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James 1:17

WEB

17Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom can be no variation nor turning shadow.

KJV

17Every 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.

BSB

17Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, with whom there is no change or shifting shadow.

FBV

17All that's good, every perfect gift, is from above, and comes down from the Father who made heaven's lights. Unlike them he doesn't change—he doesn't vary or cause shadows.

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Extra References

John 3:27

27John answered, “A man can receive nothing unless it has been given him from heaven.

Matthew 7:11

11If you then, being 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!

Hebrews 13:8

8Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever.

John 8:12

12[+] Again, therefore, Jesus spoke to them, saying, “I am the light of the world.He who follows me will not walk in the darkness, but will have the light of life.”

Numbers 23:19

19God is not a man, that he should lie, nor a son of man, that he should repent. Has he said, and he won’t do it? Or has he spoken, and he won’t make it good?

Psalms 84:11

11For the LORD God is a sun and a shield. The LORD will give grace and glory. He withholds no good thing from those who walk blamelessly.

1 John 1:5

5This is the message which we have heard from him and announce to you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.

Proverbs 2:6

6[+] For the LORD gives wisdom. Out of his mouth comes knowledge and understanding.

James 3:17

17But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceful, gentle, reasonable, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.

Ephesians 2:8

8for by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God,