Greeting to the twelve tribes which are scattered here and there, said Saint
James (i.e., Yakob).

"I defy the Pope and all his laws. If God spare my life, ere many years I
will cause a boy that driveth the plough shall know more of the Scripture
than thou dost." William Tyndale (b. 1494?, martyred 1536 A.D.), debating
with a learned clergyman.

First presented without verse numbering as it was originally, and inserted
for clarity are definitions of selected words having old or atypical
meanings. Then verse numbered for comparison with the King James Version,
the NT of which is based largely on the William Tyndale translation of the
Greek texts collated by the revered scholar Erasmus, whose Greek NT texts
are also the basis of the Martin Luther translation into German. Luther and
Tyndale were colleagues at times.

Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith, Section Six 1843-44 Pg.364:

The old German translators are the most nearly correct -- most honest of any
of the translators; and therefore I get testimony to bear me out in the
revelations that I have preached for the last fourteen years. The old
German, Latin, Greek and Hebrew translations all say it is true: they cannot
be impeached, and therefore I am in good company.

All the testimony is that the Lord in the last days would commit the keys of
the Priesthood to a witness over all people.

KJV Psalm 63:1-2,8
"O GOD, thou [art] my God; early will I seek thee: my soul thirsteth for
thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water
is; To see thy power and thy glory, so [as] I have seen thee in the
sanctuary. ... My soul followeth hard after thee: thy right hand upholdeth
me."

KJV Psalm 80:1-2,17
"Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, thou that leadest Joseph like a flock; thou
that dwellest [between] the cherubims, shine forth. Before Ephraim and
Benjamin and Manasseh stir up thy strength, and come [and] save us. ... Let
thy hand be upon the man of thy right hand, upon the son of man [whom] thou
madest strong for thyself."

KJV Isaiah 11:10-13
"And in that day there shall be a root of Jesse, which shall stand for an
ensign of the people; to it shall the Gentiles seek: and his rest shall be
glorious. And it shall come to pass in that day, [that] the Lord shall set
his hand again the second time to recover the remnant of his people, which
shall be left, from Assyria, and from Egypt, and from Pathros, and from
Cush, and from Elam, and from Shinar, and from Hamath, and from the islands
of the sea. And he shall set up an ensign for the nations, and shall
assemble the outcasts of Israel, and gather together the dispersed of Judah
from the four corners of the earth. The envy also of Ephraim shall depart,
and the adversaries of Judah shall be cut off: Ephraim shall not envy Judah,
and Judah shall not vex Ephraim."

KJV Isaiah 52:7-8
"How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that bringeth good
tidings, that publisheth peace; that bringeth good tidings of good, that
publisheth salvation; that saith unto Zion, Thy God reigneth! Thy watchmen
shall lift up the voice; with the voice together shall they sing: for they
shall see eye to eye, when the LORD shall bring again Zion."

KJV Isaiah 55:3-5
"Incline your ear, and come unto me: hear, and your soul shall live; and I
will make an everlasting covenant with you, [even] the sure mercies of
David. Behold, I have given him [for] a witness to the people, a leader and
commander to the people. Behold, thou shalt call a nation [that] thou
knowest not, and nations [that] knew not thee shall run unto thee because of
the LORD thy God, and for the Holy One of Israel; for he hath glorified
thee."



This Eyewitness of Jesus Christ in these the last days is Art Bulla, who is
the One Mighty and Strong (see Isaiah 28, as well as Doctrine and Covenants
85 received by Joseph Smith the Seer) for the salvation of Ephraim and
Manasseh, the house of Joseph. The mighty revelations of Jesus Christ
received by the Prophets (and Apostles of Jesus Christ) Joseph Smith and Art
Bulla are written in God's simple yet exalted and sonorous English (as a
lesser substitute for the pure tongue of Adam and the Hebrew tongue of Moses
and Elijah and Isaiah, that clear thinking be fostered, inviting the
influence and power of the Holy Ghost in the hearts and minds of all true
believers), even that fashioned through the instrument of one William
Tyndale, a latter-day saint of Christ (baptism for the dead is a true
doctrine), for the English tongue, is it not the lingua franca of the last
days, as Greek and Aramaic were in the days of the Messiah and His Holy
Apostles? Hence the saintly cadence of the Book of Mormon also, unto
vexation of the wicked, that the despised Bible be further validated. May
the word of the Lord God of Israel go forth unto the ends of the earth! May
the salvation of the Lord be shown to the remnant of Israel and to the
Gentiles who have care for the house of Israel, Amen and Amen.

