雅各书
第一章
以试炼为喜乐
1 神和主耶稣基督的仆人雅各，向散居各地的十二支派问安。
2 我的弟兄们，你们遭遇各种试炼的时候，都要看为喜乐；
3 因为知道你们的信心经过考验，就产生忍耐。
4 但忍耐要坚持到底（“坚持到底”原文作“有完全的功效”），使你们可以完全，毫无缺乏。
5 你们中间若有人缺少智慧，就当向那厚赐众人，而且不斥责人的 神祈求，他就必得着。
6 可是，他应该凭着信心祈求，不要有疑惑；因为疑惑的人，就像被风吹荡翻腾的海浪。
7 那样的人，不要想从主得到什么；
8 因为三心两意的人，在他的一切道路上，都摇摆不定。
富贵荣华转眼消逝
9 卑微的弟兄应当以高升为荣；
10 富足的也不应该以降卑为辱；因为他如同草上的花，必要过去。
11 太阳一出，热风一吹，草必枯干，花必凋谢，它的美容就消失了；富足的人也必在他的奔波经营中这样衰落。
忍受试炼的人有福了
12 能忍受试炼的人，是有福的；因为他经过考验之后，必得着生命的冠冕，这冠冕是主应许给爱他的人的。
13 人被试探，不可说“我被 神试探”；因为 神不能被恶试探，他也不试探任何人。
14 每一个人受试探，都是被自己的私欲所勾引诱惑的。
15 私欲怀了胎，就生出罪；罪长成了，就产生死亡。
16 我亲爱的弟兄们，不要看错了。
17 各样美好的赏赐，各样完备的恩赐，都是从上面、从众光之父降下来的，他本身并没有改变，也没有转动的影子。
18 他凭着自己的旨意，借着真理的道生了我们，使我们作他所造的万物中初熟的果子。
要作行道的人
19 我亲爱的弟兄们，你们要知道，人人都应该快快地听，慢慢地说，慢一点动怒；
20 因为人的忿怒并不能成全 神的义。
21 所以你们应当摆脱一切污秽和所有的邪恶，以温柔的心领受 神栽种的道；这道能救你们的灵魂。
22 你们应该作行道的人，不要单作听道的人，自己欺骗自己；
23 因为人若只作听道的人，不作行道的人，他就像一个人对着镜子看自己本来的面貌，
24 看过走开以后，马上就忘记自己的样子。
25 唯有详细察看那使人自由的全备的律法，并且时常遵守的人，他不是听了就忘记，而是实行出来，就必因自己所作的蒙福。
26 如果有人自以为虔诚，却不约束他的舌头，反而自己欺骗自己，这人的虔诚是没有用的。
27 在父 神看来，纯洁无玷污的虔诚，就是照顾患难中的孤儿寡妇，并且保守自己不被世俗所污染。
NIV:
1 James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, To the twelve tribes scattered among the nations: Greetings.
2 Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds,
3 because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance.
4 Perseverance must finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything.
5 If any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him.
6 But when he asks, he must believe and not doubt, because he who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind.
7 That man should not think he will receive anything from the Lord;
8 he is a double-minded man, unstable in all he does.
9 The brother in humble circumstances ought to take pride in his high position.
10 But the one who is rich should take pride in his low position, because he will pass away like a wild flower.
11 For the sun rises with scorching heat and withers the plant; its blossom falls and its beauty is destroyed. In the same way, the rich man will fade away even while he goes about his business.
12 Blessed is the man who perseveres under trial, because when he has stood the test, he will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those who love him.
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 one is tempted when, by his own evil desire, he is dragged away and enticed.
15 Then, after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death.
16 Don't be deceived, my dear brothers.
17 Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows.
18 He chose to give us birth through the word of truth, that we might be a kind of firstfruits of all he created.
19 My dear brothers, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry,
20 for man's anger does not bring about the righteous life that God desires.
21 Therefore, get rid of all moral filth and the evil that is so pr????ent and humbly accept the word planted in you, which can save you.
22 Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says.
23 Anyone who listens to the word but does not do what it says is like a man 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 the man who looks intently into the perfect law that gives freedom, and continues to do this, not forgetting what he has heard, but doing it--he will be blessed in what he does.
26 If anyone considers himself religious and yet does not keep a tight rein on his tongue, he deceives himself and his religion is worthless.
27 Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.
