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James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are of the Dispersion, greeting.

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(Заⷱ҇ н҃.) І҆а́кѡвъ, бг҃ꙋ и҆ гдⷭ҇ꙋ і҆и҃сꙋ хрⷭ҇тꙋ̀ ра́бъ, ѻ҆бѣмана́десѧте колѣ́нома, и҆̀же въ разсѣ́ѧнїи, ра́доватисѧ.

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Count it all joy, my brethren, when ye fall into manifold temptations;

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Всѧ́кꙋ ра́дость и҆мѣ́йте, бра́тїе моѧ̑, є҆гда̀ во и҆скꙋшє́нїѧ впа́даете разли̑чна,

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knowing that the proving of your faith worketh patience.

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вѣ́дѧще, ꙗ҆́кѡ и҆скꙋше́нїе ва́шеѧ вѣ́ры содѣ́ловаетъ терпѣ́нїе:

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And let patience have its perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, lacking in nothing.

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терпѣ́нїе же дѣ́ло соверше́нно да и҆́мать, ꙗ҆́кѡ да бꙋ́дете соверше́нни и҆ всецѣ́ли, ни въ че́мже лише́ни.

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But if any of you lacketh wisdom, let him ask of God, who giveth to all liberally and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.

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А҆́ще же кто̀ ѿ ва́съ лише́нъ є҆́сть премꙋ́дрости, да про́ситъ ѿ даю́щагѡ бг҃а всѣ̑мъ нелицепрїе́мнѣ и҆ не поноша́ющагѡ, и҆ да́стсѧ є҆мꙋ̀.

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But let him ask in faith, nothing doubting: for he that doubteth is like the surge of the sea driven by the wind and tossed.

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Да про́ситъ же вѣ́рою, ничто́же сꙋмнѧ́сѧ: сꙋмнѧ́йсѧ бо оу҆подо́бисѧ волне́нїю морско́мꙋ, вѣ̑тры возмета́емꙋ и҆ развѣва́емꙋ.

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For let not that man think that he shall receive anything of the Lord;

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Да не мни́тъ бо человѣ́къ ѡ҆́нъ, ꙗ҆́кѡ прїи́метъ что̀ ѿ бг҃а.

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a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.

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Мꙋ́жъ двоедꙋ́шенъ неꙋстро́енъ во всѣ́хъ пꙋте́хъ свои́хъ.

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But let the brother of low degree glory in his high estate:

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Да хва́литсѧ же бра́тъ смире́нный въ высотѣ̀ свое́й,

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and the rich, in that he is made low: because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away.

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бога́тый же во смире́нїи свое́мъ, занѐ ꙗ҆́коже цвѣ́тъ тра́вный мимои́детъ:

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For the sun ariseth with the scorching wind, and withereth the grass; and the flower thereof falleth, and the grace of the fashion of it perisheth: so also shall the rich man fade away in his goings.

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возсїѧ́ бо со́лнце со зно́емъ, и҆ и҆зсꙋшѝ травꙋ̀, и҆ цвѣ́тъ є҆ѧ̀ ѿпадѐ, и҆ благолѣ́пїе лица̀ є҆ѧ̀ поги́бе: си́це и҆ бога́тый въ хожде́нїи свое́мъ оу҆вѧда́етъ.

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Blessed is the man that endureth temptation; for when he hath been approved, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord promised to them that love him.

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Бл҃же́нъ мꙋ́жъ, и҆́же претерпи́тъ и҆скꙋше́нїе: занѐ и҆скꙋ́сенъ бы́въ, прїи́метъ вѣне́цъ жи́зни, є҆го́же ѡ҆бѣща̀ бг҃ъ лю́бѧщымъ є҆го̀.

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Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God; for God cannot be tempted with evil, and he himself tempteth no man:

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Никто́же и҆скꙋша́емь да глаго́летъ, ꙗ҆́кѡ ѿ бг҃а и҆скꙋша́емь є҆́смь: бг҃ъ бо нѣ́сть и҆скꙋси́тель ѕлы̑мъ [и҆скꙋша́емь ѕлы́ми], не и҆скꙋша́етъ же то́й никого́же,

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but each man is tempted, when he is drawn away by his own lust, and enticed.