KJV Isaiah 49:12
"Behold, these shall come from far: and, lo, these from the north and from
the west; and these from the land of Sinim."

Book of Mormon, 1 Nephi 21:12
"And then, O house of Israel, behold, these shall come from far; and lo,
these from the north and from the west; and these from the land of Sinim."
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The Epistle of James

Chapter 1

James the servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, sendeth greeting to
the twelve tribes which are scattered here and there. My brethren, count it
exceeding joy when ye fall into divers temptations, for as much as ye know
how that the trying of your faith bringeth patience: and let patience have
her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and sound, lacking nothing.

If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God which giveth to all men
indifferently, and casteth no man in the teeth: and it shall be given him.
But let him ask in faith and waver not. For he that doubteth is like the
waves of the sea, tossed of the wind and carried with violence. Neither let
that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord. A
wavering-minded man is unstable in all his ways.

Indifferent, adj.
5. (Law) Free from bias or prejudice; impartial; unbiased;
disinterested.

Let the brother of low degree rejoice in that he is exalted, and the rich in
that he is made low. For even as the flower of the grass, shall he vanish
away. The sun riseth with heat, and the grass withereth, and his flower
falleth away, and the beauty of the fashion of it perisheth: even so shall
the rich man perish with his abundance.

Fashion, n.
1. The make or form of anything; the style, shape,
appearance, or mode of structure; pattern, model;
as, the fashion of the ark, of a coat, of a house,
of an altar, etc.; workmanship; execution.

Happy is the man that endureth in temptation, for when he is tried he shall
receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love
him.

Let no man say when he is tempted that he is tempted of God. For God
tempteth not unto evil, neither tempteth he any man. But every man is
tempted, drawn away, and enticed of his own concupiscence. Then when lust
hath conceived, she bringeth forth sin, and sin when it is finished bringeth
forth death.

Concupiscence, n.
Sexual lust; morbid carnal passion.

Err not my dear brethren. Every good gift, and every perfect gift, is from
above and cometh down from the father of light, with whom is no
variableness, neither is he changed unto darkness. Of his own will begat he
us with the word of life, that we should be the first fruits of his
creatures.

Wherefore dear brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, and
slow to wrath. For the wrath of man worketh not that which is righteous
before God.

Wherefore, conj.
1. For which reason; so; -- used relatively.
Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them.
Matt. vii. 20.

Wherefore lay apart all filthiness, all superfluity of maliciousness, and
receive with meekness the word that is grafted in you, which is able to save
your souls. And see that ye be doers of the word and not hearers only,
deceiving your own selves with sophistry. For if any hear the word, and do
it not, he is like unto a man that beholdeth his bodily face in a glass. For
as soon as he hath looked on himself, he goeth his way, and forgetteth
immediately what his fashion was. But whoso looketh in the perfect law of
liberty, and continueth therein (if he be not a forgetful hearer, but a doer
of the work) the same shall be happy in his deed.

Superfluity, n.
1. A greater quantity than is wanted; superabundance;
as, a superfluity of water; a superfluity of wealth.
Sophistry, n.
1. The art or process of reasoning; logic. [Obs.]
2. The practice of a sophist; fallacious reasoning;
reasoning sound in appearance only.
Fashion, n.
1. *same definition as already given*
The fashion of his countenance was altered.
Luke ix. 29.

