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James
May 8, 2006 18:11:34 GMT -5
Post by Child of Immanuel on May 8, 2006 18:11:34 GMT -5
Of James* 1: 1: Salutation
1 James servant of God and the lord Jesus Christ to the twelve tribes in dispersion(,) greetings.
*It is actually Jacob, but I have chosen to translate all names according to English convention.
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James
May 8, 2006 18:19:02 GMT -5
Post by Child of Immanuel on May 8, 2006 18:19:02 GMT -5
Of James 1: 2-8: Faith and Wisdom
2 Consider (it) all joy, my brothers, when you have fallen into various kinds (of) trials, 3 knowing that the testing of your faith achieves patient endurance. 4 But patient endurance must have full effect, so that you may be perfect and complete(,) lacking in nothing.
5 But if any one of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God who gives all generously and without reproaching(,) and it will be given to him. 6 But let him ask in faith(,) doubting nothing: for he who doubts is like a wave of the sea driven by wind and tossed about. 7 For do not suppose that that man will recieve anything from the lord, 8 (he is) a man of divided soul, unstable in all his ways.
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James
May 10, 2006 15:27:55 GMT -5
Post by Child of Immanuel on May 10, 2006 15:27:55 GMT -5
Of James 1: 9-11: Poverty and Riches
9 And let the humble brother not boast in his high position, 10 and not the rich (man) in his humility, because as a bloom of grass he will pass away. 11 For the sun came up with light and scorched the grass and its bloom failed and the beauty of its face was destroyed; thus also will the rich (man) in his pursuit (of wealth) wither away.
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James
May 11, 2006 17:36:22 GMT -5
Post by Child of Immanuel on May 11, 2006 17:36:22 GMT -5
Of James 1: 12-18: Trial and Temptation 12 Blessed (is) the man who is tempted, because (in) standing the test he will recieve the crown of life which was promised to those who love him. 13 Nor being tempted let him say, 'I am tempted from God': for God is unable to be tempted (by) evil, and he does not tempt anyone, 14 but each is tempted by his own desires, lured away and enticed; 15 then the desire concieves and gives birth to sin, and the sin being full grown breeds death. 16 Do not be decieved, my beloved brothers. 17 Each good gift and each perfect gift is from above(,) it descends from the father of lights, beside whom (is) not one variation or shifting shadow. 18 Desiring they bring forth in us the word of truth( that we may be the first-portion of his creations.
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James
May 11, 2006 17:41:56 GMT -5
Post by Child of Immanuel on May 11, 2006 17:41:56 GMT -5
Of James 1: 19-27: Hearing and Doing the Word
19 Know, my beloved brothers: and let each man be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger; 20 for man's anger does not work God's righteousness. 21 Therefore being done with all impurity and abudance of evil(,) in gentleness, recieve the planted word which is powerful to save your souls.
22 And be doers of the word and not only hearers(,) decieving yourselves. 23 Because if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, this (one) is like a man considering his natural face in a mirror; 24 for he considers himself and goes away and immediately forgets what he was like. 25 But he who looks into the perfect law of freedom and remains, is not a forgetful hearer but a doer of work, this (one) will be blessed in his work.
26 If anyone seems to be religious(,) not controlling his tongue but rather decieving his heart, of this (one is) worthless religion. 27 Religion pure and undefiled before God and the father is this, to care for orphans and widows in their distress, to keep oneself pure from the world.
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James
May 13, 2006 10:02:38 GMT -5
Post by Child of Immanuel on May 13, 2006 10:02:38 GMT -5
Of James 2: 1-13: Warning against Partiality
1 My brothers, not in favoritism do you have faith (in) our lord Jesus Christ the glorious. 2 For if a man wearing a gold ring on fine clothing enters your synagogue, and a poor (man) in shabby clothing also enters 3 and you show more respect to him wearing the fine clothes and say, "You rightly sit here," and to the poor (man) you say, "You stand here or sit at my feet," are you not judged in yourselves and become judges with evil motives?
