James 1:17 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

¹⁷ Every good endowment and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁷ Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁷ Every good gift and every perfect (free, large, full) gift is from above; it comes down from the Father of all [that gives] light, in [the shining of] Whom there can be no variation [rising or setting] or shadow cast by His turning [as in an eclipse].

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁷ Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom can be no variation, neither shadow that is cast by turning.

Common English Bible

¹⁷ Every good gift, every perfect gift, comes from above. These gifts come down from the Father, the creator of the heavenly lights, in whose character there is no change at all.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁷ Every excellent gift and every perfect gift is from above, descending from the Father of lights, with whom there is no change, nor any shadow of alteration.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁷ Every best gift, and every perfect gift, is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no change, nor shadow of alteration.

James 1:17 Cross References

Genesis 41:16

Joseph answered Pharaoh, “It is not in me; God will give Pharaoh a favorable answer.”

1 Chronicles 22:12

Only, may the Lord grant you discretion and understanding, that when he gives you charge over Israel you may keep the law of the Lord your God.

1 Chronicles 29:19

Grant to Solomon my son that with a whole heart he may keep thy commandments, thy testimonies, and thy statutes, performing all, and that he may build the palace for which I have made provision.”

Psalm 102:27

but thou art the same, and thy years have no end.

Psalm 122:6

Pray for the peace of Jerusalem! “May they prosper who love you!

Psalm 136:7

to him who made the great lights, for his steadfast love endures for ever;

Psalm 84:11

For the Lord God is a sun and shield; he bestows favor and honor. No good thing does the Lord withhold from those who walk uprightly.

Psalm 85:12

Yea, the Lord will give what is good, and our land will yield its increase.

Proverbs 2:6

For the Lord gives wisdom; from his mouth come knowledge and understanding;

Isaiah 28:26

For he is instructed aright; his God teaches him.

Isaiah 45:7

I form light and create darkness, I make weal and create woe, I am the Lord, who do all these things.

Isaiah 46:10

declaring the end from the beginning and from ancient times things not yet done, saying, ‘My counsel shall stand, and I will accomplish all my purpose,’

Isaiah 60:19

The sun shall be no more your light by day, nor for brightness shall the moon give light to you by night; but the Lord will be your everlasting light, and your God will be your glory.

Malachi 3:6

“For I the Lord do not change; therefore you, O sons of Jacob, are not consumed.

Numbers 11:17

And I will come down and talk with you there; and I will take some of the spirit which is upon you and put it upon them; and they shall bear the burden of the people with you, that you may not bear it yourself alone.

Numbers 11:25

Then the Lord came down in the cloud and spoke to him, and took some of the spirit that was upon him and put it upon the seventy elders; and when the spirit rested upon them, they prophesied. But they did so no more.

Numbers 23:19

God is not man, that he should lie, or a son of man, that he should repent. Has he said, and will he not do it? Or has he spoken, and will he not fulfil it?

Matthew 7:11

If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask him!

Luke 11:13

If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!”

John 1:9

The true light that enlightens every man was coming into the world.

John 3:27

John answered, “No one can receive anything except what is given him from heaven.

John 3:3

Jesus answered him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born anew, he cannot see the kingdom of God.”

John 8:12

Again Jesus spoke to them, saying, “I am the light of the world; he who follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.”

Acts 11:18

When they heard this they were silenced. And they glorified God, saying, “Then to the Gentiles also God has granted repentance unto life.”

Acts 5:31

God exalted him at his right hand as Leader and Savior, to give repentance to Israel and forgiveness of sins.

Romans 6:23

For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

1 Corinthians 4:7

For who sees anything different in you? What have you that you did not receive? If then you received it, why do you boast as if it were not a gift?

2 Corinthians 4:6

For it is the God who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” who has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ.

Ephesians 1:18

having the eyes of your hearts enlightened, that you may know what is the hope to which he has called you, what are the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints,

Ephesians 2:8

For by grace you have been saved through faith; and this is not your own doing, it is the gift of God—

Deuteronomy 4:19

And beware lest you lift up your eyes to heaven, and when you see the sun and the moon and the stars, all the host of heaven, you be drawn away and worship them and serve them, things which the Lord your God has allotted to all the peoples under the whole heaven.

Philippians 1:29

For it has been granted to you that for the sake of Christ you should not only believe in him but also suffer for his sake,

1 Timothy 6:16

who alone has immortality and dwells in unapproachable light, whom no man has ever seen or can see. To him be honor and eternal dominion. Amen.

Hebrews 13:8

Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and for ever.

James 1:5

If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives to all men generously and without reproaching, and it will be given him.

James 3:15

This wisdom is not such as comes down from above, but is earthly, unspiritual, devilish.

James 3:17

But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, open to reason, full of mercy and good fruits, without uncertainty or insincerity.

1 John 1:5

This is the message we have heard from him and proclaim to you, that God is light and in him is no darkness at all.

1 John 4:10

In this is love, not that we loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the expiation for our sins.

Revelation 21:23

And the city has no need of sun or moon to shine upon it, for the glory of God is its light, and its lamp is the Lamb.

Revelation 22:5

And night shall be no more; they need no light of lamp or sun, for the Lord God will be their light, and they shall reign for ever and ever.

1 Samuel 15:29

And also the Glory of Israel will not lie or repent; for he is not a man, that he should repent.”