James · Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
James 1 Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
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Notes on this text (2)
- The Old Testament is translated from the Hebrew, not from the Septuagint read in the Orthodox Church; there are no deuterocanonical books.
- Katharevousa (learned 19th-century Greek), as in the CrossWire module (text from theword.gr).
1 Ιάκωβος, δούλος του Θεού και του Κυρίου Ιησού Χριστού, προς τας δώδεκα φυλάς τας διεσπαρμένας, χαίρειν.
1 James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are in the Dispersion: Greetings.
2 Πάσαν χαράν νομίσατε, αδελφοί μου, όταν περιπέσητε εις διαφόρους πειρασμούς,
2 Count it all joy, my brothers, when you fall into various temptations,
3 γνωρίζοντες ότι η δοκιμασία της πίστεώς σας εργάζεται υπομονήν.
3 knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance.
4 Η δε υπομονή ας έχη έργον τέλειον, διά να ήσθε τέλειοι και ολόκληροι, μη όντες εις μηδέν ελλιπείς.
4 Let endurance have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.
5 Εάν δε τις από σας ήναι ελλιπής σοφίας, ας ζητή παρά του Θεού του δίδοντος εις πάντας πλουσίως και μη ονειδίζοντος, και θέλει δοθή εις αυτόν.
5 But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach, and it will be given to him.
6 Ας ζητή όμως μετά πίστεως, χωρίς να διστάζη παντελώς· διότι ο διστάζων ομοιάζει με κύμα θαλάσσης κινούμενον υπό ανέμων και συνταραττόμενον.
6 But let him ask in faith, without any doubting, for he who doubts is like a wave of the sea, driven by the wind and tossed.
7 Διότι ας μη νομίζη ο άνθρωπος εκείνος ότι θέλει λάβει τι παρά του Κυρίου.
7 For that man shouldn’t think that he will receive anything from the Lord.
8 Άνθρωπος δίγνωμος είναι ακατάστατος εν πάσαις ταις οδοίς αυτού.
8 He is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.
9 Ας καυχάται δε ο αδελφός ο ταπεινός εις το ύψος αυτού,
9 Let the brother in humble circumstances glory in his high position;
10 ο δε πλούσιος εις την ταπείνωσιν αυτού, επειδή ως άνθος χόρτου θέλει παρέλθει.
10 and the rich, in that he is made humble, because like the flower in the grass, he will pass away.
11 Διότι ανέτειλεν ο ήλιος με τον καύσωνα και εξήρανε τον χόρτον, και το άνθος αυτού εξέπεσε, και το κάλλος του προσώπου αυτού ηφανίσθη· ούτω και ο πλούσιος θέλει μαρανθή εν ταις οδοίς αυτού.
11 For the sun arises with the scorching wind and withers the grass; and the flower in it falls, and the beauty of its appearance perishes. So the rich man will also fade away in his pursuits.
12 Μακάριος ο άνθρωπος, όστις υπομένει πειρασμόν· διότι αφού δοκιμασθή, θέλει λάβει τον στέφανον της ζωής, τον οποίον υπεσχέθη ο Κύριος εις τους αγαπώντας αυτόν.
12 Blessed is a person who endures temptation, for when he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life which the Lord promised to those who love him.
13 Μηδείς πειραζόμενος ας λέγη ότι από του Θεού πειράζομαι· διότι ο Θεός είναι απείραστος κακών και αυτός ουδένα πειράζει.
13 Let no man say when he is tempted, “I am tempted by God,” for God can’t be tempted by evil, and he himself tempts no one.
14 Πειράζεται δε έκαστος υπό της ιδίας αυτού επιθυμίας, παρασυρόμενος και δελεαζόμενος.
14 But each one is tempted when he is drawn away by his own lust and enticed.
15 Έπειτα η επιθυμία αφού συλλάβη, γεννά την αμαρτίαν, η δε αμαρτία εκτελεσθείσα γεννά τον θάνατον.