5 Listen, my beloved brothers: didn't God choose the poor (to be sent)* to the world (to lead) the rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he promised to those who love him? 6 But you have treated the poor shamefully, don't the rich oppress you and they drag you into judgment? 7 Don't they slander the good name which has been given to you? 8 Nevertheless if you complete the royal law according to scripture, 'Love your neighbor as yourself', you do well; but if you show favoritism, you work sin, being condemned by the law like those who disobey. 10 For whoever kept the whole law but stumbled in one (thing), he has become guilty of all. 11 For he who said, 'Do not commit adultery', also said, 'Do not murder', and if you do not commit adultery but you murder, you have become one who disobeys the law. 12 Thus you say and thus you do as through the law (is) freedom about to be judged. 13 For merciless judgment to him who does not have mercy: mercy boasts against judgment.
*This parenthesis and the next one are my random guesses to what the text means. Use with caution.
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James
May 13, 2006 10:10:32 GMT -5
Post by Child of Immanuel on May 13, 2006 10:10:32 GMT -5
Of James 2: 14-26: Faith and Works
14 What gain (is it), my brothers, if you speak faith to someone who has works but you do not have? Can't faith save him? 15 If brother or sister are naked and lacking daily food 16 but you say to any of them, "Go in peace, keep warm and eat well," and did you give them the bodily necessities? What gain (is it)? 17 Thus also faith, if you do not have works, is dead in itself.
18 Rather someone says, "You have faith, and I have works": show me your faith apart from works, and I will show you my faith by means of works. 17 You believe that God is one, you do well: even the demons believe and tremble. 20 And do you want to know, o foolish man, that faith apart from works is idle? 21 Wasn't Abraham our father put into a right relationship with God by works(,) offering Isaac his son on the altar? 22 You see that faith works together with works and by works faith is completed, 23 and the scripture is fulfilled which says, 'And Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness'(,) and he was called a friend of God. 24 You see that by works a man is put right with God and not by faith alone. 25 And in the same way wasn't Rahab the prostitute also put right with God by works recieving the messengers and sending (them) away by another road? 26 For just as the body apart from the spirit is dead, so faith apart from works is dead.
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James
May 14, 2006 18:56:11 GMT -5
Post by Child of Immanuel on May 14, 2006 18:56:11 GMT -5
Of James 3: 1-12: The Tongue
1 You are not many teachers, my brothers, knowing that we will recieve a greater judgment. 2 For we stumble all the time. If someone in the word does not stumble, this man (is) completed(,) able to control the whole body also. 3 But if we put bits in the mouths of horses so that they obey us, and we guide their whole body. 4 Behold also such great boats which are also driven by strong winds, guided by the smallest rudder where the mind of the helmsman decides, 5 so also is the tongue a small body part and it boasts greatly.
Behold what a small fire sets such a great forest ablaze. 6 And the tongue (is) a fire: the tongue proves to be a world of evil in our limbs, which pollutes the whole body and sets the course of existence on fire and burns it by means of gehenna. 7 For all nature(,) of animals and also of birds, of reptiles and also of sea creatures(,) is subdued and has been subdued by human nature, but no one can subdue man's tongue, uncontrollable evil, full of deadly venom. 9 By it we praise the lord and father and by it we curse men who were made according to God's likeness, 10 out of the mouth itself comes praise and cursing. These (things) should not, my brothers, be so. 11 Does the spring pour out the sweet and the bitter from its opening? 12 Can it, my brothers, make a fig olives or a grapevine a fig? Nor (can) it make salty water sweet.
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James
May 15, 2006 12:27:48 GMT -5
Post by Child of Immanuel on May 15, 2006 12:27:48 GMT -5
Of James 3:13-18: The Wisdom from Above
13 (Is) anyone wise and understanding among you? Let him show his works from (his) good conduct in humility of wisdom. 14 But if you have bitter jealosy and strife in your heart, do not despise and lie against the truth. 15 This is not wisdom which comes from above but earthly, unspiritual, devilish. 16 For where (is) jealosy and strife, there (is) disorder and each vile deed. 17 But wisdom from above is indeed first clean, next peaceful, gentle, full of wisdom and all fruits, without favoritism, sincere. 18 And the fruit of righteousness in sowed in peace by those who work peace.
