from aboue, and cometh downe from the father of lyghtes, with who is no variablenes, neither shadow of turnyng. Jam 1:18 Of his owne wyll begat he vs with the worde of trueth, that we shoulde be the first fruites of his creatures. Jam 1:19 Wherfore my deare brethre, let euery man be swyft to heare, slowe to speake, slowe to wrath. Jam 1:20 For the wrath of man, worketh not that which is ryghteous before God. Jam 1:21 Wherfore, lay apart all filthinesse, and superfluitie of maliciousnes, and receaue with mekenesse, the worde that is graffed in you, which is able to saue your soules. Jam 1:22 And be ye doers of the worde, and not hearers only, deceauyng your owne selues. Jam 1:23 For yf any be a hearer of the worde, and not a doer, he is lyke vnto a man beholdyng his bodyly face in a glasse: Jam 1:24 For he hath considered hym selfe, and is gone his wayes, & hath forgotten immediatly what his fashion was. Jam 1:25 But who so loketh in the perfect lawe of libertie, and continueth [therin] he being not a forgetfull hearer, but a doer of the worke, shalbe blessed in his deede. Jam 1:26 If any man among you seeme to be deuout, and refrayneth not his tongue, but deceaueth his owne heart, this mans deuotion is vayne. Jam 1:27 Pure deuotion and vndefyled before God and the father, is this: To visite the fatherlesse and widdowes in their aduersitie, and to kepe hymselfe vnspotted of the worlde.