15 Then the lust, when it has conceived, bears sin. The sin, when it is full grown, produces death.
16 Μη πλανάσθε, αδελφοί μου αγαπητοί.
16 Don’t be deceived, my beloved brothers.
17 Πάσα δόσις αγαθή και παν δώρημα τέλειον είναι άνωθεν καταβαίνον από του Πατρός των φώτων, εις τον οποίον δεν υπάρχει αλλοίωσις ή σκιά μεταβολής.
17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom can be no variation nor turning shadow.
18 Εξ ιδίας αυτού θελήσεως εγέννησεν ημάς διά του λόγου της αληθείας, διά να ήμεθα ημείς απαρχή τις των κτισμάτων αυτού.
18 Of his own will he gave birth to us by the word of truth, that we should be a kind of first fruits of his creatures.
19 Λοιπόν, αδελφοί μου αγαπητοί, ας είναι πας άνθρωπος ταχύς εις το να ακούη, βραδύς εις το να λαλή, βραδύς εις οργήν·
19 So, then, my beloved brothers, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, and slow to anger;
20 διότι η οργή του ανθρώπου δεν εργάζεται την δικαιοσύνην του Θεού.
20 for the anger of man doesn’t produce the righteousness of God.
21 Διά τούτο απορρίψαντες πάσαν ρυπαρίαν και περισσείαν κακίας δέχθητε μετά πραότητος τον εμφυτευθέντα λόγον τον δυνάμενον να σώση τας ψυχάς σας.
21 Therefore, putting away all filthiness and overflowing of wickedness, receive with humility the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.
22 Γίνεσθε δε εκτελεσταί του λόγου και μη μόνον ακροαταί, απατώντες εαυτούς.
22 But be doers of the word, and not only hearers, deluding your own selves.
23 Διότι εάν τις ήναι ακροατής του λόγου και ουχί εκτελεστής, ούτος ομοιάζει με άνθρωπον, όστις θεωρεί το φυσικόν αυτού πρόσωπον εν κατόπτρω·
23 For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man looking at his natural face in a mirror;
24 διότι εθεώρησεν εαυτόν και ανεχώρησε, και ευθύς ελησμόνησεν οποίος ήτο.
24 for he sees himself, and goes away, and immediately forgets what kind of man he was.
25 Όστις όμως εγκύψη εις τον τέλειον νόμον της ελευθερίας και επιμείνη εις αυτόν, ούτος γενόμενος ουχί ακροατής επιλήσμων, αλλ' εκτελεστής έργου, ούτος θέλει είσθαι μακάριος εις την εκτέλεσιν αυτού.
25 But he who looks into the perfect law of freedom and continues, not being a hearer who forgets but a doer of the work, this man will be blessed in what he does.
26 Εάν τις μεταξύ σας νομίζη ότι είναι θρήσκος, και δεν χαλινόνη την γλώσσαν αυτού αλλ' απατά την καρδίαν αυτού, τούτου η θρησκεία είναι ματαία.
26 If anyone among you thinks himself to be religious while he doesn’t bridle his tongue, but deceives his heart, this man’s religion is worthless.
27 Θρησκεία καθαρά και αμίαντος ενώπιον του Θεού και Πατρός είναι αύτη, να επισκέπτηται τους ορφανούς και τας χήρας εν τη θλίψει αυτών, και να φυλάττη εαυτόν αμόλυντον από του κόσμου.
27 Pure religion and undefiled before our God and Father is this: to visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained by the world.
