law, and sin in one, he is whole.

For he that said: Thou shalt not commit adultery, he also said, Thou shalt not kill. If therefore thou commit not adultery, but kill, thou art a transgressor of the law.

So speak ye, and so do, as they that shall be judged by the law of liberty.

And there shall be an unmerciful judgment upon him that hath not shown mercy: and mercy shall boast itself against judgment.

What profit is it, brethren, if a man say that he hath faith, and have not works? Can faith also save him?

But if a brother or sister would be naked and in want of daily food, 16. And if any of you should say unto them: God shall counsel you, and warm you, and satisfy you: but if ye give them not the necessities of the body, what shall it profit them?

So also faith, if it have not works, is dead in itself.

But if any man say, Thou hast faith, and I have works: shew me thy faith with thy works, and I will shew thee my faith with my works.

Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the devils also believe, and tremble.

But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead?

Was not Abraham our father justified by works, in that he sacrificed his son Isaac on the altar?

Then seest thou that faith was instrumental in his works, and by works faith was made perfect.

And the scripture is fulfilled, which saith, Abraham believed God, and was counted unto him for righteousness, and was called a friend of God.

Behold therefore, that a man is justified by works, and not by faith alone.

Likewise Rahab the harlot, was she not justified by works, when she received the messengers, and sent them out another way?

For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead.
(James)
Chapter 3
On the use and abuse of the tongue.

Brethren, forbear not every man to be a teacher: and know ye, that the more judgment we receive.

For we all lack in many ways. But he that lacketh not in any word is a perfect man, and is able to keep the whole body in check.

Behold, we keep the horses in bridles, that they may obey us; and we direct the whole body.

Behold, the ships, though they be great, and though they be driven by strong winds, yet are they steered with a small rudder whithersoever he that governeth them goeth.

So also the tongue is a small member, and doeth great things. Behold, a little fire, what a forest it kindles!

And the tongue also is a fire, a world of iniquity. So the tongue is among our members, and
defileth the whole body, and kindleth upon all our conversation, when it is inflamed with hell.

For all the nature of beasts, and of birds, and of serpents, and of the wonders of the sea, are tamed, and are made tame by human nature;

But the tongue no man can tame, the restless evil full of deadly poison.

By them we praise God the Father, and by them we curse man, made in the image of God.

Out of one mouth proceedeth praise and cursing. It shall not be so, brethren.

quillet also a fountain from a hole sweet and bitter?

Can a fig tree also, brethren, bear oil, or a vine figs? So also a well cannot give salty and sweet water.

Who is wise and prudent among you? Let him show his works in meekness and wisdom with his good conduct.

But if ye have bitter envy and strife in your heart, boast not, neither lie against the truth.

For this is not the wisdom that cometh down from above, but earthly, human, and devilish.

For where there is envy and strife, there is disorder and vile evil.

But wisdom from above is at first chaste, then peaceable, gentle, may it be said, full of mercy and good fruits, impartial, without hypocrisy.

But the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace to them that keep the peace.
(James)
Chapter 4
Warning against sins.

Whence cometh strife and war among you? Cometh it not from your lusts, which strive in your members?

Ye are covetous, and gain not thereby: ye hate, and envy, and gain not thereby: ye contend, and war. Ye have not, because ye ask not.

Ye ask, and receive not; because ye ask evil, that is, to consume it with your lusts.

Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is the enmity of God? He who wants to be the friend of the world will be the enemy of God.

Or do ye suppose that the scripture saith in vain, The spirit that dwelleth in you lusteth against hatred?

And giveth abundant grace: for the scripture saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble.

Therefore be subject to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

Draw near to God, and He draws near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and make your hearts chaste, you fickle ones!

Be ye wretched, and mourn, and weep. Let your laughter turn to weeping, and your joy to sadness.

Humble yourselves before God, and He will exalt you.

Speak not evil one to another, brethren. He that speaketh evil of his brother, and judgeth his brother, speaketh evil of the law, and judgeth the law. But if thou judge the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge.

There is one lawgiver who can save and condemn. Who are you to judge another?

Now therefore, ye that say, To day or tomorrow we will go into that city, or that city, and lie there a year, and work, and win,

Ye know not what tomorrow shall be. For what is your life? It is a vapour that lasteth for a little season, and after that it vanisheth away.

For which ye ought to say: If the LORD will, and we live, we will do this or that.

But now ye glory in your pride. All such glory is evil.

For he that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.
(James)
Chapter 5
Of the vanity of riches, patient suffering and strong prayer.

Now therefore, ye rich, weep and wail for your miseries which shall come upon you.

Your riches are rotten; your garments have become moth-eaten.

Your gold and your silver are corroded, and their rust shall be a testimony unto you, and shall devour your flesh as it were fire. Ye have laid up for yourselves treasures in the last days.

Behold, the labourers’ hire, which have reaped your land, and are broken off from you, cry: and the cry of the reapers is come into the ears of the LORD of hosts.

Ye have lived well on the earth, and have had your lusts, and have fed your hearts as on a day of slaughter.

Ye have condemned and slain the righteous, and he hath not withstood you.

Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the LORD. Behold, a husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and is patient for it, until he receive the morning rain and the evening rain.

Be ye also patient, and strengthen your hearts: for the future of the LORD is at hand.

Sigh not one against another, brethren, lest ye be condemned. Behold, the judge is at the door!

Take ye, my brethren, for an example of suffering and patience, the prophets which have spoken unto you in the name of the LORD.

Behold, blessed are they that endure. The patience of Job ye have heard, and the end of the LORD ye have seen: for the LORD is merciful and gracious.

But above all, my brethren, swear not, neither by heaven, nor by earth, nor by any other oath.
But let your word be, Yea, which is yea; and, Nay, which is nay: Nay, which is nay; lest ye fall into hypocrisy.

If any man suffer among you, let him pray: if any man be of good cheer, let him sing psalms.

If any man be sick, let him call for the elders of the congregation, and let them pray over him, anointing them with oil in the name of the LORD.

And the prayer of faith shall help the sick, and the LORD shall raise him up: and if he have sinned, they shall be forgiven him.

Confess ye your sins one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The righteous man’s prayer is powerful if it is earnest.

Elijah was a man like unto us, and he prayed a prayer that it should not rain; and it rained not on the earth three years and six months.

And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit.

Brethren, if any man among you should err from the truth, and any man should convert him, 20. Who shall know that he that converteth a sinner from the error of his way hath saved a soul from death, and shall cover the multitude of sins.
Text of the unrevised Luther Bible 1545:
DeepL English Translation
[Processed by BackToLuther. German text published here.]
The first letter of Peter (1 Peter) ^
Chapter 1
Of God’s spiritual benefits and Christians’ duties.

Peter, an apostle of JEsu Christ: To the elect strangers to and fro in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia,

According to the providence of GOD the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, to obedience and sprinkling of the blood of JEsu Christ. May God give you much grace and peace!
(Epistle on the day of Simon and Judas.)

praise be to God and the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to his great mercy has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus