But Daniel decided that God did not want him to eat the king’s food and wine. He knew that it might be against God’s rules. So he asked the King’s special officer that he might not have to eat the king’s food. God had already caused the officer to like Daniel and to be kind to him. Daniel 1:8-9
但以理卻立志不以王的膳和王所飲的酒玷污自己，所以求太監長容他不玷污自己。 上帝使但以理在太監長眼前蒙恩惠，受憐憫。 但以理書 1:8-9
Here is another important thing to remember, my Christian friends. When you want to make a strong promise, never use extra words. Do not say, ‘I promise by heaven,’ or ‘I promise by the earth.’ Do not use any extra words like that. When you say ‘yes,’ that should be enough. When you say ‘no,’ that should also be enough. If you say more than that, God will say that you have done a wrong thing. James 5:12
我的弟兄們，最要緊的是不可起誓；不可指着天起誓，也不可指着地起誓，無論何誓都不可起。你們說話，是，就說是；不是，就說不是，免得你們落在審判之下。 雅各書 5:12
My Christian friends, if anyone among you turns away from God’s true message, you should help him. Try to bring him back to God. Understand this: If you turn a person back from his bad ways, you will save that person’s soul from death. And God will forgive that person for his many sins. James 5:19-20
我的弟兄們，你們中間若有失迷真道的，有人使他回轉， 這人該知道：叫一個罪人從迷路上轉回便是救一個靈魂不死，並且遮蓋許多的罪。
雅各書 5:19-20
You do not really know what will happen tomorrow. Your life is like a cloud which appears for a short time and then it quickly goes away. James 4:14
其實明天如何，你們還不知道。你們的生命是甚麼呢？你們原來是一片雲霧，出現少時就不見了。 雅各書 4:14
Come near to God and he will come near to you. Be clean in the way that you live. Stop doing wrong things. Make your minds clean. You cannot love sin and love God at the same time. James 4:8
你們親近上帝，上帝就必親近你們。有罪的人哪，要潔淨你們的手！心懷二意的人哪，要清潔你們的心！
雅各書 4:8
In the same way, our tongue is a very small part of our body. But it speaks as if it is very great. Think about this. A very small fire can cause even a big forest to burn completely. And our tongue is like that fire. It has the power of everything in the world that is bad. It is a small part of the body but it can spoil the whole person. Like a fire, it can destroy all of a person’s life. It is a fire that comes from the fire of hell itself. James 3:5-6
這樣，舌頭在百體裏也是最小的，卻能說大話。 看哪，最小的火能點着最大的樹林。 舌頭就是火，在我們百體中，舌頭是個罪惡的世界，能污穢全身，也能把生命的輪子點起來，並且是從地獄裏點着的。
雅各書 3:5-6
Abraham believed in God, and he did what God asked him to do. So, you can see that both of these were necessary. When he did this good thing, he showed that he believed in God completely. This happened in the way that the Bible tells us. It says, ‘Abraham believed God. As a result, God accepted Abraham as right with him.’ God also called Abraham his friend. So, you see how God accepts someone as right with himself. That person must not only believe in God. He must also do good things to show that he has faith. James 2:22-24
可見，信心是與他的行為並行，而且信心因着行為才得成全。 這就應驗經上所說：「亞伯拉罕信上帝，這就算為他的義。」他又得稱為上帝的朋友。 這樣看來，人稱義是因着行為，不是單因着信。 雅各書 2:22-24
God will not forgive anyone who has not forgiven other people. But God is kind! He judges us, but even more than that, he forgives us! James 2:13
因為那不憐憫人的，也要受無憐憫的審判；憐憫原是向審判誇勝。 雅各書 2:13
But be careful to do what God says in his message. Do not only listen to it. Do not make that mistake! You must obey God’s message. Do not be like a man who quickly looks at his face in a mirror. That man looks at himself, but then he goes away. He immediately forgets what he is really like. James 1:22-24
只是你們要行道，不要單單聽道，自己欺哄自己。 因為聽道而不行道的，就像人對着鏡子看自己本來的面目， 看見，走後，隨即忘了他的相貌如何。 雅各書 1:22-24
It is our own thoughts that make us do bad things. When we want to do something wrong, our thoughts lead us in a bad way. We may agree to do what our bad thoughts tell us to do. When we do that, it becomes a sin. Then, we may not stop doing those bad things. If we continue to live like that, the result of our sins is death. James 1:14-15
但各人被試探，乃是被自己的私慾牽引誘惑的。 私慾既懷了胎，就生出罪來；罪既長成，就生出死來。 雅各書 1:14-15
