James 1

CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN	DOUAI-RHEIMS
1 James, servant of God and of our Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes of the dispersion, greetings.	1 James the servant of God, and of our Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting.
2 My brothers, when you have fallen into various trials, consider everything a joy,	2 My brethren, count it all joy, when you shall fall into divers temptations;
3 knowing that the proving of your faith exercises patience,	3 Knowing that the trying of your faith worketh patience.
4 and patience brings a work to perfection, so that you may be perfect and whole, deficient in nothing.	4 And patience hath a perfect work; that you may be perfect and entire, failing in nothing.
5 But if anyone among you is in need of wisdom, let him petition God, who gives abundantly to all without reproach, and it shall be given to him.	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 he should ask with faith, doubting nothing. For he who doubts is like a wave on the ocean, which is moved about by the wind and carried away;	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 then a man should not consider that he would receive anything from the Lord.	7 Therefore let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord.
8 For a man who is of two minds is inconstant in all his ways.	8 A double minded man is inconstant in all his ways.
9 Now a humble brother should glory in his exaltation,	9 But let the brother of low condition glory in his exaltation:
10 and a rich one, in his humiliation, for he will pass away like the flower of the grass.	10 And the rich, in his being low; because as the flower of the grass shall he pass away.
11 For the sun has risen with a scorching heat, and has dried the grass, and its flower has fallen off, and the appearance of its beauty has perished. So also will the rich one wither away, according to his paths.	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 the man who suffers temptation. For when he has been proven, he shall receive the crown of life which God 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 No one should say, when he is tempted, that he was tempted by God. For God does not entice toward evils, and he himself tempts no one.	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 Yet truly, each one is tempted by his own desires, having been enticed and drawn away.	14 But every man is tempted by his own concupiscence, being drawn away and allured.
15 Thereafter, when desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin. Yet truly sin, when it has been consummated, produces death.	15 Then when concupiscence hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin. But sin, when it is completed, begetteth death.
16 And so, do not choose to go astray, my most beloved brothers.	16 Do not err, therefore, my dearest brethren.
17 Every excellent gift and every perfect gift is from above, descending from the Father of lights, with whom there is no change, nor any shadow of alteration.	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 For by his own will he produced us through the Word of truth, so that we might be a kind of beginning among his creatures.	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 You know this, my most beloved brothers. So let every man be quick to listen, but slow to speak and slow to anger.	19 You know, my dearest brethren. And let every man be swift to hear, but slow to speak, and slow to anger.
20 For the anger of man does not accomplish the justice of God.	20 For the anger of man worketh not the justice of God.
21 Because of this, having cast away all uncleanness and an abundance of malice, receive with meekness the newly-grafted Word, which is able to 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 So be doers of the Word, and not listeners only, deceiving yourselves.	22 But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.
23 For if anyone is a listener of the Word, but not also a doer, he is comparable to a man gazing into a mirror upon the face that he was born with;	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 and after considering himself, he went away and promptly forgot what he had seen.	24 For he beheld himself, and went his way, and presently forgot what manner of man he was.
25 But he who gazes upon the perfect law of liberty, and who remains in it, is not a forgetful hearer, but instead a doer of the work. He shall be blessed in what he does.	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 But if anyone considers himself to be religious, but he does not restrain his tongue, but instead seduces his own heart: such a one’s religion is vanity.	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 This is religion, clean and undefiled before God the Father: to visit orphans and widows in their tribulations, and to keep yourself immaculate, apart from this age.	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.