ΕΠΙΣΤΟΛΗ ΙΩΑΝΝΟΥ ΚΑΘΟΛΙΚΗ ΠΡΩΤΗ

Epistle of James the Theologian

CHAPTER 1

| 1 | ιακωβος |  | θεου |  | και |  | κυριου |  | ιησου |  | χριστου |  | δουλος |  | ταις |  | δωδεκα |
|  | James |  | of 2 God 3 |  | and 4 |  | of 5 [the] 6 Lord 7 |  | Jesus 8 |  | Christ 9 |  | bondman, 1 |  | to the |  | twelve |

φυλαις |  | ταις |  | εν |  | τη |  | διασπορα |  | χαιρειν |  |
tribes |  | which [are] |  | in |  | the |  | dispersion, |  | greeting. |  |

| 2 | πασαν |  | χαραν |  | ηγησασθε |  | αδελφοι |  | μου |  | οταν |  | πειρασμοις |  | περιπεσητε |
|  | All |  | joy |  | esteem [it], |  | my brethren, |  | ♦ |  | when |  | temptations 6 |  | ye 1 might 2 fall 3 into 4 |

ποικιλοις |  |
various, 5 |  |

| 3 | γινωσκοντες |  | οτι |  | το |  | δοκιμιον |  | υμων |  | της |  | πιστεως |  | κατεργαζεται |
|  | knowing |  | that |  | the |  | proving |  | of your |  | ♦ |  | faith |  | works out |

υπομονην |  |
endurance. |  |

| 4 | η |  | δε |  | υπομονη |  | εργον |  | τελειον |  | εχετω |  | ινα |  | ητε |  | τελειοι
|  | But endurance 2 [its] 4 |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | work 6 |  | perfect 5 |  | let 1 have, 3 |  | that |  | ye may be |  | perfect

| και |  | ολοκληροι |  | εν |  | μηδενι |  | λειπομενοι |  |
| and |  | complete, |  | in |  | nothing |  | lacking. |  |

| 5 | ει |  | δε |  | τις |  | υμων |  | λειπεται |  | σοφιας |  | αιτειτω |  | παρα |  | του |  | διδοντος |  | θεου |
|  | But if |  | ♦ |  | anyone |  | of you |  | lacks |  | wisdom, |  | let him ask |  | from |  | who 2 |  | gives 3 |  | God 1 |

πασιν |  | απλως |  | και |  | μη |  | ονειδιζοντος |  | και |  | δοθησεται |  | αυτω |  |
to all |  | freely, |  | and |  | reproaches not, |  | ♦ |  | and |  | it shall be given |  | to him: |  |

| 6 | αιτειτω |  | δε |  | εν |  | πιστει |  | μηδεν |  | διακρινομενος |  | ο |  | γαρ |
|  | but let him ask |  | ♦ |  | in |  | faith, |  | nothing |  | doubting. |  | For he that |  | ♦ |

διακρινομενος |  | εοικεν |  | κλυδωνι |  | θαλασσης |  | ανεμιζομενω |  | και |
doubts |  | is like |  | a wave |  | of [the] sea |  | being driven by the wind |  | and |

ριπιζομενω |  |
being tossed; |  |

| 7 | μη |  | γαρ |  | οιεσθω |  | ο |  | ανθρωπος |  | εκεινος |  | οτι |  | ληψεται |  | τι |
|  | for not 2 |  | ♦ |  | let 1 suppose 5 |  | that 3 man 4 |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | that |  | he shall receive |  | anything |

παρα |  | του |  | κυριου |  |
from |  | the |  | Lord; |  |

| 8 | ανηρ |  | διψυχος |  | ακαταστατος |  | εν |  | πασαις |  | ταις |  | οδοις |  | αυτου |  |
|  | [he is] a man 2 |  | double-minded, 1 |  | unstable |  | in |  | all |  | his ways. |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  |

| 9 | καυχασθω |  | δε |  | ο |  | αδελφος |  | ο |  | ταπεινος |  | εν |  | τω |  | υψει |  | αυτου |  |
|  | But let boast 6 |  | ♦ |  | the 1 |  | brother 2 |  | ♦ |  | of 3 low 4 degree 5 |  | in |  | his elevation, |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  |

| 10 | ο |  | δε |  | πλουσιος |  | εν |  | τη |  | ταπεινωσει |  | αυτου |  | οτι |  | ως |  | ανθος |
|  | and the |  | ♦ |  | rich |  | in |  | his humiliation, |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | because |  | as |  | flower 3 |

χορτου |  | παρελευσεται |  |
[the] 1 grass’s 2 |  | he will pass away. |  |

| 11 | ανετειλεν |  | γαρ |  | ο |  | ηλιος |  | συν |  | τω |  | καυσωνι |  | και |  | εξηρανεν |  | τον |
|  | For rose 3 |  | ♦ |  | the 1 |  | sun 2 |  | with [its] |  | burning heat, |  | ♦ |  | and |  | dried up |  | the |

