James 1

NEW JERUSALEM	DOUAI-RHEIMS
1 From James, servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ. Greetings to the twelve tribes of theDispersion.	1 James the servant of God, and of our Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting.
2 My brothers, consider it a great joy when trials of many kinds come upon you,	2 My brethren, count it all joy, when you shall fall into divers temptations;
3 for you wel know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance, and	3 Knowing that the trying of your faith worketh patience.
4 perseverance must complete its work so that you wil become ful y developed, complete, not deficient inany way.	4 And patience hath a perfect work; that you may be perfect and entire, failing in nothing.
5 Any of you who lacks wisdom must ask God, who gives to al generously and without scolding; it wil begiven.	5 But if any of you want wisdom, let him ask of God, who giveth to all men abundantly, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.
6 But the prayer must be made with faith, and no trace of doubt, because a person who has doubts is likethe waves thrown up in the sea by the buffeting of the wind.	6 But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea, which is moved and carried about by the wind.
7 That sort of person, in two minds,	7 Therefore let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord.
8 inconsistent in every activity, must not expect to receive anything from the Lord.	8 A double minded man is inconstant in all his ways.
9 It is right that the brother in humble circumstances should glory in being lifted up,	9 But let the brother of low condition glory in his exaltation:
10 and the rich in being brought low. For the rich wil last no longer than the wild flower;	10 And the rich, in his being low; because as the flower of the grass shall he pass away.
11 the scorching sun comes up, and the grass withers, its flower falls, its beauty is lost. It is the samewith the rich: in the middle of a busy life, the rich wil wither.	11 For the sun rose with a burning heat, and parched the grass, and the flower thereof fell off, and the beauty of the shape thereof perished: so also shall the rich man fade away in his ways.
12 Blessed is anyone who perseveres when trials come. Such a person is of proven worth and will winthe prize of life, the crown that the Lord has promised to those who love him.	12 Blessed is the man that endureth temptation; for when he hath been proved, he shall receive a crown of life, which God hath promised to them that love him.
13 Never, when you are being put to the test, say, 'God is tempting me'; God cannot be tempted by evil,and he does not put anybody to the test .	13 Let no man, when he is tempted, say that he is tempted by God. For God is not a tempter of evils, and he tempteth no man.
14 Everyone is put to the test by being attracted and seduced by that person's own wrong desire.	14 But every man is tempted by his own concupiscence, being drawn away and allured.
15 Then the desire conceives and gives birth to sin, and when sin reaches ful growth, it gives birth todeath.	15 Then when concupiscence hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin. But sin, when it is completed, begetteth death.
16 Make no mistake about this, my dear brothers:	16 Do not err, therefore, my dearest brethren.
17 al that is good, al that is perfect, is given us from above; it comes down from the Father of al light;with him there is no such thing as alteration, no shadow caused by change.	17 Every best gift, and every perfect gift, is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no change, nor shadow of alteration.
18 By his own choice he gave birth to us by the message of the truth so that we should be a sort of first-fruits of all his creation.	18 For of his own will hath he begotten us by the word of truth, that we might be some beginning of his creatures.
19 Remember this, my dear brothers: everyone should be quick to listen but slow to speak and slow tohuman anger;	19 You know, my dearest brethren. And let every man be swift to hear, but slow to speak, and slow to anger.
20 God's saving justice is never served by human anger;	20 For the anger of man worketh not the justice of God.
21 so do away with al impurities and remnants of evil. Humbly welcome the Word which has beenplanted in you and can save your souls.	21 Wherefore casting away all uncleanness, and abundance of naughtiness, with meekness receive the ingrafted word, which is able to save your souls.
22 But you must do what the Word tel s you and not just listen to it and deceive yourselves.	22 But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.
23 Anyone who listens to the Word and takes no action is like someone who looks at his own features ina mirror and,	23 For if a man be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he shall be compared to a man beholding his own countenance in a glass.
24 once he has seen what he looks like, goes off and immediately forgets it.	24 For he beheld himself, and went his way, and presently forgot what manner of man he was.
25 But anyone who looks steadily at the perfect law of freedom and keeps to it -- not listening andforgetting, but putting it into practice -- will be blessed in every undertaking.	25 But he that hath looked into the perfect law of liberty, and hath continued therein, not becoming a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work; this man shall be blessed in his deed.
26 Nobody who fails to keep a tight rein on the tongue can claim to be religious; this is mere self-deception; that person's religion is worthless.	26 And if any man think himself to be religious, not bridling his tongue, but deceiving his own heart, this man's religion is vain.
27 Pure, unspoilt religion, in the eyes of God our Father, is this: coming to the help of orphans andwidows in their hardships, and keeping oneself uncontaminated by the world.	27 Religion clean and undefiled before God and the Father, is this: to visit the fatherless and widows in their tribulation: and to keep one's self unspotted from this world.