11 translations · Greek
James 1:21
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 in 11 translations
- WEB World English Bible
- Therefore, putting away all filthiness and overflowing of wickedness, receive with humility the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.
- KJV King James Version
- Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- Therefore, get rid of all moral filth and every expression of evil, and humbly accept the word planted in you, which can save your souls.
- ASV American Standard Version
- Wherefore putting away all filthiness and overflowing of wickedness, receive with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.
- LSV Literal Standard Version
- for this reason, having put aside all filthiness and superabundance of evil, receive the implanted word in meekness, that is able to save your souls;
- FBV Free Bible Version
- So get rid of all that's filthy and evil. Humbly accept the word that's been implanted within you—for this is what can save you.
- YLT Young’s Literal Translation
- wherefore having put aside all filthiness and superabundance of evil, in meekness be receiving the engrafted word, that is able to save your souls;
- DBY Darby Translation
- Wherefore, laying aside all filthiness and abounding of wickedness, accept with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.
- WBT Webster’s Bible
- Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the ingrafted word, which is able to save your souls.
- WEBC World English Bible (Catholic)
- Therefore, putting away all filthiness and overflowing of wickedness, receive with humility the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.
- DRA Douay-Rheims 1899
- Wherefore casting away all uncleanness, and abundance of naughtiness, with meekness receive the ingrafted word, which is able to save your souls.
The Greek words
Each word of the Greek text in order, with its transliteration, the Berean Standard Bible’s English for it, and its Strong’s number and short definition.
| Word | Transliteration | English (BSB) | Strong’s |
|---|---|---|---|
| διὸ | dio | Therefore | G1352 διό therefore |
| ἀποθέμενοι | apothemenoi | get rid | G659 ἀποτίθημι to put aside |
| πᾶσαν | pasan | of all | G3956 πᾶς all |
| ῥυπαρίαν | rhyparian | moral filth | G4507 ῥυπαρία filth |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 καί and |
| περισσείαν | perisseian | every expression | G4050 περισσεία excess |
| κακίας | kakias | of evil | G2549 κακία evil |
| ἐν | en | — | G1722 ἐν in/on/among |
| πραΰτητι | prautēti | [and] humbly | G4240 πραΰτης gentleness |
| δέξασθε | dexasthe | accept | G1209 δέχομαι to receive |
| τὸν | ton | the | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| ἔμφυτον | emphyton | planted [in you] | G1721 ἔμφυτος implanted/ingrafted |
| λόγον | logon | word | G3056 λόγος word |
| τὸν | ton | which | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| δυνάμενον | dynamenon | can | G1410 δύναμαι be able |
| σῶσαι | sōsai | save | G4982 σῴζω to save |
| τὰς | tas | — | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| ψυχὰς | psychas | souls | G5590 ψυχή soul |
| ὑμῶν | hymōn | your | G4771 σύ you |
Related verses
- Ephesians 4:22
that you put away, as concerning your former way of life, the old man, that grows corrupt after the lusts of deceit;
- Ephesians 1:13
In him you also, having heard the word of the truth, the Good News of your salvation—in whom, having also believed, you were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit,
- 1 Peter 2:11
Beloved, I beg you as foreigners and pilgrims, to abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;
- John 6:63
It is the spirit who gives life. The flesh profits nothing. The words that I speak to you are spirit, and are life.
- Psalm 25:9
He will guide the humble in justice. He will teach the humble his way.
- Colossians 3:5–8
Put to death therefore your members which are on the earth: sexual immorality, uncleanness, depraved passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry; for which things’ sake the wrath of God comes on the children of disobedience. You also once walked in those, when you lived in them; …
- Hebrews 12:1
Therefore let us also, seeing we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, lay aside every weight and the sin which so easily entangles us, and let us run with perseverance the race that is set before us,
- 1 Peter 2:1
Putting away therefore all wickedness, all deceit, hypocrisies, envies, and all evil speaking,
- James 4:8
Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded.
- 2 Timothy 3:15–17
From infancy, you have known the holy Scriptures which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith, which is in Christ Jesus. Every Scripture is God-breathed and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work.
Cross references from OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0, most-voted first; text from the World English Bible.
In context
19 So, then, my beloved brothers, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, and slow to anger;
20 for the anger of man doesn’t produce the righteousness of God.
21 Therefore, putting away all filthiness and overflowing of wickedness, receive with humility the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.
22 But be doers of the word, and not only hearers, deluding your own selves.
23 For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man looking at his natural face in a mirror;
Read all of James 1 in the World English Bible.
Edition and source notes
Each translation is shown as its source prints it, in its own verse numbering; where an edition numbers this verse differently, its own reference is given. The World English Bible, King James Version and Berean Standard Bible link to their chapter pages. Edition notes.
Literal Standard Version (2020) © Covenant Press and the Covenant Christian Coalition, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license. Free Bible Version (2018) © Dr. Jonathan Gallagher, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license.
The original words and their English come from the Berean Standard Bible translation tables (public domain); lemmas and short definitions from STEPBible (CC BY 4.0), with Greek definitions based on Abbott-Smith.
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