If any man among you seem devout, and refrain not his tongue: but deceive
his own heart, this man's devotion is in vain. Pure devotion and undefiled
before God the father, is this: to visit the friendless and widows in their
adversity, and to keep himself unspotted of the world.
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The Epistle of James

Chapter 1

1 James the servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, sendeth greeting to
the twelve tribes which are scattered here and there.

2 My brethren, count it exceeding joy when ye fall into divers temptations,

3 for as much as ye know how that the trying of your faith bringeth
patience:

4 and let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and sound,
lacking nothing.

5 If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God which giveth to all men
indifferently, and casteth no man in the teeth: and it shall be given him.

6 But let him ask in faith and waver not. For he that doubteth is like the
waves of the sea, tossed of the wind and carried with violence.

7 Neither let that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord.

8 A wavering-minded man is unstable in all his ways.

9 Let the brother of low degree rejoice in that he is exalted,

10 and the rich in that he is made low. For even as the flower of the grass,
shall he vanish away.

11 The sun riseth with heat, and the grass withereth, and his flower falleth
away, and the beauty of the fashion of it perisheth: even so shall the rich
man perish with his abundance.

12 Happy is the man that endureth in temptation, for when he is tried he
shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that
love him.

13 Let no man say when he is tempted that he is tempted of God. For God
tempteth not unto evil, neither tempteth he any man.

14 But every man is tempted, drawn away, and enticed of his own
concupiscence.

15 Then when lust hath conceived, she bringeth forth sin, and sin when it is
finished bringeth forth death.

16 Err not my dear brethren.

17 Every good gift, and every perfect gift, is from above and cometh down
from the father of light, with whom is no variableness, neither is he
changed unto darkness.

18 Of his own will begat he us with the word of life, that we should be the
first fruits of his creatures.

19 Wherefore dear brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak,
and slow to wrath.

20 For the wrath of man worketh not that which is righteous before God.

21 Wherefore lay apart all filthiness, all superfluity of maliciousness, and
receive with meekness the word that is grafted in you, which is able to save
your souls.

22 And see that ye be doers of the word and not hearers only, deceiving your
own selves with sophistry.

23 For if any hear the word, and do it not, he is like unto a man that
beholdeth his bodily face in a glass.

24 For as soon as he hath looked on himself, he goeth his way, and
forgetteth immediately what his fashion was.

25 But whoso looketh in the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein
(if he be not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work) the same shall be
happy in his deed.

26 If any man among you seem devout, and refrain not his tongue: but deceive
his own heart, this man's devotion is in vain.

27 Pure devotion and undefiled before God the father, is this: to visit the
friendless and widows in their adversity, and to keep himself unspotted of
the world.
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24 And the angel of the Lord said unto me: Thou hast beheld that the book
proceeded forth from the mouth of a Jew; and when it proceeded forth from
the mouth of a Jew it contained the fulness of the gospel of the Lord, of
whom the twelve apostles bear record; and they bear record according to the
truth which is in the Lamb of God.

25 Wherefore, these things go forth from the Jews in purity unto the
Gentiles, according to the truth which is in God.

26 And after they go forth by the hand of the twelve apostles of the Lamb,
from the Jews unto the Gentiles, thou seest the formation of that great and
abominable church, which is most abominable above all other churches; for
behold, they have taken away from the gospel of the Lamb many parts which
are plain and most precious; and also many covenants of the Lord have they
taken away.

27 And all this have they done that they might pervert the right ways of the
Lord, that they might blind the eyes and harden the hearts of the children
of men.

28 Wherefore, thou seest that after the book hath gone forth through the
hands of the great and abominable church, that there are many plain and
precious things taken away from the book, which is the book of the Lamb of
God.

29 And after these plain and precious things were taken away it goeth forth
unto all the nations of the Gentiles; and after it goeth forth unto all the
nations of the Gentiles, yea, even across the many waters which thou hast
seen with the Gentiles which have gone forth out of captivity, thou
seest