The general Epistle of JAMES. From the Creation, 4064.... Year of the Christian Era, 60....Year of Nero Cesar, 7... High Priest of the Jews, Joseph. 5 If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that g giveth to all 12Ti.4.8. men liberally, and upbraideth not; and h it shall be given him. Re.2.10. m Is.64.4. 6 Buti let him ask in faith, no-2 or, evils. thing wavering. For he that waver-n Ho. 13.9. eth is like a wave of the sea driven o Job 15.35. with the wind and tossed. 7 For let not that man think that he P Ro.6.21-23. shall receive any thing of the Lord. 8 A double-minded man is unsta-q Jno.3.27. ble in all his ways. 9 Let the brother of low degree 1 rejoice in that he is exalted: 10 But the rich, in that he is made low: because as the flower of the grass k he shall pass away. 1Co.4.7. 1Sa. 15.29. Mal.3.6. 8 Jno.1.13. t Je.2.3. Ep. 1.12. 11 For the sun is no sooner risen with a burning heat, but it withereth the grass, and the flower there-u Ec.5.2. of falleth, and the grace of the v Pr. 16.32. fashion of it perisheth: so also shall w Col.3.5-8. the rich man fade away in his ways. He. 12.1. 12 Blessed is the man that endurJPe.2.1,2. eth temptation: for when he is x Mat.7.21. tried, he shall receive the crown / of life, which m the Lord hath proy 2Co.3.18. mised to them that love him. 13 Let no man say when he is a Lu.6.47,&c. tempted, I am tempted of God: for 3 or, doing. God cannot be tempted with 2 evil, b Ps.34. 13. neither tempteth he any man : c Is. 1.16,17. 58.6,7. 14 But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own n lust, and enticed. z Ps. 119.45. d Ro. 12.2. (CHAP. 2.) 16 Do not err, my beloved brethren. 17 Every g good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom r is no variableness, neither shadow of turning. 18 Ofs his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of first-fruits t of his creatures. 19 Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow u to speak, slow v to wrath: 20 For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God. 21 Wherefore lay apart w all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls. 22 But be ye doers z of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your ownselves. 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 : 24 For he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was. 25 But whoso looketh y into the perfect law of liberty, z and continue therein,he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man a shall be blessed in his 3deed. 26 If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, b but deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion is vain. 27 Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit c the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted d from the world. CHAPTER II. 1 We must not regard the rich, and despise the poor. 14 Faith without works, 17 is dead. Y brethren, have not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory, with respect a of persynagogue. sons. 15 Then when lust hath o conceiv-a Pr.28.21. ed, it bringeth forth sin and sin, Jude 16. when it is finished, bringeth forth death.p 2 For if there come unto your las 5 Hearken, my beloved brethren, b Hath not God chosen the poor of g ver.1. this world rich c in faith, and heirs h De.27.26. of 3 the kingdom d which he hathor, that promised to them that love him? law which 6 But ye have despised the poor. said. Do not rich men oppress you, and i Ex.20. 13,14. draw you before the judgment-k ch.1 25. seats? 7 Do not they blaspheme that e worthy name by the which ye are called? 8 If ye fulfil the royal law, according to the scripture, f Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself, ye do well: 9 But if ye have respect g to persons, ye commit sin, and are convinced of the law as transgressors. 10 For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he his guilty of all. I Pr.21. 13. Mat.6.15. 7.1,2. 5 or, glorieth. m Ps.85.10. n Mat.7.26. o 1Jno.3.18. some co6 by itself. pies read, by. p ch.3. 13. q Mar. 1.24. 5.7. 11 For 4 he that said, i Do not commit adultery, said also, Do not r Ge.22.9, 12. kill. Now if thou commit no adul-8 or, Thou tery, yet if thou kill, thou art be seest. come a trangressor of the law. s He.11.17. 12 So speak ye, and so do, as theyt Ge. 15.6. that shall be judged by the law ku 2Ch.20.7. of liberty. Is.41.8. v Re.20.12. w Jos.2.1,&c. He. 11.31. 13 For he / shall have judgment without mercy, that hath showed no mercy; and mercy 5 rejoiceth mx against judgment. 14 What n doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? Can faith save him? 15 If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food, 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 o doth it profit? 17 Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being 6 alone. 