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13 : 2 Be not forgetful to entertain strangers : for thereby some have entertained angels unawares .
13 : 3 Remember them that are in bonds , as bound with them ; and them which suffer adversity , as being yourselves also in the body .
13 : 4 Marriage is honourable in all , and the bed undefiled : but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge .
13 : 5 Let your conversation be without covetousness ; and be content with such things as ye have : for he hath said , I will never leave thee , nor forsake thee .
13 : 6 So that we may boldly say , The Lord is my helper , and I will not fear what man shall do unto me .
13 : 7 Remember them which have the rule over you , who have spoken unto you the word of God : whose faith follow , considering the end of their conversation .
13 : 8 Jesus Christ the same yesterday , and to day , and for ever .
13 : 9 Be not carried about with divers and strange doctrines . For it is a good thing that the heart be established with grace ; not with meats , which have not profited them that have been occupied therein .
13 : 10 We have an altar , whereof they have no right to eat which serve the tabernacle .
13 : 11 For the bodies of those beasts , whose blood is brought into the sanctuary by the high priest for sin , are burned without the camp .
13 : 12 Wherefore Jesus also , that he might sanctify the people with his own blood , suffered without the gate .
13 : 13 Let us go forth therefore unto him without the camp , bearing his reproach .
13 : 14 For here have we no continuing city , but we seek one to come .
13 : 15 By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually , that is , the fruit of our lips giving thanks to his name .
13 : 16 But to do good and to communicate forget not : for with such sacrifices God is well pleased .
13 : 17 Obey them that have the rule over you , and submit yourselves : for they watch for your souls , as they that must give account , that they may do it with joy , and not with grief : for that is unprofitable for you .
13 : 18 Pray for us : for we trust we have a good conscience , in all things willing to live honestly .
13 : 19 But I beseech you the rather to do this , that I may be restored to you the sooner .
13 : 20 Now the God of peace , that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus , that great shepherd of the sheep , through the blood of the everlasting covenant , 13 : 21 Make you perfect in every good work to do his will , working in you that which is wellpleasing in his sight , through Jesus Christ ; to whom be glory for ever and ever . Amen .
13 : 22 And I beseech you , brethren , suffer the word of exhortation : for I have written a letter unto you in few words .
13 : 23 Know ye that our brother Timothy is set at liberty ; with whom , if he come shortly , I will see you .
13 : 24 Salute all them that have the rule over you , and all the saints . They of Italy salute you .
13 : 25 Grace be with you all . Amen .
### The General Epistle of James
1 : 1 James , a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ , to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad , greeting .
1 : 2 My brethren , count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations ; 1 : 3 Knowing this , that the trying of your faith worketh patience .
1 : 4 But let patience have her perfect work , that ye may be perfect and entire , wanting nothing .
1 : 5 If any of you lack wisdom , let him ask of God , that giveth to all men liberally , and upbraideth not ; and it shall be given him .
1 : 6 But let him ask in faith , nothing wavering . For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed .
1 : 7 For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord .
1 : 8 A double minded man is unstable in all his ways .
1 : 9 Let the brother of low degree rejoice in that he is exalted : 1 : 10 But the rich , in that he is made low : because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away .
1 : 11 For the sun is no sooner risen with a burning heat , but it withereth the grass , and the flower thereof falleth , and the grace of the fashion of it perisheth : so also shall the rich man fade away in his ways .
1 : 12 Blessed is the man that endureth temptation : for when he is tried , he shall receive the crown of life , which the Lord hath promised to them that love him .
1 : 13 Let no man say when he is tempted , I am tempted of God : for God cannot be tempted with evil , neither tempteth he any man : 1 : 14 But every man is tempted , when he is drawn away of his own lust , and enticed .
1 : 15 Then when lust hath conceived , it bringeth forth sin : and sin , when it is finished , bringeth forth death .
1 : 16 Do not err , my beloved brethren .
1 : 17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above , and cometh down from the Father of lights , with whom is no variableness , neither shadow of turning .
1 : 18 Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth , that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures .
1 : 19 Wherefore , my beloved brethren , let every man be swift to hear , slow to speak , slow to wrath : 1 : 20 For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God .
1 : 21 Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness , and receive with meekness the engrafted word , which is able to save your souls .