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James
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- 1 Ezekiel 12:15; 1 Peter 1:1; John 7:35; Acts 8:1; Acts 26:7
- 2 1 Peter 1:6–8; James 1:12; 2 Corinthians 12:9–10; Matthew 5:10–12; Luke 6:22–23
- 3 Romans 5:3–4; Hebrews 10:36; Colossians 1:11; 2 Corinthians 4:17; Romans 8:28
- 4 1 Peter 5:10; Luke 21:19; Matthew 5:48; 2 Timothy 3:17; Galatians 6:9
- 5 Proverbs 2:3–6; John 15:7; Jeremiah 29:12–13; Proverbs 3:5–7; 1 John 5:14–15
- 6 Matthew 21:21–22; Hebrews 11:6; Mark 11:22–24; Ephesians 4:14; Hebrews 10:23
- 7 James 4:3; Proverbs 15:8; Isaiah 1:15; Isaiah 58:3–4; Proverbs 21:27
- 8 1 Kings 18:21; Matthew 6:24; James 4:8; Isaiah 29:13; 2 Peter 2:14
- 9 Jeremiah 9:23–24; Proverbs 19:1; James 2:5–6; 2 Corinthians 6:10; Psalm 62:9
- 10 1 Peter 1:24; 1 John 2:17; Job 14:2; 1 Timothy 6:17; Matthew 5:3
- 11 Isaiah 40:7–8; Psalm 37:35–36; Luke 16:19–25; Mark 4:6; Psalm 49:6–14
- 12 1 Peter 5:10; 1 Peter 1:6–8; Revelation 2:10; James 5:11; Romans 8:28
- 13 James 1:12; Habakkuk 2:12–13; Romans 9:19–20; James 1:2; Genesis 3:12
- 14 Mark 7:21–22; Ephesians 4:22; Matthew 15:18; Hebrews 3:13; Proverbs 4:23
- 15 Psalm 7:14; Job 15:35; Romans 5:12–21; Genesis 2:17; Isaiah 59:4
- 16 James 1:19; Galatians 6:7; Colossians 2:8; Hebrews 13:1; Colossians 2:4
- 17 John 3:27; Matthew 7:11; Hebrews 13:8; John 8:12; Numbers 23:19
- 18 Romans 8:29–31; 1 Peter 1:23; John 3:3–5; John 1:13; 1 Peter 1:3
- 19 Proverbs 17:27; Proverbs 21:23; Proverbs 14:29; Proverbs 10:19; Proverbs 18:13
- 20 2 Timothy 2:24–25; Ephesians 4:26; James 3:17–18; Numbers 20:11–12
- 21 Ephesians 4:22; Ephesians 1:13; 1 Peter 2:11; John 6:63; Psalm 25:9
- 22 Romans 2:13; Luke 6:46–48; John 13:17; James 4:17; 1 John 2:3
- 23 Matthew 7:26–27; James 2:14–26; Ezekiel 33:31–32; Luke 6:47; Jeremiah 44:16
- 24 2 Peter 3:11; Luke 1:66; Luke 7:39; 1 Thessalonians 1:5; Matthew 8:27
- 25 Luke 11:28; John 13:17; 2 Corinthians 3:17–18; 1 Peter 2:16; Luke 6:47–49
- 26 Psalm 141:3; Ephesians 4:29; 1 Peter 3:10; Ephesians 5:4; Proverbs 19:1
- 27 Isaiah 1:16–17; 1 John 3:17–19; Galatians 6:9–10; Romans 12:2; Matthew 25:34–46
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But I hungered and thirsted not even after those first works of Thine, but after Thee Thyself, the Truth, "with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning;" yet they still served up to me in those dishes glowing phantasies, than which better were it to love this very sun (which, at least, is true to our sight), than those …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 1 (1886)
… not by passion, or union, not in ignorance, not by effluence, not by diminution, not by alteration, for every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom can be no variation, neither shadow of turning.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)
How, therefore, are demons driven off by them, diseases dispelled, sick persons made well, the blind restored to sight, lepers purified, temptations and troubles overcome, and how does every good gift from the Father of lights come down through them to those who pray with sure faith?
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 9 (1899)
… light my candle; the Lord my God will enlighten my darkness; and "of His fulness have all we received," for "that was the true Light which lighted every man that cometh into the world;" for in Thee there is "no variableness, neither shadow of turning."
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 1 (1886)
For if any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God who giveth, and he shall receive.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)