James · Free Bible Version (Spanish)
James 1 Free Bible Version (Spanish)
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1 Esta carta viene de parte de Santiago, siervo de Dios y del Señor Jesucristo. Es enviada a las doce tribus dispersas en el extranjero. ¡Mis mejores deseos para ustedes!
1 James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are in the Dispersion: Greetings.
2 Amigos míos, elijan estar felices aun cuando se atraviesen todo tipo de problemas en su camino,
2 Count it all joy, my brothers, when you fall into various temptations,
3 porque ustedes saben que la paciencia surge al enfrentar desafíos en cuanto a su fe en Dios.
3 knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance.
4 Que su paciencia se fortalezca tanto como sea posible, para que estén completamente maduros, sin ningún defecto.
4 Let endurance have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.
5 Si alguno de ustedes necesita sabiduría, pídala a Dios, que da a todos generosamente y sin retenciones.
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 Pero cuando pidan, recuerden confiar en Dios. Háganlo sin dudas. Porque quien duda es como las olas del mar que son llevadas de un lado al otro por el viento.
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 Y ninguna persona que sea así debe pensar que podrá recibir algo del Señor,
7 For that man shouldn’t think that he will receive anything from the Lord.
8 porque sus mentes van errantes, y son inestables en todo lo que hacen.
8 He is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.
9 Los creyentes que han nacido en la pobreza deben enorgullecerse en la posición de grandeza que se les ha dado,
9 Let the brother in humble circumstances glory in his high position;
10 mientras que los ricos deberían “jactarse” en la humilde posición que ahora tienen, pues se marchitarán como flores en el campo.
10 and the rich, in that he is made humble, because like the flower in the grass, he will pass away.
11 Porque el sol se levanta junto al viento devastador y chamusca la hierba. Las flores se caen y su belleza muere. Del mismo modo, todo lo que el rico obtiene se marchitará.
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 Feliz es quien soporta con paciencia la tentación, porque cuando haya demostrado que es fiel, recibirá la corona de vida que Dios promete a los que le aman.
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 Cuando alguien es tentado, no debe decir: “Estoy siendo tentado por Dios”. Porque Dios no es tentado por el mal, ni él tienta a nadie.
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 Las tentaciones vienen de nuestros propios malos deseos que nos descarrían y nos atrapan.
14 But each one is tempted when he is drawn away by his own lust and enticed.
15 Tales deseos nos llevan al pecado, y el pecado, al haberse desarrollado en plenitud, causa la muerte.
15 Then the lust, when it has conceived, bears sin. The sin, when it is full grown, produces death.
16 Mis queridos amigos, no se dejen engañar.
16 Don’t be deceived, my beloved brothers.
17 Todo lo que es bueno, todo don perfecto, viene de arriba, y desciende del Padre que hizo las luces del cielo. A diferencia de ellas, él no cambia, él no varía ni arroja sombras.
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 Él eligió darnos una nueva vida por medio de la palabra de verdad, para que de toda su creación nosotros fuésemos muy especiales para él.
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 Recuerden esto, mis queridos amigos: todos deberían ser prontos para escuchar, pero lentos para hablar y lentos para enojarse,
19 So, then, my beloved brothers, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, and slow to anger;
20 porque el enojo humano no refleja el verdadero carácter de Dios.
20 for the anger of man doesn’t produce the righteousness of God.
21 Así que despojémonos de todo lo que es sucio y maligno. Acepten humildemente la palabra que ha sido implantada en ustedes, porque esto es lo que puede salvarlos.
21 Therefore, putting away all filthiness and overflowing of wickedness, receive with humility the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.
22 Hagan, más bien, lo que dice la palabra. No escuchen solamente ni se engañen ustedes mismos.
22 But be doers of the word, and not only hearers, deluding your own selves.
23 Si solo oyen la palabra y no la ponen en práctica, es como si miraran sus rostros en un espejo.
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 Ahí se ven a sí mismos, pero luego se van, y de inmediato olvidan cómo se veían.
24 for he sees himself, and goes away, and immediately forgets what kind of man he was.
25 Pero si miran la ley perfecta de la libertad, y la siguen, no como quien solo escucha y olvida, sino como quien la pone en práctica, entonces serán bendecidos en lo que hagan.
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 Si piensan que son piadosos, pero no controlan lo que dicen, se están engañando a ustedes mismos y su religión no tiene sentido.
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 Ante los ojos de nuestro Dios y Padre, la religión pura y genuina consiste en visitar huérfanos y viudas que sufren, y guardarse de la contaminación del mundo.
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
The Gospels name him first among Jesus' brothers (Matthew 13:55; Mark 6:3), and Paul calls him 'James, the Lord's brother' (Galatians 1:19); he led the church in Jerusalem and is…
Cited in the guide: Matthew 13:55; Acts 15; James 1:1
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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)