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 Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:

20 For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God.

21 Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls.

22 But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.

23 For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass:

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What Does James 1:21 Mean?

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