18) warmed and filled; and yet ye give them not the things 17 needful to the body; what doth it profit? "Even so faith, if it have not works, is dead in itself. "Yea, a man will say, Thou hast faith, and I have works: shew me thy faith apart from thy works, and I by my works will shew (19) thee my faith. "Thou believest that God is one; thou 20 doest well: the devils also believe, and shudder. 23 3 But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith apart from works (21 is barren? 'Was not Abraham our father justified by works, in that he offered up Isaac his son upon the altar? 22) 4 Thou seest that faith wrought with his works, and by works was faith made perfect; "and the scripture was fulfilled which saith, And Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned unto him for righteousness; and he was (24) called the friend of God. "Ye see that by works a man (25) is justified, and not only by faith. "And in like manner was not also Rahab the harlot justified by works, in that she received the messengers, and sent them out another (26 way? "For as the body apart from the spirit is dead, even so faith apart from works is dead. 3 (1) 5 Be not many teachers, my brethren, knowing that we (2) shall receive heavier judgement. "For in many things we all stumble. If any stumbleth not in word, the same is a perfect man, able to bridle the whole body also. 3 "Now if we put the horses' bridles into their mouths, that they may obey us, we turn about their whole body (4) also. "Behold, the ships also, though they are so great, and are driven by rough winds, are yet turned about by a very small rudder, whither the impulse of the steersman willeth. "So the tongue also is a little member, and 5 2 Some ancient authorities read there is one God. Or, Seest thou... • perfect? 5 Gr. greater. 1 Or, But some one will say A. V.—notwithstanding..those..(which are); 17 hath..being alone; 18 may..without; 19 (there)..tremble; 20 without.. | dead | ; 21 when.. (had); 22 how; 23 imputed; 24 [then] (how); 25 Likewise.. when..(had)..(had); 26 without..without..(also).—CH. III. I masters..(the) greater condemnation; 2 offend..(man) offend..(and); 3 | Behold | ..bits in..and; 4 (which)..be..of fierce..(they)..with..helm, whithersoever.. governor listeth; 5 Even. (7 . 2 boasteth great things. Behold, how much wood is kin(6) dled by how small a fire! "And the tongue is a fire: 3 the world of iniquity among our members is the tongue, which defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the wheel of nature, and is set on fire by hell. "For every 5 kind of beasts and birds, of creeping things and things in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed o by 8mankind: "but the tongue can no man tame; it is a 9 restless evil, it is full of deadly poison. "Therewith bless we the Lord and Father; and therewith curse we men, which are made after the likeness of God: "out of the same mouth cometh forth blessing and cursing. My II I brethren, these things ought not so to be. "Doth the fountain send forth from the same opening sweet water (12) and bitter? "can a fig tree, my brethren, yield olives, or a vine figs? neither can salt water yield sweet. (13 14 Who is wise and understanding among you? let him shew by his good life his works in meekness of wisdom. "But if ye have bitter jealousy and faction in your heart, 15 glory not and lie not against the truth. "This wisdom. is not a wisdom that cometh down from above, but is earthly, 168 sensual, devilish. "For where jealousy and faction are, (17 there is confusion and every vile deed. "But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, with18 out 10 variance, without hypocrisy. "And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace "for them that make peace. Whence come wars and whence come fightings among 4 (I 1 Or, how great a forest our members that which &c. ? Or, a fire, that world of iniquity: the tongue is among 5 Gr. nature. 10 Or, doubtfulness Or, partiality 9 Gr. demoniacal. A. V.- great a matter.. | little | .. kindleth; 6 a..[so].. that it..course..(it)..of ; 7 (of)..(and)..serpents..(of).. of; 8 an | unruly | ; | God | even.. similitude; 10 proceedeth; II a..at.. place; 12 the.. bear olive berries? either.. | so]..[no fountain] (both) ..[and] fresh; 13 (a)..(man)..endued with knowledge..out of a..conversation..with; 14 envying..strife..hearts; 15 descendeth; 16 envying..strife is..evil work; 17 (and) ..partiality, [and]; 18 of.—CH. IV. I (From). 1 you? come they not hence, even of your pleasures that war (2 in your members? "Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and covet, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war; ye have 3 not, because ye ask not. "Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may spend it in your pleas(4 ures. "Ye adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? Whosoever therefore would be a friend of the world maketh himself an enemy (5) of God. 'Or think ye that the scripture speaketh in vain ? 2 3 Doth the spirit which he made to dwell in us long unto 6 envying? "But he giveth more grace. Wherefore the scripture saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace 7 to the humble. 