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1 James,+ a slave of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the 12 tribes that are scattered about:Greetings!2 Consider it all joy, my brothers, when you meet with various trials,+3 knowing as you do that this tested quality of your faith produces endurance.+4 But let endurance complete its work, so that you may be complete and sound in all respects, not lacking in anything.+5 So if any one of you is lacking in wisdom, let him keep asking God,+ for he gives generously to all and without reproaching,*+ and it will be given him.+6 But let him keep asking in faith,+ not doubting at all,+ for the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea driven by the wind and blown about.7 In fact, that man should not expect to receive anything from Jehovah;*8 he is an indecisive man,+ unsteady in all his ways.9 But let the lowly brother rejoice* over his exaltation,+10 and the rich one over his humiliation,+ because like a flower of the field he will pass away.11 For just as the sun rises with its scorching heat and withers the plant, and its flower falls off and its outward beauty perishes, so too the rich man will fade away in the midst of his pursuits.+12 Happy is the man who keeps on enduring trial,+ because on becoming approved he will receive the crown of life,+ which Jehovah* promised to those who continue loving Him.+13 When under trial, let no one say: “I am being tried by God.” For with evil things God cannot be tried, nor does he himself try anyone.14 But each one is tried by being drawn out and enticed* by his own desire.+15 Then the desire, when it has become fertile,* gives birth to sin; in turn sin, when it has been carried out, brings forth death.+16 Do not be misled, my beloved brothers.17 Every good gift and every perfect present is from above,+ coming down from the Father of the celestial lights,+ who does not vary or change like the shifting shadows.*+18 It was his will to bring us forth by the word of truth,+ so that we would become a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.+19 Know this, my beloved brothers: Everyone must be quick to listen, slow to speak,+ slow to anger,+20 for man’s anger does not bring about God’s righteousness.+21 Therefore, put away all filthiness and every trace of badness,*+ and accept with mildness the implanting of the word that is able to save you.*22 However, become doers of the word+ and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves with false reasoning.23 For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer,+ this one is like a man looking at his own face* in a mirror.24 For he looks at himself, and he goes away and immediately forgets what sort of person he is.25 But the one who peers into the perfect law+ that belongs to freedom and continues in it has become, not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work; and he will be happy in what he does.+26 If any man thinks he is a worshipper of God* but does not keep a tight rein on* his tongue,+ he is deceiving his own heart, and his worship is futile.27 The form of worship* that is clean and undefiled from the standpoint of our God and Father is this: to look after orphans+ and widows+ in their tribulation,+ and to keep oneself without spot from the world.+
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1 Jakov,+ rob+ Božji i rob Gospodina Isusa Krista, pozdravlja dvanaest plemena+ koja su rasijana+ po svijetu.2 Smatrajte da se uistinu imate čemu radovati, braćo moja, kad se nađete u raznim kušnjama,+3 znajući da kušanje vaše vjere* izgrađuje u vama ustrajnost.+4 A ustrajnost neka dovrši svoje djelo, da budete savršeni+ i potpuni, bez ikakva nedostatka.+5 I ako kome od vas nedostaje mudrosti,+ neka traži od Boga,+ jer on svima daje velikodušno i bez prekoravanja,+ i dat će mu je.+6 Ali neka traži+ s vjerom, ne sumnjajući nimalo,+ jer je onaj tko sumnja kao morski val nošen vjetrom+ i tjeran tamo-amo.7 Neka takav ne misli da će išta primiti od Jehove.+8 Takav je čovjek neodlučan,+ nepostojan+ na svim putevima svojim.9 Neka se siromašan brat raduje što je uzvišen,+10 a bogati+ što je ponižen, jer prolazi kao cvijet poljski.+11 Jer sunce izađe i upeče i osuši biljke te njihov cvijet otpadne i ljepota njihova nestane. Tako će i bogataš uvenuti na putevima svojim.+12 Sretan je čovjek koji ustraje u kušnji,+ jer kad bude prokušan, primit će nagradu*+ — život koji je Jehova obećao onima koji ga ljube.+13 Neka nitko, kad se nađe u kušnji,+ ne govori: “Bog me iskušava.” Jer Boga se ne može zlom iskušavati, a ni on nikoga zlom ne iskušava.14 Nego svakoga iskušava njegova želja, tako što ga privlači i mami.+15 Zatim želja, kad začne, rađa grijeh,+ a grijeh, kad je učinjen, donosi smrt.+16 Ne zavaravajte se,+ braćo moja ljubljena!17 Svaki dobar dar+ i svaki savršen poklon odozgo je,+ jer silazi od Oca nebeskih svjetlila,+ a on se ne mijenja, nije poput nestalne sjene.*+18 Po svojoj volji+ rodio nas je riječju istine,+ da i mi budemo prvine+ među stvorenjima njegovim.19 Znajte ovo, braćo moja ljubljena! Svaki čovjek treba biti brz slušati, a spor govoriti+ i spor srditi se,+20 jer srdžba čovjekova ne donosi pravednost kakvu Bog zahtijeva.+21 Zato odbacite svu prljavštinu i zloću,+ tu neželjenu osobinu, i s blagošću prihvatite da se u vas usađuje riječ Božja+ koja može spasiti duše vaše.+22 Ali nemojte samo slušati riječ nego je i izvršujte,+ da ne biste sami sebe zavaravali.+23 Jer ako tko sluša riječ, a ne izvršuje ju,+ on je kao čovjek koji promatra svoje lice u ogledalu,24 ali kad se promotri, ode i odmah zaboravi kakav je.25 A tko se zadubi u savršeni zakon+ slobode i prione uz njega te ne bude zaboravan slušatelj, nego izvršitelj riječi,+ bit će sretan+ što je vrši.26 Ako tko misli da na ispravan način štuje Boga,*+ a ne zauzdava svoj jezik,+ nego obmanjuje svoje srce,+ njegovo je štovanje isprazno.+27 Štovanje* koje je čisto+ i neokaljano+ pred našim Bogom i Ocem jest ovo: brinuti se za siročad+ i udovice+ u njihovoj nevolji+ i čuvati se prljavštine+ ovoga svijeta.+