James 1:1

English Standard Version

Greeting

1 ^(A)James, a servant^[a] of God and ^(B)of the Lord Jesus Christ,

To ^(C)the twelve tribes in ^(D)the Dispersion:

Greetings.

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Footnotes

James 1:1 For the contextual rendering of the Greek word doulos, see Preface

James 1:1

New Living Translation

Greetings from James

1 This letter is from James, a slave of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ.

I am writing to the “twelve tribes”—Jewish believers scattered abroad.

Greetings!

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English Standard Version (ESV)

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New Living Translation (NLT)

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