雅各書
第一章
以試煉為喜樂
1 神和主耶穌基督的僕人雅各，向散居各地的十二支派問安。
2 我的弟兄們，你們遭遇各種試煉的時候，都要看為喜樂；
3 因為知道你們的信心經過考驗，就產生忍耐。
4 但忍耐要堅持到底（“堅持到底”原文作“有完全的功效”），使你們可以完全，毫無缺乏。
5 你們中間若有人缺少智慧，就當向那厚賜眾人，而且不斥責人的 神祈求，他就必得着。
6 可是，他應該憑着信心祈求，不要有疑惑；因為疑惑的人，就像被風吹盪翻騰的海浪。
7 那樣的人，不要想從主得到什麼；
8 因為三心兩意的人，在他的一切道路上，都搖擺不定。
富貴榮華轉眼消逝
9 卑微的弟兄應當以高升為榮；
10 富足的也不應該以降卑為辱；因為他如同草上的花，必要過去。
11 太陽一出，熱風一吹，草必枯乾，花必凋謝，它的美容就消失了；富足的人也必在他的奔波經營中這樣衰落。
忍受試煉的人有福了
12 能忍受試煉的人，是有福的；因為他經過考驗之後，必得着生命的冠冕，這冠冕是主應許給愛他的人的。
13 人被試探，不可說“我被 神試探”；因為 神不能被惡試探，他也不試探任何人。
14 每一個人受試探，都是被自己的私慾所勾引誘惑的。
15 私慾懷了胎，就生出罪；罪長成了，就產生死亡。
16 我親愛的弟兄們，不要看錯了。
17 各樣美好的賞賜，各樣完備的恩賜，都是從上面、從眾光之父降下來的，他本身並沒有改變，也沒有轉動的影子。
18 他憑着自己的旨意，借着真理的道生了我們，使我們作他所造的萬物中初熟的果子。
要作行道的人
19 我親愛的弟兄們，你們要知道，人人都應該快快地聽，慢慢地說，慢一點動怒；
20 因為人的忿怒並不能成全 神的義。
21 所以你們應當擺脫一切污穢和所有的邪惡，以溫柔的心領受 神栽種的道；這道能救你們的靈魂。
22 你們應該作行道的人，不要單作聽道的人，自己欺騙自己；
23 因為人若只作聽道的人，不作行道的人，他就像一個人對着鏡子看自己本來的面貌，
24 看過走開以後，馬上就忘記自己的樣子。
25 唯有詳細察看那使人自由的全備的律法，並且時常遵守的人，他不是聽了就忘記，而是實行出來，就必因自己所作的蒙福。
26 如果有人自以為虔誠，卻不約束他的舌頭，反而自己欺騙自己，這人的虔誠是沒有用的。
27 在父 神看來，純潔無玷污的虔誠，就是照顧患難中的孤兒寡婦，並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.