χορτον |  | και |  | το |  | ανθος |  | αυτου |  | εξεπεσεν |  | και |  | η |  | ευπρεπεια |  | του |
grass, |  | and |  | the |  | flower |  | of it |  | fell, |  | and |  | the |  | comeliness |  | of its appearance |

προσωπου |  | αυτου |  | απωλετο |  | ουτως |  | και |  | ο |  | πλουσιος |  | εν |  | ταις |  | πορειαις |
♦ |  | ♦ |  | perished: |  | thus |  | also |  | the |  | rich |  | in |  | his goings |  | ♦ |

αυτου |  | μαρανθησεται |  |
♦ |  | shall wither. |  |

| 12 | μακαριος |  | ανηρ |  | ος |  | υπομενει |  | πειρασμον |  | οτι |  | δοκιμος |  | γενομενος |
|  | Blessed [is the] |  | man |  | who |  | endures |  | temptation; |  | because |  | proved 3 |  | having 1 been 2 |

ληψεται |  | τον |  | στεφανον |  | της |  | ζωης |  | ον |  | επηγγειλατο |  | ο |  | κυριος |
he shall receive |  | the |  | crown |  | ♦ |  | of life, |  | which |  | promised 3 |  | the 1 |  | Lord |

τοις |  | αγαπωσιν |  | αυτον |  |
to those that |  | love |  | him. |  |

| 13 | μηδεις |  | πειραζομενος |  | λεγετω |  | οτι |  | απο |  | του |  | θεου |  | πειραζομαι |  | ο |  | γαρ |
|  | No 2 one 3 |  | being 4 tempted 5 |  | let say, 1 |  | ♦ |  | From |  | ♦ |  | God |  | I am tempted. |  | For God |  | ♦ |

θεος |  | απειραστος |  | εστιν |  | κακων |  | πειραζει |  | δε |  | αυτος |  | ουδενα |  |
♦ |  | not 2 to 3 be 4 tempted 5 |  | is 1 |  | by evils, |  | and tempts 2 |  | ♦ |  | himself 1 |  | no one. |  |

| 14 | εκαστος |  | δε |  | πειραζεται |  | υπο |  | της |  | ιδιας |  | επιθυμιας |  | εξελκομενος |  | και |
|  | But each one |  | ♦ |  | is tempted, |  | by |  | his own |  | ♦ |  | lust |  | being drawn away |  | and |

δελεαζομενος |  |
being allured; |  |

| 15 | ειτα |  | η |  | επιθυμια |  | συλλαβουσα |  | τικτει |  | αμαρτιαν |  | η |  | δε |  | αμαρτια |
|  | then |  | ♦ |  | lust |  | having conceived |  | gives birth to |  | sin; |  | but sin |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |

αποτελεσθεισα |  | αποκυει |  | θανατον |  |
having been completed |  | brings forth |  | death. |  |

| 16 | μη |  | πλανασθε |  | αδελφοι |  | μου |  | αγαπητοι |  |
|  | Be not misled, |  | ♦ |  | brethren 3 |  | my 1 |  | beloved. 2 |  |

| 17 | πασα |  | δοσις |  | αγαθη |  | και |  | παν |  | δωρημα |  | τελειον |  | ανωθεν |  | εστιν |
|  | Every |  | act 2 of 3 giving 4 |  | good 1 |  | and |  | every |  | gift 2 |  | perfect 1 |  | from 6 above 7 |  | is 3 |

καταβαινον |  | απο |  | του |  | πατρος |  | των |  | φωτων |  | παρ |  | ω |  | ουκ |  | ενι |
coming 4 down 5 |  | from |  | the |  | Father |  | ♦ |  | of lights, |  | with |  | whom |  | there is not |  | ♦ |

παραλλαγη |  | η |  | τροπης |  | αποσκιασμα |  |
variation, |  | or |  | of 2 turning 3 |  | shadow. 1 |  |

| 18 | βουληθεις |  | απεκυησεν |  | ημας |  | λογω |  | αληθειας |  | εις |  | το |  | ειναι |  | ημας |
|  | Having willed [it] |  | he begat |  | us |  | by [the] word |  | of truth, |  | for |  | ♦ |  | to 2 be 3 |  | us 1 |

απαρχην |  | τινα |  | των |  | αυτου |  | κτισματων |  |
first-fruits 7 |  | a 4 sort 5 of 6 |  | of his creatures. |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  |

| 19 | ωστε |  | αδελφοι |  | μου |  | αγαπητοι |  | εστω |  | πας |  | ανθρωπος |  | ταχυς |  | εις |  | το |
|  | So that, |  | brethren 3 |  | my 1 |  | beloved, 2 |  | let be 3 |  | every 1 |  | man 2 |  | swift |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |

ακουσαι |  | βραδυς |  | εις |  | το |  | λαλησαι |  | βραδυς |  | εις |  | οργην |  |
to hear, |  | slow |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | to speak, |  | slow |  | to |  | wrath; |  |

| 20 | οργη |  | γαρ |  | ανδρος |  | δικαιοσυνην |  | θεου |  | ου |  | κατεργαζεται |  |
|  | for wrath 2 |  | ♦ |  | man’s 1 |  | righteousness 7 |  | God’s 6 |  | works 3 not 4 out. 5 |  | ♦ |  |

| 21 | διο |  | αποθεμενοι |  | πασαν |  | ρυπαριαν |  | και |  | περισσειαν |  | κακιας |  | εν |
|  | Wherefore, |  | having laid aside |  | all |  | filthiness |  | and |  | abounding |  | of wickedness, |  | in |

πραυτητι |  | δεξασθε |  | τον |  | εμφυτον |  | λογον |  | τον |  | δυναμενον |  | σωσαι |
meekness |  | accept |  | the |  | implanted |  | word, |  | which [is] |  | able |  | to save |

τας |  | ψυχας |  | υμων |  |
your souls. |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  |

| 22 | γινεσθε |  | δε |  | ποιηται |  | λογου |  | και |  | μη |  | μονον |  | ακροαται |
|  | But be ye |  | ♦ |  | doers |  | of [the] word, |  | and |  | not |  | only |  | hearers, |

παραλογιζομενοι |  | εαυτους |  |
beguiling |  | yourselves. |  |

| 23 | οτι |  | ει |  | τις |  | ακροατης |  | λογου |  | εστιν |  | και |  | ου |  | ποιητης |  | ουτος |  | εοικεν
|  | Because |  | if |  | any man |  | a hearer |  | of [the] word |  | is |  | and |  | not |  | a doer, |  | this one |  | is like

| ανδρι |  | κατανοουντι |  | το |  | προσωπον |  | της |  | γενεσεως |  | αυτου |  | εν |  | εσοπτρω |  |
| to a man |  | considering |  | ♦ |  | face 3 |  | ♦ |  | natural 2 |  | his 1 |  | in |  | a mirror: |  |

| 24 | κατενοησεν |  | γαρ |  | εαυτον |  | και |  | απεληλυθεν |  | και |  | ευθεως |  | επελαθετο |
|  | for he considered |  | ♦ |  | himself |  | and |  | has gone away, |  | and |  | immediately |  | forgot |

οποιος |  | ην |  |
what like 3 |  | he 1 was. 2 |  |

| 25 | ο |  | δε |  | παρακυψας |  | εις |  | νομον |  | τελειον |  | τον |  | της |  | ελευθεριας |  | και |
|  | But he that |  | ♦ |  | looked |  | into |  | [the] law 2 |  | perfect, 1 |  | that |  | ♦ |  | of freedom, |  | and |

παραμεινας |  | ουτος |  | ουκ |  | ακροατης |  | επιλησμονης |  | γενομενος |  | αλλα |  | ποιητης |
continued in [it], |  | this one |  | not |  | a hearer 2 |  | forgetful 1 |  | having been, |  | but |  | a doer |

εργου |  | ουτος |  | μακαριος |  | εν |  | τη |  | ποιησει |  | αυτου |  | εσται |  |
of [the] work, |  | this one |  | blessed |  | in |  | his doing |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | shall be. |  |

| 26 | ει |  | τις |  | δοκει |  | θρησκος |  | ειναι |  | εν |  | υμιν |  | μη |  | χαλιναγωγων |  | γλωσσαν |
|  | If |  | anyone |  | seems 3 |  | religious 6 |  | to 4 be 5 |  | among 1 |  | you, 2 |  | not |  | bridling |  | his tongue, |

αυτου |  | αλλ |  | απατων |  | καρδιαν |  | αυτου |  | τουτου |  | ματαιος |  | η |  | θρησκεια |  |
♦ |  | but |  | deceiving |  | his heart, |  | ♦ |  | of this one |  | vain [is] |  | the |  | religion. |  |

| 27 | θρησκεια |  | καθαρα |  | και |  | αμιαντος |  | παρα |  | τω |  | θεω |  | και |  | πατρι |  | αυτη |  | εστιν |
|  | Religion |  | pure |  | and |  | undefiled |  | before |  | ♦ |  | God |  | and |  | [the] Father |  | this 2 |  | is: 1 |

επισκεπτεσθαι |  | ορφανους |  | και |  | χηρας |  | εν |  | τη |  | θλιψει |  | αυτων |
to visit |  | orphans |  | and |  | widows |  | in |  | their tribulation, |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |

ασπιλον |  | εαυτον |  | τηρειν |  | απο |  | του |  | κοσμου |  |
unspotted |  | oneself 3 |  | to 1 keep 2 |  | from |  | the |  | world. |  |