18 Yea, a man may say, Thou hast faith, and I have works: show me thy faith 7 without thy works, and Ip will show thee my faith by my works. 19 Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the devils q also believe, and tremble. 20 But wilt thou know, O vain Mat.21.31. 9 or, breath. (CHAP. 3.) a Mat.23.8, 1 14. 1 Pe.5.3. or, judg b 1Ki.S.46. c ment. Pr.20.9. Pr. 13.3. d Ps.32.9. e Pr. 12.18. f Ps. 12.3. 2 or, wood. Pr.16.27. Mat. 15.11. 3 20. wheel. nature. • nature of тап. i Ps. 140.3. Ro.3. 13. Of bridling the tongue. man, that faith without works is dead? 21 Was not Abraham our father justified by works, when r he had offered Isaac his son upon the altar? 22 8 Seest thou how faiths wrought with his works, and by works was faith made perfect? 23 And the scripture was fulfilled which saith, t Abraham believed God, and it was imputed unto him for righteousness: and he was called u the Friend of God. 24 Ye see then how that by works a man is justified, and not by faith only. 25 Likewise also was not Rahab w the harlot justified by works, when she had received the messengers, and had sent them out another way? 26 For as the body without the 9 spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also. CHAPTER III 1 We are not rashly or arrogantly to reprove others, 5 but rather to bridle the tongue. 13 They that be truly wise are mild and peaceable, without envying and strife. MY brethren, be not many a mas ters, knowing that we shall receive the greater 1 condemnation. 2 Forb in many things we offend all. If any man offend not in word.c the same is a perfect man, and able also to bridle the whole body. 3 Behold, we put bits d in the horses' mouths, that they may obey us; and we turn about their whole body. 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. 5 Even so the tongue e is a little member, and boasteth f great things. Behold, how great 2 a matter a little fire kindleth! 6 And the tongue is a fire, g a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defleth h the whole body, and setteth on fire the 3 course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell. 7 For every 4 kind of beasts, and of birds, and of serpents, and of things in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed of 5 mankind: 8 But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly i poison. 9 Therewith bless we God, even the Father; and therewith curse we men, which are made after the similitude of God. u Doth a fountain send forth at the same 6 place sweet water and bitter? 12 Can the fig tree, k my brethren, m Phi.1.27. bear olive berries? either a vine, n 1Co.3.3. salt water and fresh. figs? so can no fountain both yield or, natural. 14 But if ye have hitter envying 15 This n wisdom descendeth not from above, but is earthly, 7 sensual, devilish. 16 For where envying and strife is, there is 8 confusion and every evil work. Ga.5.22. 9 or, wrang ling. s He. 12.11. sures. 17 But the wisdom o that is from above is first pure, p then peace-2 or, plea able, a gentle, r and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and with- a 1Pe.2.11. out hypocrisy. 3 or, envy. 18 And the fruit s of righteouness b 1Jno.2.15. is sown in peace of them that make peace. CHAPTER IV. 4 or, envi- 1 Against covetousness, 4 intempe-c Ec.4.4. FROM whence come wars and 1 fightings among you? come f2Ch.15.2. they not hence, even of your 2lusts g Is. 1.16. that war a in your members? i Ep.4.31. 1 Pe.2.1. 2 Ye lust, and have not: ye 3 kill, h Mat.23. 12. Mat. 10.28. V. Wicked rich men threatened. to mourning, and your joy to heaviness. 10 Humble h yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up. 11 Speak i not evil one of another, brethren. He that speaketh evil of his brother, and judgeth his brojudgeth the law: but if thou judge ther, speaketh evil of the law, and the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge. 12 There is one lawgiver, who k is able to save and to destroy: who art thou that judgest another? 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: 14 Whereas, ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? 5 It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away. 15 For that ye ought to say, If the Lord will, we shall live, and do this, or that. 16 But now ye rejoice in your boastings: all such rejoicing is evil. 17 Therefore m to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin. CHAPTER V. 1 Wicked rich men warned of God's judgments. 7 Of patience. 13 To pray in adversity. G and howl for your miseries 10 to now, ye rich a men, weep that shall come upon you. 2 Your riches b are corrupted, and your garments are moth-eaten.c 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 5 For it is. have heaped treasured together for the last days. 1 Job 7.7. m Lu. 12.47. (CHAP. 5.) 