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Si Santiago, na alipin ng Dios at ng Panginoon Jesucristo, ay bumabati sa labingdalawang angkan na nasa Pangangalat.

Mga kapatid ko, ariin ninyong buong kagalakan, kung kayo'y mangahulog sa sarisaring tukso;

Yamang nalalaman na ang pagsubok sa inyong pananampalataya ay gumagawa ng pagtitiis.

At inyong pabayaan na ang pagtitiis ay magkaroon ng sakdal na gawa, upang kayo'y maging sakdal at ganap, na walang anoman kakulangan.

Nguni't kung nagkukulang ng karunungan ang sinoman sa inyo, ay humingi sa Dios, na nagbibigay ng sagana sa lahat at hindi nanunumbat; at ito'y ibibigay sa kaniya.

Nguni't humingi siyang may pananampalataya, na walang anomang pagaalinlangan: sapagka't yaong nagaalinlangan ay katulad ng isang alon ng dagat na itinutulak ng hangin at ipinapadpad sa magkabikabila.

Sapagka't huwag isipin ng taong yaon na siya'y tatanggap ng anoman bagay sa Panginoon;

Ang taong may dalawang akala, ay walang tiyaga sa lahat ng kaniyang mga paglakad.

Datapuwa't ang kapatid na mababang kapalaran ay magmapuri sa kaniyang mataas na kalagayan:

10 At ang mayaman, dahil sa siya'y pinababa: sapagka't siya'y lilipas na gaya ng bulaklak ng damo.

11 Sapagka't sumisikat ang araw na may hanging nakakasunog, at naluluoy ang damo; at nangalalagas ang bulaklak nito, at nawawala ang karikitan ng kaniyang anyo: gayon din naman ang taong mayaman na malalanta sa lahat ng kaniyang mga paglakad.

12 Mapalad ang taong nagtitiis ng tukso; sapagka't pagkasubok sa kaniya, siya'y tatanggap ng putong ng buhay, na ipinangako ng Panginoon sa mga nagsisiibig sa kaniya.

13 Huwag sabihin ng sinoman pagka siya'y tinutukso, Ako'y tinutukso ng Dios; sapagka't ang Dios ay hindi matutukso sa masamang bagay, at hindi rin naman siya nanunukso sa kanino man:

14 Kundi ang bawa't tao ay natutukso, pagka nahihila ng sariling masamang pita at nahihikayat.

15 Kung magkagayo'y ang kahalayan, kung maipaglihi ay nanganganak ng kasalanan: at ang kasalanan, pagka malaki na ay namumunga ng kamatayan.

16 Huwag kayong padaya, mga minamahal kong kapatid.

17 Ang bawa't mabuting kaloob at ang bawa't sakdal na kaloob ay pawang buhat sa itaas, na bumababa mula sa Ama ng mga ilaw, na walang pagbabago, ni kahit anino man ng pagiiba.

18 Sa kaniyang sariling kalooban ay kaniya tayong ipinanganak sa pamamagitan ng salita ng katotohanan, upang tayo'y maging isang uri ng mga pangunahing bunga ng kaniyang mga nilalang.

19 Nalalaman ninyo ito, minamahal kong mga kapatid. Nguni't magmaliksi ang bawa't tao sa pakikinig, magmakupad sa pananalita, magmakupad sa pagkagalit;

20 Sapagka't ang galit ng tao ay hindi gumagawa ng katuwiran ng Dios.

21 Kaya't ihiwalay ninyo ang lahat na karumihan at ang pagapaw ng kasamaan, at tanggapin ninyo na may kaamuan ang salitang itinanim, na makapagliligtas ng inyong mga kaluluwa.

