was set before him endured the cross, despising shame, 1 Many and hath sat down at the right hand of the throne of 3 God. For consider him that hath endured such gainsaying of sinners against themselves, that ye wax not weary, faint-2 4 ing in your souls. Ye have not yet resisted unto blood, 5 striving against sin: and ye have forgotten the exhortation, which reasoneth with you as with sons, 6 My son, regard not lightly the chastening of the Lord, Nor faint when thou art re- For whom the Lord loveth 72It is for chastening that ye endure; God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is there whom his father chasten8 eth not? But if ye are without chastening, whereof all have been made partakers, then are ye bastards, and not 9 sons. Furthermore, we had the fathers of our flesh to chasten us, and we gave them reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and 10 live? For they verily for a few days chastened us as seemed good to them; but he for our profit, that we may be 11 partakers of his holiness. All chastening seemeth for the present to be not joyous, but grievous yet afterward it yieldeth peaceable fruit unto them that have been exercised thereby, even the 12 fruit of righteousness. Wherefore lift up the hands that hang down, and the palsied 13 knees; and make straight paths for your feet, that that which is lame be not 5 turned authorlties, some ancient, read him self. Or, Endure unto chastening out of the way, but rather be Follow after peace with all 14 men, and the sanctification without which no man shall see the Lord: looking care- 15 fully lest there be any man that falleth short of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and thereby the many be defiled; lest there be any 16 fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who for one mess of meat sold his own birthright. For ye know that even when 17 he afterward desired to inherit the blessing, he was rejected (for he found no place of repentance), though he sought put out of it diligently with tears. joint 3 Or, our spirits 4 Gr. make straight. 5 Or, & Or, whether 7 Or. falleth back from 8 Or, a palpable and kindled fire 9 Or, and to innumerable hosts, the general assembly of angels, and the church &c. 10 : For ye are not come unto 8 a 18 mount that might be touched, and that burned with fire, and unto blackness, and darkness, and tempest, and the sound 19 of a trumpet, and the voice of words; which voice they that heard intreated that no word more should be spoken unto them for they could 20 not endure that which was enjoined, If even a beast touch the mountain, it shall be stoned; and so fearful was the 21 appearance, that Moses said, 1 exceedingly fear and quake: but ye are come unto mount 22 Zion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, 9 and to 10 innumerable hosts of angels, to the general 23 assembly and church of the firstborn who are enrolled in Gr. my-heaven, and to God the Judge riads of of all, and to the spirits of just angels. men made perfect, and to Je- 24 sus the mediator of a new 11 covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling that speaketh better 12 than that of Abel. See that ye refuse not him 25 that speaketh. For if they escaped not, when they re 11 Or, testament 12 Or, than Abel is from 2 Or, thankful ness fused him that warned them on earth, much more shall not we escape, who turn away Or, that from him that warneth from 26 heaven: whose voice then shook the earth: but now he hath promised, saying, Yet once more will I make to tremble not the earth only, 27 but also the heaven. And this word, Yet once more, 'signifieth the removing of those things that are shaken, as of things that have been made, that those things which are not shaken may remain. 28 Wherefore, receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us have 2grace, whereby we may offer service well-pleasing to God with 3 reverence 29 and awe: for our God is a consuming fire. 3 Or, 4 Gr. Let of mind be free. terday and to-day, yea and for ever. Be not carried away by 9 divers and strange teachings: for it is good that the heart be stablished by grace; not by meats, wherein they that 7 occupied themselves were not profited. We have an altar, 10 whereof they have no right to eat which serve the tabernacle. For the bodies of those 11 beasts, whose blood is brought into the holy place 8 by the high priest as an offering for sin, are burned without the your turn camp. Wherefore Jesus also, 12 that he might sanctify the people through his own blood, suffered without the gate. Let 13 us therefore go forth unto him without the camp, bearing his reproach. For we have not 14 here an abiding city, but we seek after the city which is to come. Through him 9 then let 15 us offer up a sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of lips which make confession to his name. But to 16 do good and to communicate forget not: for with such sacrifices God is well pleased. Obey them that have the rule 17 over you, and submit to them: for they watch in behalf of your souls, as they that shall give account; that they may do this with joy, and not with 10 grief: for this were unprofitable for you. 5 Gr. manner of life. 6 Gr. unto the ages. 7 Gr. through. 