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James
May 17, 2006 14:29:52 GMT -5
Post by Child of Immanuel on May 17, 2006 14:29:52 GMT -5
Of James 4: 1-10: Friendship with the World
1 From where (come) conflicts and from where (come) quarrels among you? (Aren't they) from here, from the passions of your battlers in your body? 2 You covet and do not have, murder and are jealous and canot obtain, quarrel and fight, you do not have through your not asking, 3 you ask and do not recieve because you ask wrongly, so that you may spend in your desires. 4 Unfaithful (ones), don't you know that love of the world is an enemy to God? Therefore whoever wants to be a friend of the world, he is made an enemy of God. 5 Or do you think that in vain the scripture says, "The spirit which lives in you longs for jealosy, 6 but they give greater grace?" For this reason it says,
God opposes the proud but they teach the humble grace.
7 Therefore be subjected to God, but oppose the devil and he will flee from you, 8 draw near to God and he will draw near to you. Clean (your) hands, sinners, and purify (your) hearts, you of divided souls. 9 Lament and be sad and weep. Let your laughter be changed to sorrow and joy to gloom. 10 Lament before the lord and he will lift you up.
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James
May 17, 2006 14:32:32 GMT -5
Post by Child of Immanuel on May 17, 2006 14:32:32 GMT -5
Of James 4: 11-12: Judging a Brother
11 Do not speak evil against each other, brothers. He who slanders a brother or judges his brother slanders the law and judges the law: but if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law but a judge. 12 One is the giver of law and judgment(,) he who is able to save and to destroy: but are you someone who judges fellow man?
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James
May 22, 2006 18:56:00 GMT -5
Post by Child of Immanuel on May 22, 2006 18:56:00 GMT -5
Of James 4: 13-17: Warning Against Boasting
13 * Now they say, "Today or tomorrow we will go into this city and stay** there a year and be in business and profit': 14 whoever does not understand how much is your life of tomorrow: for you are mist which appears before few, then also hidden. 15 Before you say, 'If the lord desires and we live and do this or that.' But now you boast in your arrogance: all such boasting is evil. 17 Therefore he knows him who does good and not him who does sin.
*There is a particle, age, which my dictionary doesn't have. **The verb is 'do, make'.
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James
May 24, 2006 17:17:27 GMT -5
Post by Child of Immanuel on May 24, 2006 17:17:27 GMT -5
Of James 5: 1-6: Warning to the Rich
1 * Now the rich, weep (and) wail about your miseries to those who come. 2 Your wealth has decayed and your garments become motheaten, 3 your gold and silver rusted and their rust is for a witness to you and it will eat your bodies like fire. You stored up in the last days. 4 Behold the reward of the workers reaping your lands which robbing from them cries out, and the shouts of the harvesters enter the ear of the lord Almighty. 5 You lived in luxury on the earth and lived in self-indulgence, fed your hearts in the day of slaughter, sentenced, murdered the righteous, he will not resist you.
*The same particle, age
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James
May 26, 2006 16:41:44 GMT -5
Post by Child of Immanuel on May 26, 2006 16:41:44 GMT -5
Of James 5: 7-20: Patience and Prayer 7 Therefore be patient, brothers, until the coming of the lord. Behold the former takes from the precious crop of the earth(,) waiting patiently until he may recieve early rain and late rain. 8 You also wait patiently, make firm your hearts, because the coming of the lord draws near. 9 Do not complain, brothers, against each other lest you be judged: behold the judge has stood before the gates. 10 You recieved an example, brothers, of suffering and patience( the prophets who spoke in the name of the lord. 11 Behold we patiently await those who endure: you heard of the steadfastness of Job and saw the goal of the lord, because the lord is very compassionate and merciful. 12 But before all, my brothers, do not make a vow(,) not (on) heaven nor earth nor any other earth: but let your Yes be yes and your No no, lest you fall under judgement. 13 (If) someone among you is patient, let him pray: (if) someone is happy, let him sing praise; (if) someone among you is sick, summon the elders of the church and let them pray for him(,) anointing [him] with oil in the name of the lord. 15 And the prayer of faith will save the sick and the lord will raise him: and if he has done sins they will be forgiven him. 16 Therefore confess sins to one another and pray over one another in order that you may be healed. Much prayer is mighty to effect the righteous. 17 Elijah was a man like you in every way, and he has prayed a prayer that it not rain, and it did not rain on the earth for three years and six months. 18 And again he prayed, and the heavens gave rain and the earth produced her fruit. 19 My brothers, if any of you wanders from the earth and (that) certain one returns to it, 20 let him know that the wandering saves his sinful soul from his way of deceit (and) from death and will cover a multitude of sins.
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