'Be subject therefore unto God; but re8 sist the devil, and he will flee from you. "Draw nigh to 5 God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, 9 ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye doubleminded. "Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness. "Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall exalt you. 10 II Speak not one against another, brethren. He that speaketh against a brother, or judgeth his brother, speaketh against the law, and judgeth the law: but if thou judgest the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a (12) judge. "One only is the lawgiver and judge, even he who is able to save and to destroy: but who art thou that judgest thy neighbour? 13) Go to now, ye that say, To-day or to-morrow we will go into this city, and spend a year there, and trade, and get (14 gain: "whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. 1 Gr. are jealous." 3 Or, The spirit which he made to dwell in us he yearneth for even unto jealous envy. Or, That spirit which he made to dwell in us yearneth for us even unto jealous envy. 4 Some ancient author 2 Or, saith in vain, A. V.-lusts; 2 desire to have..[yet]; 3 consume..upon.. lusts; 4 [adulterers and] ..will..is the; 5 (Do).. saith..that | dwelleth |..lusteth to envy; 6 he..unto; 7 Submit yourselves..to; 10 lift..up; 11 evil..of..evil of his.. | and |..evil of..judge; 12 (There).. | another |; 13 such a.. continue..buy and sell. What is your life? life? For ye are a vapour, that appeareth 15 for a little time, and then vanisheth away. 1 For that ye ought to say, If the Lord will, we shall both live, and do 16 this or that. "But now ye glory in your vauntings: all such glorying is evil. "To him therefore that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin. 17) 5 (1 Go to now, ye rich, weep and howl for your miseries that are coming upon you. "Your riches are corrupted, 2 (3 (4 and your garments are moth-eaten. "Your gold and your silver are rusted; and their rust shall be for a testimony 2 against you, and shall eat your flesh as fire. Ye have laid up your treasure in the last days. "Behold, the hire of the labourers who mowed your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth out: and the cries of them that reaped have entered into the ears of the Lord of (5 Sabaoth. "Ye have lived delicately on the earth, and taken your pleasure; ye have nourished your hearts in a (6 day of slaughter. "Ye have condemned, ye have killed the righteous one; he doth not resist you. (7 3 Be patient therefore, brethren, until the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, being patient over it, until it receive 8 the early and latter rain. "Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts for the coming of the Lord is at hand. 9) "Murmur not, brethren, one against another, that ye be not judged: behold, the judge standeth before the doors. (10) "Take, brethren, for an example of suffering and of patience, In the prophets who spake in the name of the Lord. "Be II hold, we call them blessed which endured: ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord, how that the Lord is full of pity, and merciful. 1 Gr. Instead of your saying. 2 Or, unto 3 Gr. presence. Or, he -CH. V. I (men).. A. V.-14 [For]. . It is | even; 16 rejoice..boastings. . rejoicing.shall come; 3 is cankered..(the)..of them.. witness..(it were).. heaped.. together for ; 4 have reaped (down)..which (have)....are; 5 in pleasure.. been wanton..[as]; 6 (and).. just; (and); 7 unto..(and) hath long patience for.. he ; 8 draweth nigh; 9 Grudge .. | lest |..| condemned ].. door; 10 [my] ..have spoken. (affliction); II count..happy .. endure ..very pitiful..of tender mercy. 12 But above all things, my brethren, swear not, neither by the heaven, nor by the earth, nor by any other oath : but let your yea be yea, and your nay, nay; that ye fall not under judgement. Is any 13 Is any among you suffering? let him pray. 14) cheerful? let him sing praise. "Is any among you sick? let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the 15 Lord: "and the prayer of faith shall save him that is sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have 16 committed sins, it shall be forgiven him. "Confess therefore your sins one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may ye may be healed. be healed. The supplication of a righteous 17 man availeth much in its working. "Elijah was a man of like passions with us, and he prayed fervently that it might not rain; and it rained not on the earth for three 18 years and six months. "And he prayed again; and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit. 19 My brethren, if any among you do err from the truth, 20 and one convert him; "5 let him know, that he which converteth a sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul from death, and shall cover a multitude of sins. 4 Gr. with prayer. 2 Or, 6 Some ancient 1 Or, let yours be the yea, yea, and the nay, nay Compare Matt. v. 37. A. V. 12 neither.. neither..lest..into condemnation; 13 afflicted..merry.. psalms; 15 the..they; 16|faults]..effectual fervent prayer; 17 Elias..subject to..as we are.. earnestly..by the space of; 19 of; 20 the..hide. |