4 Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship b of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world, is the enemy of God. 5 Do ye think that the scripture saith in vain, The spirit that dwell-b Je. 17.11. eth in us lusteth 4 to envy ?c a Pr. 11.28. c Job 13.28 6 But he giveth more grace.d Ro.2.5. Wherefore he saith, d God resisteth e Je.22.13. the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble. Mal.3.5. f Ex.22.27. 7 Submit yourselves therefore tog Lu. 16. 19,25. 8 Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse g your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double-minded. 9 Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned Mat.5.39. 4 Behold, the hire e 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 Ye have lived in pleasure g on the earth, and been wanton; ye have nourished your hearts, as in a day of slaughter. 6 Ye have condemned and killed the just; and he doth not resist you. 71 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 i and latter rain. 8 Be ye also patient; stablish 10 Take, my brethren, the pro-m He. 11.35phets, who have spoken in the name of the Lord, for an example n Ps.94.12. of suffering affliction, m and of patience. 11 Behold, we count them happy n which endure. Ye have heard of the patience o of Job, and have seen the end p of the Lord; that the Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy. Mat.5.10. o Job 1.21,&c. PJob 42.10. Mat.5.34. 2Ch.33.12. Jno.2.2,&c. s Ep.5.19. 12 But above all things, my bre-t Mar. 16.18. thren, swear g 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. 13 Is any among you afflicted? let him pray.r Is any merry? let him sing psalms.s 14 Is any sick t among you? let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray overl w u Is.33.24. Ac. 19.18. w Ps.145.19. x1 Ki.17.1. 3 in prayer. IKI. 18.42, 45. y z Mat. 18. 15. a Pr. 10.12. 1 Pe.4.8. To pray in adversityhim, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord: 15 And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he u have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him. 16 Confess your faults v one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.w 17 Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he z prayed 3 earnestly that it might not rain: and it rained not on the earth by the space of three years and six months. 18 And he prayed again, y and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit. 19 Brethren, if any of you do err from the truth, and one convert z him, 20 Let him know, that he which converteth the sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul from death, and shall hide a multitude of sins. The First Epistle general of PETER. From the Creation, 4064.... Year of the Christian Era, 60....Year of Nero Cesar, 7.... High Priest of the Jews, Joseph. РЕЗ CHAPTER I. A. D. 60. a Ac.8.4. Ep.1.4. c Ro.8.29. d 2Th.2.13. e Ro. 16.26. f He. 12.24. Jude 2. h 2Co.1.3. 1 The apostle's address: 3 he blesseth God for their hope of a blessed immortality: 10 he showeth that their salvation in Christ had been foretold by the prophets of old, etc. DETER, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the strangers scattered a throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia.1 much. 2 Elect b according to the fore-i Ep.2.4. knowledge c of God the Father, A Jno.3.3,5. through sanctification d of the Spi-1 1Co. 15.20. rit,unto e obedience and sprinkling m He.9.15. of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace n ch.5.4. unto you, and peace, be multi-o Col. 1.5. 2 or, us. plied.g 3 Blessed h be the God and Fa-p Jude 1,24. ther of our Lord Jesus Christ, 9 Ep.2.8. which according to his 1 abundant i mercy hath begotten us againk unto a lively hope by the resurrection l of Jesus Christ from the dead. r He. 12.7-11. & Ja. 1.3, 12. t ICo.3.13. u Ro.2.7, 10. v Re. 1.7. w 1Jno.4.20. 4 To an inheritance m incorrupti- Jno.16.22. ble, and undefiled, and that fad-y Da.9.3. ethn not away reserved o in hea-z 2Pe. 1.21. ven for 2 you, 5 Who are keptp by the power of God through faith q unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time. 6 Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if needr be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations: 7 That the trials of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with t fire, might be found unto praise and u honour and glory at the appearing v of Jesus Christ: 8 Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and fully of glory: 9 Receiving the end of your faith, even the salvation of your souls. 