13 Let love of the brethren 7 The Lord is my helper; I Remember them that had the rule over you, which spake unto you the word of God; and considering the issue of their 5 life, imitate their faith. 8 Jesus Christ is the same yes 9 Some 10 Gr. 11 Or, by Gr. in. 12 Many Pray for us: for we are per- 18 suaded that we have a good conscience, desiring to live honestly in all things. And I 19 exhort you the more exceedingly to do this, that I may be restored to you the sooner. Now the God of peace, who 20 brought again from the dead the great shepherd of the ties read sheep 11 with the blood of the eternal covenant, even our Lord Jesus, make you perfect 21 in every good 12 thing to do work. 1 JAMES, a servant of God 1 Gr. bond- | perisheth: so also shall the 2 and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are of the Dispersion, 2 greeting. Count it all joy, my brethren, when ye fall into mani3 fold temptations; knowing that the proof of your faith 4 worketh patience. And let patience have its perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, lacking in nothing. 5 servant. 2 Gr. wisheth joy. 3 Or, trials 4 Or, that a doubleminded man, unstable in all his ways, shall receive any thing of 5 Gr. from. 6 Or, is untried in evil But if any of you lacketh wisdom, let him ask of God, who giveth to all liberally and upbraideth not; and it shall 6 be given him. But let him ask in faith, nothing doubting: for he that doubteth is like the surge of the sea driven 7 by the wind and tossed. For let not that man think 4 that he shall receive any thing of 8 the Lord; a doubleminded 8 Or, man, unstable in all his ways. 9 But let the brother of low degree glory in his high es10 tate: and the rich, in that he is made low: because as the flower of the grass he shall 11 pass away. For the sun ariseth with the scorching wind, and withereth the grass; and the flower thereof falleth, and the grace of the fashion of it 7 Gr. evil things. tempted by his own lust, being drawn away by it, and enticed 9 Or, giving 10 Or, Know ye rich man fade away in his goings. Blessed is the man that en- 12 dureth temptation: for when he hath been approved, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord promised to them that love him. Let no 13 man say when he is tempted, I am tempted 5 of God: for God cannot be tempted with 7 evil, and he himself tempteth no man: but each man is 14 8 tempted, when he is drawn away by his own lust, and enticed. Then the lust, when 15 it hath conceived, beareth sin: and the sin, when it is fullgrown, bringeth forth death. Be not deceived, my beloved 16 brethren. Every good gift 17 and every perfect boon is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom can be no variation, neither shadow that is cast by turning. Of his own will he brought us 18 forth by the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures. 10 Ye know this, my beloved 19 brethren. But let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath: for the wrath 20 malice inborn 3 Gr. the face of his birth. 4 Or, seemeth to be 5 Or, do accepting ye, in persons, assembly of man worketh not the right21 eousness of God. Wherefore 1 Or, putting away all filthiness and overflowing of 1 wickedness, receive with meekness the 2im-2 Or, planted word, which is able 22 to save your souls. But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deluding your 23 own selves. For if any one is a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding 3 his natural 24 face in a mirror: for he beholdeth himself, and goeth away, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he 25 was. But he that looketh into the perfect law, the law of liberty, and so continueth, being not a hearer that forgetteth, but a doer that worketh, this man shall be blessed 26 in his doing. If any man 6 Or, 4 thinketh himself to be religious, while he bridleth not his tongue but deceiveth his heart, this man's religion is 27 vain. Pure religion and undefiled before our God and Father is this, to visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world. 2 My brethren, 5 hold not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory, with respect 2 of persons. For if there come into your synagogue a man with a gold ring, in fine clothing, and there come in also a poor man in vile clothing; 3 and ye have regard to him that weareth the fine clothing, and say, Sit thou here in a good place; and ye say to the poor man, Stand thou there, or sit under my foot4 stool; 7 are ye not divided 8 in your own mind, and become Judges with evil thoughts? 