1 : 22 But be ye doers of the word , and not hearers only , deceiving your own selves .
1 : 23 For if any be a hearer of the word , and not a doer , he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass : 1 : 24 For he beholdeth himself , and goeth his way , and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was .
1 : 25 But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty , and continueth therein , he being not a forgetful hearer , but a doer of the work , this man shall be blessed in his deed .
1 : 26 If any man among you seem to be religious , and bridleth not his tongue , but deceiveth his own heart , this man ’ s religion is vain .
1 : 27 Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this , To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction , and to keep himself unspotted from the world .
2 : 1 My brethren , have not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ , the Lord of glory , with respect of persons .
2 : 2 For if there come unto your assembly a man with a gold ring , in goodly apparel , and there come in also a poor man in vile raiment ; 2 : 3 And ye have respect to him that weareth the gay clothing , and say unto him , Sit thou here in a good place ; and say to the poor , Stand thou there , or sit here under my footstool : 2 : 4 Are ye not then partial in yourselves , and are become judges of evil thoughts ? 2 : 5 Hearken , my beloved brethren , Hath not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith , and heirs of the kingdom which he hath promised to them that love him ? 2 : 6 But ye have despised the poor . Do not rich men oppress you , and draw you before the judgment seats ? 2 : 7 Do not they blaspheme that worthy name by the which ye are called ? 2 : 8 If ye fulfil the royal law according to the scripture , Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself , ye do well : 2 : 9 But if ye have respect to persons , ye commit sin , and are convinced of the law as transgressors .
2 : 10 For whosoever shall keep the whole law , and yet offend in one point , he is guilty of all .
2 : 11 For he that said , Do not commit adultery , said also , Do not kill . Now if thou commit no adultery , yet if thou kill , thou art become a transgressor of the law .
2 : 12 So speak ye , and so do , as they that shall be judged by the law of liberty .
2 : 13 For he shall have judgment without mercy , that hath shewed no mercy ; and mercy rejoiceth against judgment .
2 : 14 What doth it profit , my brethren , though a man say he hath faith , and have not works ? can faith save him ? 2 : 15 If a brother or sister be naked , and destitute of daily food , 2 : 16 And one of you say unto them , Depart in peace , be ye warmed and filled ; notwithstanding ye give them not those things which are needful to the body ; what doth it profit ? 2 : 17 Even so faith , if it hath not works , is dead , being alone .
2 : 18 Yea , a man may say , Thou hast faith , and I have works : shew me thy faith without thy works , and I will shew thee my faith by my works .
2 : 19 Thou believest that there is one God ; thou doest well : the devils also believe , and tremble .
2 : 20 But wilt thou know , O vain man , that faith without works is dead ?
2 : 21 Was not Abraham our father justified by works , when he had offered Isaac his son upon the altar ? 2 : 22 Seest thou how faith wrought with his works , and by works was faith made perfect ? 2 : 23 And the scripture was fulfilled which saith , Abraham believed God , and it was imputed unto him for righteousness : and he was called the Friend of God .
2 : 24 Ye see then how that by works a man is justified , and not by faith only .
2 : 25 Likewise also was not Rahab the harlot justified by works , when she had received the messengers , and had sent them out another way ?
2 : 26 For as the body without the spirit is dead , so faith without works is dead also .
3 : 1 My brethren , be not many masters , knowing that we shall receive the greater condemnation .
3 : 2 For in many things we offend all . If any man offend not in word , the same is a perfect man , and able also to bridle the whole body .
3 : 3 Behold , we put bits in the horses ’ mouths , that they may obey us ; and we turn about their whole body .
3 : 4 Behold also the ships , which though they be so great , and are driven of fierce winds , yet are they turned about with a very small helm , whithersoever the governor listeth .
3 : 5 Even so the tongue is a little member , and boasteth great things . Behold , how great a matter a little fire kindleth ! 3 : 6 And the tongue is a fire , a world of iniquity : so is the tongue among our members , that it defileth the whole body , and setteth on fire the course of nature ; and it is set on fire of hell .
3 : 7 For every kind of beasts , and of birds , and of serpents , and of things in the sea , is tamed , and hath been tamed of mankind : 3 : 8 But the tongue can no man tame ; it is an unruly evil , full of deadly poison .
