James 1
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New American Standard Bible 1995

James 1:17-19

17EveryG3956 goodG18 thingG1394 givenG1394 and everyG3956 perfectG5046 giftG1434 is 1from aboveG509, comingG2597 downG2597 from 2the FatherG3962 of lightsG5457, 3with whomG3739 thereG1762 is noG3756 variationG3883 orG2228 4shiftingG5157 shadowG644. 18In the exercise of 5His willG1014 He 6broughtG616 us forthG616 by 7the wordG3056 of truthG225, soG1519 that we would be 8a kindG5100 of 9firstG536 fruitsG536 10among His creaturesG2938.

1911This 12you knowG3609, 13my belovedG27 brethrenG80. But everyoneG3956 must be quickG5036 to hearG191, 14slowG1021 to speakG2980 and 15slowG1021 to angerG3709;

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Notes

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

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