5 Hearken, my beloved bre- 12 Gr. thren; did not God choose demons. them that are poor as to the 7 Or, do make dis ye not tinctions 8 Or, among yourselves 9 Gr.. which was called 10 upon you. Or, But some one will say, 11 Some ancient authorities read there is world to be rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he promised to them that love him? But ye have dis- 6 honoured the poor man. Do not the rich oppress you, and themselves drag you before the judgement-seats? Do not they 7 blaspheme the honourable name 9 by the which ye are called? Howbeit if ye fulfil 8 the royal law, according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself, ye do well: but if ye have re- 9 spect of persons, ye commit sin, being convicted by the law as transgressors. For whoso- 10 ever shall keep the whole law, and yet stumble in one point, he is become guilty of all. For he that said, Do not com- 11 mit adultery, said also, Do not kill. Now if thou dost not commit adultery, but killest, thou art become a transgressor of the law. So speak 12 ye, and so do, as men that are to be judged by a law of liberty. For judgement is without 13 mercy to him that hath shewed no mercy: mercy glorieth against judgement. What doth it profit, my bre- 14 thren, if a man say he hath faith, but have not works? can that faith save him? If a 15 brother or sister be naked, and in lack of daily food, and 16 one of you say unto them, Go in peace, be ye warmed and filled; and yet ye give them not the things needful to the body; what doth it profit? Even so faith, if it have not 17 works, is dead in itself. 10 Yea, 18 a man will say, Thou hast faith, and I have works: shew me thy faith apart from thy works, and I by my works will shew thee my faith. Thou be- 19 lievest that 11 God is one; thou doest well: the 12 devils also believe, and shudder. But wilt 20 1 Or, Seest thou... perfect? 2 Gr. greater. 3 Or, how great a forest 4 Or, a fire, that world of iniquity: the tongue our mem is among bers that which &c. 5 Or, that world of iniquity, the tongue, is among our memwhich &c. bers that thou know, O vain man, that faith apart from works is bar21 ren? Was not Abraham our father justified by works, in that he offered up Isaac his 22 son upon the altar? 1Thou seest that faith wrought with his works, and by works was 23 faith made perfect; and the scripture was fulfilled which saith, And Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned unto him for righteousness; and he was called the friend of God. 24 Ye see that by works a man is justified, and not only by 25 faith. And in like manner was not also Rahab the harlot justified by works, in that she received the messengers, and sent them out another way? 26 For as the body apart from the spirit is dead, even so faith apart from works is dead. 3 Be not many teachers, my brethren, knowing that we shall receive 2 heavier judge2 ment. For in many things we all stumble. If any stumbleth not in word, the same is a 7 Gr. perfect man, able to bridle 3 the whole body also. Now if we put the horses' bridles into their mouths, that they may obey us, we turn about their 9 Gr. the 4 whole body also. Behold, the ships also, though they are so great, and are driven by rough winds, are yet turned about by a very small rudder, whither the impulse of the steers5 man willeth. So the tongue also is a little member, and boasteth great things. hold, how much wood is 12 Or, kindled by how small a fire! 6 And the tongue is 4a fire: 5 the world of iniquity among our members is the tongue, which defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the wheel of nature, and is set on 7 fire by hell. For every 7 kind of beasts and birds, of creep Be 6 Or, birth nature. 8 Or, unto human 10 Or, natural Or, animal 11 Gr. demoniacal. doubtfulness Or, partiality 13 Or, by 14 Gr. are jealous. ing things and things in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed 8 by 9 mankind: but the 8 tongue can no man tame; it is a restless evil, it is full of deadly poison. Therewith bless 9 we the Lord and Father; and therewith curse we men, which are made after the likeness of God: out of the same mouth 10 cometh forth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so to be. Doth the fountain send forth 11 from the same opening sweet water and bitter? can a fig 12 tree, my brethren, yield olives, or a vine figs? neither can salt water yield sweet. Who is wise and under- 13 standing among you? let him shew by his good life his works in meekness of wisdom. But 14 if ye have bitter jealousy and faction in your heart, glory not and lie not against the truth. This wisdom is not a 15 wisdom that cometh down from above, but is earthly, 10 sensual, 11 devilish. For where 16 jealousy and faction are, there is confusion and every vile deed. But the wisdom that 17 is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without 12 variance, without hypocrisy. And 18 the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace 13 for them that make peace. Ye 2 Whence come wars and 4 whence come fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your pleasures that war in your members? lust, and have not: ye kill, and 14 covet, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war; ye have not, because ye ask not. Ye ask, and receive not, be- 3 cause ye ask amiss, that ye may spend it in your pleasures. Ye 4 adulteresses, know ye not that |