3 : 9 Therewith bless we God , even the Father ; and therewith curse we men , which are made after the similitude of God .
3 : 10 Out of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing . My brethren , these things ought not so to be .
3 : 11 Doth a fountain send forth at the same place sweet water and bitter ? 3 : 12 Can the fig tree , my brethren , bear olive berries ? either a vine , figs ? so can no fountain both yield salt water and fresh .
3 : 13 Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge among you ? let him shew out of a good conversation his works with meekness of wisdom .
3 : 14 But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts , glory not , and lie not against the truth .
3 : 15 This wisdom descendeth not from above , but is earthly , sensual , devilish .
3 : 16 For where envying and strife is , there is confusion and every evil work .
3 : 17 But the wisdom that is from above is first pure , then peaceable , gentle , and easy to be intreated , full of mercy and good fruits , without partiality , and without hypocrisy .
3 : 18 And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace of them that make peace .
4 : 1 From whence come wars and fightings among you ? come they not hence , even of your lusts that war in your members ? 4 : 2 Ye lust , and have not : ye kill , and desire to have , and cannot obtain : ye fight and war , yet ye have not , because ye ask not .
4 : 3 Ye ask , and receive not , because ye ask amiss , that ye may consume it upon your lusts .
4 : 4 Ye adulterers and adulteresses , know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God ? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God .
4 : 5 Do ye think that the scripture saith in vain , The spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth to envy ? 4 : 6 But he giveth more grace . Wherefore he saith , God resisteth the proud , but giveth grace unto the humble .
4 : 7 Submit yourselves therefore to God . Resist the devil , and he will flee from you .
4 : 8 Draw nigh to God , and he will draw nigh to you . Cleanse your hands , ye sinners ; and purify your hearts , ye double minded .
4 : 9 Be afflicted , and mourn , and weep : let your laughter be turned to mourning , and your joy to heaviness .
4 : 10 Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord , and he shall lift you up .
4 : 11 Speak not evil one of another , brethren . He that speaketh evil of his brother , and judgeth his brother , speaketh evil of the law , and judgeth the law : but if thou judge the law , thou art not a doer of the law , but a judge .
4 : 12 There is one lawgiver , who is able to save and to destroy : who art thou that judgest another ? 4 : 13 Go to now , ye that say , To day or to morrow we will go into such a city , and continue there a year , and buy and sell , and get gain : 4 : 14 Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow . For what is your life ? It is even a vapour , that appeareth for a little time , and then vanisheth away .
4 : 15 For that ye ought to say , If the Lord will , we shall live , and do this , or that .
4 : 16 But now ye rejoice in your boastings : all such rejoicing is evil .
4 : 17 Therefore to him that knoweth to do good , and doeth it not , to him it is sin .
5 : 1 Go to now , ye rich men , weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you .
5 : 2 Your riches are corrupted , and your garments are motheaten .
5 : 3 Your gold and silver is cankered ; and the rust of them shall be a witness against you , and shall eat your flesh as it were fire . Ye have heaped treasure together for the last days .
5 : 4 Behold , the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your fields , which is of you kept back by fraud , crieth : and the cries of them which have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of sabaoth .
5 : 5 Ye have lived in pleasure on the earth , and been wanton ; ye have nourished your hearts , as in a day of slaughter .
5 : 6 Ye have condemned and killed the just ; and he doth not resist you .
5 : 7 Be patient therefore , brethren , unto the coming of the Lord . Behold , the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth , and hath long patience for it , until he receive the early and latter rain .
5 : 8 Be ye also patient ; stablish your hearts : for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh .
5 : 9 Grudge not one against another , brethren , lest ye be condemned : behold , the judge standeth before the door .
5 : 10 Take , my brethren , the prophets , who have spoken in the name of the Lord , for an example of suffering affliction , and of patience .
5 : 11 Behold , we count them happy which endure . Ye have heard of the patience of Job , and have seen the end of the Lord ; that the Lord is very pitiful , and of tender mercy .
5 : 12 But above all things , my brethren , swear not , neither by heaven , neither by the earth , neither by any other oath : but let your yea be yea ; and your nay , nay ; lest ye fall into condemnation .