New American Standard Bible 1995

James 1:16-20

16 1Do not be 2deceived, 3my beloved brethren. 17Every good thing given and every perfect gift is 4from above, coming down from 5the Father of lights, 6with whom there is no variation or 7shifting shadow. 18In the exercise of 8His will He 9brought us forth by 10the word of truth, so that we would be 11a kind of 12first fruits 13among His creatures.

19 14This 15you know, 16my beloved brethren. But everyone must be quick to hear, 17slow to speak and 18slow to anger; 20for 19the anger of man does not achieve the righteousness of God.

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Notes

1. James 1:16 1 Cor 6:9 ↩
2. James 1:16 Or misled ↩
3. James 1:16 Acts 1:15; James 1:2, 19; 2:1, 5, 14; 3:1, 10; 4:11; 5:12, 19 ↩
4. James 1:17 John 3:3; James 3:15, 17 ↩
5. James 1:17 Ps 136:7; 1 John 1:5 ↩
6. James 1:17 Mal 3:6 ↩
7. James 1:17 Lit shadow of turning ↩
8. James 1:18 John 1:13 ↩
9. James 1:18 James 1:15; 1 Pet 1:3, 23 ↩
10. James 1:18 2 Cor 6:7; Eph 1:13; 2 Tim 2:15 ↩
11. James 1:18 Or a certain first fruits ↩
12. James 1:18 Jer 2:3; Rev 14:4 ↩
13. James 1:18 Lit of ↩
14. James 1:19 Or Know this ↩
15. James 1:19 1 John 2:21 ↩
16. James 1:19 Acts 1:15; James 1:2, 16; 2:1, 5, 14; 3:1, 10; 4:11; 5:12, 19 ↩
17. James 1:19 Prov 10:19; 17:27 ↩
18. James 1:19 Prov 16:32; Eccl 7:9 ↩
19. James 1:20 Matt 5:22; Eph 4:26 ↩

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