10 Of which salvation the prophets have inquired and searched y diligently, who prophesied of the grace that should come unto you: 11 Searching what, or what manner of time the Spirit z of Christ which was in them did signify, Christ the corner-stone. THEREFORE laying aside a A. D. 60. Wall malice, and all guile, and a He,11.39,40. hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings, 12 Unto whom it was revealed, b Ac.2.4. that not a unto themselves, but un- 2Co.1.22. to us they did minister the things, c Ep.3.10. which are now reported unto youd Lu. 12.35. by them that have preached the gospel unto you with the Holy e Lu.21.34. Ghost b sent down from heaven; 3 perfectly. which things the angels c desire to f He. 10.35. look into. Le. 11.44. g Ro. 12.2. i Phi.2.12. 13 Wherefore girdd up the loins of your mind, be sober, e and hope 3 to the end f for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the reve-k Jno. 1.29,36. lation of Jesus Christ; Re.7.14. Phi.2.9. 14 As obedient children, not fash- 1 Re. 13.8.. ioning g yourselves according to m Mat.28.18. the former lusts in your ignorance: 15 But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation; 16 Because it is written, h Be ye holy; for I am holy. n Jno.17.17, 19 • 1Jno.3.14, 18. p Jno. 1.13. or, For that. q Ja. 1.18. Is.40.6-8. 17 And if ye call on the Father, who without respect of persons judgeth according to every man's work, pass the time of your so-r journing here in fear :i 18 Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers; s Jno, 1.1, 14. 2 Pe. 1.19. (CHAP. 2.) a Ep.4.22,31. b Mat.18.3. 19 But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lambk without c Co.3.2. blemish and without spot: d Ps.34.8. 20 Who verily was foreordained e Ps. 118.22. before the foundation of the 1 or, be ye. world, but was manifest in these ƒ He.3.6. last times for you, g Is.61.6. Re. 1.6. i Is. 28. 16. 2 or, an honour. 21 Who by hím do believe in God, that raised him up from the dead,h Mal.1.11. and m gave him glory; that your faith and hope might be in God. 22 Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth n through the Spirit unto unfeigned love o of k Mat.21.42. the brethren, see that ye love one an- Jude 4. other with a pure heart fervently: 3 or, pur23 Being born p again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word g of God, which liveth and abideth for ever. 24 4 For r all flesh is as grass, and n Ac.26.18. all the glory of man as the flower o Ro.9.25. of grass. The grass withereth, and p Ps. 119. 19. the flower thereof falleth away: q Ga.5.16-21. 25 But the word of the Lord enr Ro.8.13. dureth for ever. And this s is the Ja.4.1. 2 As new-born babes, b desire the sincere milk c of the word, that ye may grow thereby : 3 lf so be ye have tasted d that the Lord is gracious. 4 To whom coming, as unto a living stone, disallowed e indeed of men, but chosen of God, and precious, 5 Ye also, as lively stones, 1 are built up a spiritual house, f an holy priest-hood, g to offer up spiritual h sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ. 6 Wherefore also it is contained in the scripture, i Behold, I lay in Sion a chief corner-stone, elect, precious and he that believeth on him shall not be confounded. Unto you therefore which believe he is 2precious: but unto them which be disobedient, the stone k which is made the head of the corner, the builders disallowed, the same 8 And a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence, even to them which stumble at the word, being disobedient: whereuntol also they were appointed. 9 But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a 3 peculiar m people; that ye should show forth the 4 praises of him who hath called you out of darkness n into his marvellous light: 10 Which o in time past were not a people, but are now the people of God: which had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy. 11 Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangersp and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, q which warr against the soul; 12 Having your conversation honest among the Gentiles: that, 5 whereas they speak against you as evil doers, they may by your good works, s which they shall behold, glorify God in the day of visitation. 13 Submit yourselvest to every ordinance of man for the Lord's sake: whether it be to the king, as supreme; 14 Or unto governors, as unto them that are sent by him for the punishment of evil doers, and for word which by the gospel is 5 or, wherein. the praise of them that do well. preached unto you. CHAPTER II. s Mat.5. 16. t Mat. 12.21. Ro. 13.1-7. 1 He inciteth them against uncharitableness; 4 he showeth their privi-u Tit.2.8. leges through Christ the chief cor-v Ga.5. 1,13. ner-stone; 11 he beseecheth them to 6 having. abstain from fleshly lusts, etc. 15 For so is the will of God, that u with well doing ye may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men: 16 As free, v and not 6 using your liberty for a cloak of malciousness but as the servants of God. |