James 1:21 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls.”
James 1:21 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
James 1:21 in 6 Bible Translations
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James 1:21 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“Therefore, putting away all filthiness and overflowing of wickedness, receive with humility the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.”
James 1:21 — World English Bible
James 1:21 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“Wherefore putting away all filthiness and overflowing of wickedness, receive with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.”
James 1:21 — American Standard Version
James 1:21 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“wherefore having put aside all filthiness and superabundance of evil, in meekness be receiving the engrafted word, that is able to save your souls;”
James 1:21 — Young's Literal Translation
James 1:21 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“Wherefore, laying aside all filthiness and abounding of wickedness, accept with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.”
James 1:21 — Darby Translation
James 1:21 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“Wherefore lay apart all filthinesse, and superfluitie of maliciousnesse, and receiue with meekenes the word that is graffed in you, which is able to saue your soules.”
James 1:21 — Geneva Bible
James 1:21 in Context — James 1
19 Sachez-le, mes frères bien-aimés. Ainsi, que tout homme soit prompt à écouter, lent à parler, lent à se mettre en colère;
20 car la colère de l’homme n’accomplit pas la justice de Dieu.
21 C’est pourquoi, rejetant toute souillure et tout excès de malice, recevez avec douceur la parole qui a été plantée en vous, et qui peut sauver vos âmes.
22 Mettez en pratique la parole, et ne vous bornez pas à l’écouter, en vous trompant vous-mêmes par de faux raisonnements.
23 Car, si quelqu’un écoute la parole et ne la met pas en pratique, il est semblable à un homme qui regarde dans un miroir son visage naturel,
What Does James 1:21 Mean?
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