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 \v 12 Blessed is the man who endures testing. For after he has passed the test, he will receive the crown of life, which has been promised to those who love God.
-\v 13 No one should say when he is tempted, "This temptation is from God," because God is not tempted by evil, and God himself does not tempt anyone.
+\v 13 Let no one say when he is tempted, "I am tempted by God," because God is not tempted by evil, nor does he himself tempt anyone.
 
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-\v 14 Each person is tempted by his own evil desires which entice and drag him away.
-\v 15 Then after sinful desires conceive, sin is born, and after sin is full grown it results in death. 
+\v 14 Each person is tempted by his own evil desires, which drag him away and entice him.
+\v 15 Then after sinful desire conceives, it gives birth to sin. After sin is full grown, it gives birth to death. 
 \v 16 Do not be deceived, my beloved brothers.
 
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-\v 17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights. He never changes like shifting shadows. 
-\v 18 God chose to give us life by the word of truth, so that we would be like firstfruits among his creatures.
+\v 17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above. It comes down from the Father of lights. With him there is no changing or shadow from turning. 
+\v 18 God chose to give us birth by the word of truth, so that we would be some kind of firstfruit of all things that he created.
 
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-\v 19 You know this, my beloved brothers. Every man must be swift to hear, slow to speak, and slow to anger,
-\v 20 for the anger of man does not work the righteousness of God.
-\v 21 Therefore put away all sinful filth and the evil that is everywhere, and in humility receive the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.
+\v 19 You know this, my beloved brothers: let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, and slow to anger.
+\v 20 For the anger of man does not work the righteousness of God.
+\v 21 Therefore put away all sinful filth and the abundance of evil. In humility receive the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.
 
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-\v 22 Obey the word, do not only hear it, deceiving your own selves.
-\v 23 For if anyone hears the word and does not do it, he is like a man examining his natural face in a mirror.
-\v 24 He examines his face, and goes away and soon forgets what he looked like.
-\v 25 But the person who looks carefully into the perfect law, the law of liberty, and continues obeying it, not just being a hearer who forgets, this man will be blessed as he does it.
+\v 22 Be doers of the word and not only hearers, deceiving yourselves.
+\v 23 For if anyone is a hearer of the word but not a doer, he is like a man who examines his natural face in a mirror.
+\v 24 He examines himself and then goes away and soon forgets what he was like.
+\v 25 But the person who looks carefully into the perfect law, the law of liberty, and remains so, not just being a hearer who forgets, this man will be blessed in his doing it.
 
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-\v 26 If anyone thinks himself to be religious, but he does not control his tongue, he deceives his heart and his religion is vain.
-\v 27 Pure and undefiled religion before our God and Father is this: to help the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to protect oneself from the world's corruption.
+\v 26 If anyone thinks himself to be religious, but if he does not control his tongue, he deceives his heart, and his religion is vain.
+\v 27 Clean and spotless religion before our God and Father is this: to help the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself spotless from the world.