James 1:21

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.

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:

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB: 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.
KJV: Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls.
WEB: Therefore, putting away all filthiness and overflowing of wickedness, receive with humility the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.
ASV: Wherefore putting away all filthiness and overflowing of wickedness, receive with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.
DARBY: Wherefore, laying aside all filthiness and abounding of wickedness, accept with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.
BLB: Therefore, having put off all filthiness and abundance of wickedness, accept in meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your⁺ souls.

ÅB: Avlegg derfor all urenhet og all levning av ondskap, og ta med saktmodighet imot det ord som er innplantet i dere, og som er mektig til å frelse deres sjeler!
OTB: Derfor, kvitt dere med all moralsk urenhet og det onde som er så utbredt, og ta ydmykt imot ordet plantet i dere, som kan frelse deres sjeler.
B1930: Avlegg derfor all urenhet og all levning av ondskap, og ta med saktmodighet imot det ord som er innplantet i eder, og som er mektig til å frelse eders sjeler!

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