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Text -- James 1:14-27 (NET)
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1:14 But each one is tempted when he is lured and enticed by his own desires .
1:15 Then when desire conceives , it gives birth to sin , and when sin is full grown , it gives birth to death .
1:16 Do not be led astray , my dear brothers and sisters .
1:17 All generous giving and every perfect gift is from above , coming down from the Father of lights , with whom there is no variation or the slightest hint of change .
1:18 By his sovereign plan he gave us birth through the message of truth , that we would be a kind of firstfruits of all he created .
Living Out the Message
1:19 Understand this, my dear brothers and sisters ! Let every person be quick to listen , slow to speak , slow to anger .
1:20 For human anger does not accomplish God’s righteousness .
1:21 So put away all filth and evil excess and humbly welcome the message implanted within you, which is able to save your souls .
1:22 But be sure you live out the message and do not merely listen to it and so deceive yourselves .
1:23 For if someone merely listens to the message and does not live it out , he is like someone who gazes at his own face in a mirror .
1:24 For he gazes at himself and then goes out and immediately forgets what sort of person he was .
1:25 But the one who peers into the perfect law of liberty and fixes his attention there, and does not become a forgetful listener but one who lives it out – he will be blessed in what he does .
1:26 If someone thinks he is religious yet does not bridle his tongue , and so deceives his heart , his religion is futile .
1:27 Pure and undefiled religion before God the Father is this : to care for orphans and widows in their misfortune and to keep oneself unstained by the world .
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Word of God |
Works |
Doer |
Hearers |
Hypocrisy |
Obedience |
Sin |
Commandments |
Gospel |
Regeneration |
Religion |
Parables |
God |
Meekness |
Stability |
Beloved |
Temptation |
Light |
PROVIDENCE, 1 |
Orphan |
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NET Notes: Jam 1:17 Grk “variation or shadow of turning” (referring to the motions of heavenly bodies causing variations of light and darkness).
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NET Notes: Jam 1:20 God’s righteousness could refer to (1) God’s righteous standard, (2) the righteousness God gives, (3) righteousness before God, or (4) God...
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