22 Datapuwa't maging tagatupad kayo ng salita, at huwag tagapakinig lamang, na inyong dinadaya ang inyong sarili.

23 Sapagka't kung ang sinoman ay tagapakinig ng salita at hindi tagatupad, ay katulad siya ng isang tao na tinitingnan ang kaniyang talagang mukha sa salamin:

24 Sapagka't minamasdan niya ang kaniyang sarili, at siya'y umaalis at pagdaka'y kaniyang nalilimutan kung ano siya.

25 Nguni't ang nagsisiyasat ng sakdal na kautusan, ang kautusan ng kalayaan, at nananatiling gayon, na hindi tagapakinig na lumilimot, kundi tagatupad na gumagawa, ay pagpapalain ang taong ito sa kaniyang ginagawa.

26 Kung ang sinoman ay nagiisip na siya'y relihioso samantalang hindi pinipigil ang kaniyang dila, kundi dinadaya ang kaniyang puso, ang relihion ng taong ito ay walang kabuluhan.

27 Ang dalisay na relihion at walang dungis sa harapan ng ating Dios at Ama ay ito, dalawin ang mga ulila at mga babaing bao sa kanilang kapighatian, at pagingatang walang dungis ang kaniyang sarili sa sanglibutan.

James,(A) a servant of God(B) and of the Lord Jesus Christ,

To the twelve tribes(C) scattered(D) among the nations:

Greetings.(E)

Trials and Temptations

Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters,[a] whenever you face trials of many kinds,(F) because you know that the testing of your faith(G) produces perseverance.(H) Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature(I) and complete, not lacking anything. If any of you lacks wisdom, you should ask God,(J) who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to you.(K) But when you ask, you must believe and not doubt,(L) because the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind. That person should not expect to receive anything from the Lord. Such a person is double-minded(M) and unstable(N) in all they do.

Believers in humble circumstances ought to take pride in their high position.(O) 10 But the rich should take pride in their humiliation—since they will pass away like a wild flower.(P) 11 For the sun rises with scorching heat(Q) and withers(R) the plant; its blossom falls and its beauty is destroyed.(S) In the same way, the rich will fade away even while they go about their business.

12 Blessed is the one who perseveres under trial(T) because, having stood the test, that person will receive the crown of life(U) that the Lord has promised to those who love him.(V)

13 When tempted, no one should say, “God is tempting me.” For God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does he tempt anyone; 14 but each person is tempted when they are dragged away by their own(W) evil desire and enticed. 15 Then, after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin;(X) and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death.(Y)

16 Don’t be deceived,(Z) my dear brothers and sisters.(AA) 17 Every good and perfect gift is from above,(AB) coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights,(AC) who does not change(AD) like shifting shadows. 18 He chose to give us birth(AE) through the word of truth,(AF) that we might be a kind of firstfruits(AG) of all he created.

Listening and Doing

19 My dear brothers and sisters,(AH) take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak(AI) and slow to become angry, 20 because human anger(AJ) does not produce the righteousness that God desires. 21 Therefore, get rid of(AK) all moral filth and the evil that is so prevalent and humbly accept the word planted in you,(AL) which can save you.

22 Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says.(AM) 23 Anyone who listens to the word but does not do what it says is like someone who looks at his face in a mirror 24 and, after looking at himself, goes away and immediately forgets what he looks like. 25 But whoever looks intently into the perfect law that gives freedom,(AN) and continues in it—not forgetting what they have heard, but doing it—they will be blessed in what they do.(AO)

26 Those who consider themselves religious and yet do not keep a tight rein on their tongues(AP) deceive themselves, and their religion is worthless. 27 Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after(AQ) orphans and widows(AR) in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.(AS)

Footnotes

  1. James 1:2 The Greek word for brothers and sisters (adelphoi) refers here to believers, both men and women, as part of God’s family; also in verses 16 and 19; and in 2:1, 5, 14; 3:10, 12; 4:11; 5:7, 9, 10, 12, 19.

James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting.

My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations;

Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience.

But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing.

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.

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.

For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord.

A double minded man is unstable in all his ways.

Let the brother of low degree rejoice in that he is exalted:

10 But the rich, in that he is made low: because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away.

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.

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.

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:

14 But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed.

15 Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death.

16 Do not err, my beloved brethren.

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.

18 Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.

19 Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:

20 For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God.

21 Wherefore lay apart 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 of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.

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 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.

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.

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.