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кі́йждо же и҆скꙋша́етсѧ, ѿ своеѧ̀ по́хоти влеко́мь и҆ прельща́емь:

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Then the lust, when it hath conceived, beareth sin: and the sin, when it is full-grown, bringeth forth death.

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та́же по́хоть заче́нши ражда́етъ грѣ́хъ, грѣ́хъ же содѣ́ѧнъ ражда́етъ сме́рть.

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Be not deceived, my beloved brethren.

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Не льсти́тесѧ, бра́тїе моѧ̑ возлю́бленнаѧ:

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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 that is cast by turning.

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всѧ́ко даѧ́нїе бл҃го и҆ всѧ́къ да́ръ соверше́нъ свы́ше є҆́сть, сходѧ́й ѿ ѻ҆ц҃а̀ свѣ́тѡвъ, оу҆ негѡ́же нѣ́сть премѣне́нїе, и҆лѝ преложе́нїѧ стѣ́нь.

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Of his own will he brought us forth by the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.

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Восхотѣ́въ бо породѝ на́съ сло́вомъ и҆́стины, во є҆́же бы́ти на́мъ нача́токъ нѣ́кїй созда́нїємъ є҆гѡ̀.

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Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:

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(Заⷱ҇ н҃а҃.) Тѣ́мже, бра́тїе моѧ̑ возлю́бленнаѧ, да бꙋ́детъ всѧ́къ человѣ́къ ско́ръ оу҆слы́шати (и҆) ко́сенъ глаго́лати, ко́сенъ во гнѣ́въ,

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for the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God.

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гнѣ́въ бо мꙋ́жа, пра́вды бж҃їѧ не содѣ́ловаетъ.

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Wherefore putting away all filthiness and overflowing of wickedness, receive with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.

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Сегѡ̀ ра́ди ѿло́жше всѧ́кꙋ скве́рнꙋ и҆ и҆збы́токъ ѕло́бы, въ кро́тости прїими́те всажде́нное сло́во, могꙋ́щее спⷭ҇тѝ дꙋ́шы ва́шѧ.

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But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deluding your own selves.

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Быва́йте же творцы̀ сло́ва, а҆ не то́чїю слы́шатєли, прельща́юще себѐ самѣ́хъ.

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For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a mirror:

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Занѐ а҆́ще кто̀ є҆́сть слы́шатель сло́ва, а҆ не творе́цъ, таковы́й оу҆подо́бисѧ мꙋ́жꙋ смотрѧ́ющꙋ лицѐ бытїѧ̀ своегѡ̀ въ зерца́лѣ:

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for he beholdeth himself, and goeth away, and straightaway forgetteth what manner of man he was.

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оу҆смотри́ бо себѐ и҆ ѿи́де, и҆ а҆́бїе забы̀, како́въ бѣ̀.

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But he that looketh into the perfect law, the law of liberty, and so continueth, he being not a hearer that forgetteth but a doer that worketh, this man shall be blessed in his doing.

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Прини́кїй же въ зако́нъ соверше́нъ свобо́ды, и҆ пребы́въ, се́й не слы́шатель забы́тливъ бы́въ, но творе́цъ дѣ́ла, се́й бл҃же́нъ въ дѣ́ланїи свое́мъ бꙋ́детъ.

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If any man among you thinketh himself to be religious, while he bridleth not his tongue but deceiveth his heart, this man’s religion is vain.

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А҆́ще кто̀ мни́тсѧ вѣ́ренъ бы́ти въ ва́съ, и҆ не ѡ҆бꙋздова́етъ ѧ҆зы́ка своегѡ̀, но льсти́тъ се́рдце своѐ, сегѡ̀ сꙋ́етна (є҆́сть) вѣ́ра.

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Pure religion and undefiled before God, even the Father, is this, to visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unspotted from the world.

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Вѣ́ра бо чтⷭ҇а̀ и҆ нескве́рна пред̾ бг҃омъ и҆ ѻ҆ц҃е́мъ сїѧ̀ є҆́сть, є҆́же посѣща́ти си́рыхъ и҆ вдови́цъ въ ско́рбехъ и҆́хъ, (и҆) нескве́рна себѐ блюстѝ ѿ мі́ра.