AMERICAN STANDARD VERSION (ASV 1901) • PUBLIC DOMAIN
James Chapter 1
1James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are of the Dispersion, greeting.
2Count it all joy, my brethren, when ye fall into manifold temptations;
3Knowing that the proving of your faith worketh patience.
4And let patience have `its' perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, lacking in nothing.
5But if any of you lacketh wisdom, let him ask of God, who giveth to all liberally and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.
6But let him ask in faith, nothing doubting: for he that doubteth is like the surge of the sea driven by the wind and tossed.
7For let not that man think that he shall receive anything of the Lord;
8a doubleminded man, unstable in all his ways.
9But let the brother of low degree glory in his high estate:
10and the rich, in that he is made low: because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away.
11For the sun ariseth with the scorching wind, and 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 goings.
12Blessed is the man that endureth temptation; for when he hath been approved, he shall receive the crown of life, which `the Lord' promised to them that love him.
13Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God; for God cannot be tempted with evil, and he himself tempteth no man:
14but each man is tempted, when he is drawn away by his own lust, and enticed.
15Then the lust, when it hath conceived, beareth sin: and the sin, when it is fullgrown, bringeth forth death.
16Be not deceived, my beloved brethren.
17Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom can be no variation, neither shadow that is cast by turning.
18Of his own will he brought us forth by the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.
19Ye know `this', my beloved brethren. But let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:
20for the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God.
21Wherefore putting away all filthiness and overflowing of wickedness, receive with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.
22But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deluding your own selves.
23For if any one is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a mirror:
24for he beholdeth himself, and goeth away, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was.
25But he that looketh into the perfect law, the `law' of liberty, and `so' continueth, being not a hearer that forgetteth but a doer that worketh, this man shall be blessed in his doing.
26If any man thinketh himself to be religious, while he bridleth not his tongue but deceiveth his heart, this man's religion is vain.
27Pure religion and undefiled before our God and Father is this, to visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, `and' to keep oneself unspotted from the world.
New TestamentGeneral Letters
5 Chapters TotalJames
Living out your faith in practical ways: controlling your tongue, helping the poor, and enduring trials.
✝ CHRIST IN JAMES
Jesus is the Lord of Glory whom we serve with sincere, active love.
“But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deluding your own selves.”
— James 1:22 (ASV) (ASV)EXPOSITORY CHAPTER OUTLINE:
- Jas 1: Enduring Trials with Joy and Putting God’s Word into Practice
- Jas 2: No Favoritism and Genuine Faith Demonstrated by Works of Love
- Jas 3: Taming the Tongue and Heavenly Wisdom
- Jas 4–5: Humility Before God, Patience in Suffering, and Powerful Prayer
CANONICAL BIBLE INDEX
66 Books of the Bible — Genesis to Revelation
Click any book below to read its complete chapters and expository guide in the American Standard Version (ASV 1901).
📜 OLD TESTAMENT (39 BOOKS)Genesis → Malachi
Genesis50chExodus40chLeviticus27chNumbers36chDeuteronomy34chJoshua24chJudges21chRuth4ch1 Samuel31ch2 Samuel24ch1 Kings22ch2 Kings25ch1 Chronicles29ch2 Chronicles36chEzra10chNehemiah13chEsther10chJob42chPsalms150chProverbs31chEcclesiastes12chSong of Solomon8chIsaiah66chJeremiah52chLamentations5chEzekiel48chDaniel12chHosea14chJoel3chAmos9chObadiah1chJonah4chMicah7chNahum3chHabakkuk3chZephaniah3chHaggai2chZechariah14chMalachi4ch
✝️ NEW TESTAMENT (27 BOOKS)Matthew → Revelation
Matthew28chMark16chLuke24chJohn21chActs28chRomans16ch1 Corinthians16ch2 Corinthians13chGalatians6chEphesians6chPhilippians4chColossians4ch1 Thessalonians5ch2 Thessalonians3ch1 Timothy6ch2 Timothy4chTitus3chPhilemon1chHebrews13chJames5ch1 Peter5ch2 Peter3ch1 John5ch2 John1ch3 John1chJude1chRevelation22ch