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James 1
New International Version
James 1
New International Version
1 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
2 Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters,[a] whenever you face trials of many kinds,(F) 3 because you know that the testing of your faith(G) produces perseverance.(H) 4 Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature(I) and complete, not lacking anything. 5 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) 6 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. 7 That person should not expect to receive anything from the Lord. 8 Such a person is double-minded(M) and unstable(N) in all they do.
9 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
- 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.
Jakobsbrevet 1
Svenska 1917
Jakobsbrevet 1
Svenska 1917
1 Jakob, Guds och Herrens, Jesu Kristi, tjänare, hälsar de tolv stammar som bo kringspridda bland folken.
2 Mina bröder, hållen det för idel glädje, när I kommen i allahanda frestelser,
3 och veten, att om eder tro håller provet, så verkar detta ståndaktighet.
4 Och låten ståndaktigheten hava med sig fullkomlighet i gärning, så att I ären fullkomliga, utan fel och utan brist i något stycke.
5 Men om någon av eder brister i vishet, så må han utbedja sig sådan från Gud, som giver åt alla villigt och utan hårda ord, och den skall bliva honom given.
6 Men han bedje i tro, utan att tvivla; ty den som tvivlar är lik havets våg, som drives omkring av vinden och kastas hit och dit.
7 En sådan människa må icke tänka att hon skall få något från Herren --
8 en människa med delad håg, en som går ostadigt fram på alla sina vägar.
9 Den broder som lever i ringhet berömme sig av sin höghet.
10 Den åter som är rik berömme sig av sin ringhet, ty såsom gräsets blomster skall han förgås.
11 Solen går upp med sin brännande hetta och förtorkar gräset, och dess blomster faller av, och dess fägring förgår; så skall ock den rike förvissna mitt i sin ävlan.
12 Salig är den man som är ståndaktig i frestelsen; ty när han har bestått sitt prov, skall han få livets krona, vilken Gud har lovat åt dem som älska honom.
13 Ingen säge, när han bliver frestad, att det är från Gud som hans frestelse kommer; ty såsom Gud icke kan frestas av något ont, så frestar han icke heller någon.
14 Nej, närhelst någon frestas, så är det av sin egen begärelse som han drages och lockas.
15 Sedan, när begärelsen har blivit havande, föder hon synd, och när synden har blivit fullmogen, framföder hon död.
16 Faren icke vilse, mina älskade bröder.
17 Idel goda gåvor och idel fullkomliga skänker komma ned ovanifrån, från himlaljusens Fader, hos vilken ingen förändring äger rum och ingen växling av ljus och mörker.
18 Efter sitt eget beslut födde han oss till liv genom sanningens ord, för att vi skulle vara en förstling av de varelser han har skapat.
19 Det veten I, mina älskade bröder. Men var människa vare snar till att höra och sen till att tala och sen till vrede.
20 Ty en mans vrede kommer icke åstad vad rätt är inför Gud.
21 Skaffen därför bort all orenhet och all ondska som finnes kvar, och mottagen med saktmod det ord som är plantat i eder, och som kan frälsa edra själar.
22 Men varen ordets görare, och icke allenast dess hörare, eljest bedragen I eder själva.
23 Ty om någon är ordets hörare, men icke dess görare, så är han lik en man som betraktar sitt ansikte i en spegel:
24 när han har betraktat sig däri, går han sin väg och förgäter strax hurudan han var.
25 Men den som skådar in i den fullkomliga lagen, frihetens lag, och förbliver därvid och icke är en glömsk hörare, utan en verklig görare, han varder salig i sin gärning.
26 Om någon menar sig tjäna Gud och icke tyglar sin tunga, utan bedrager sitt hjärta, så är hans gudstjänst intet värd.
27 En gudstjänst, som är ren och obesmittad inför Gud och Fadern, är det att vårda sig om fader- och moderlösa barn och änkor i deras bedrövelse, och att hålla sig obefläckad av världen.
James 1
King James Version
James 1
King James Version
1 James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting.
2 My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations;
3 Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience.
4 But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing.
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.
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.
7 For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord.
8 A double minded man is unstable in all his ways.
9 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.
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Svenska 1917 (SV1917)