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| James, a bond-servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, To the twelve tribes who are dispersed abroad: Greetings. | |
| Consider it all joy, my brethren, when you encounter various trials, | |
| knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance. | |
| And let endurance have {its} perfect result, so that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing. | |
| But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all generously and without reproach, and it will be given to him. | |
| But he must ask in faith without any doubting, for the one who doubts is like the surf of the sea, driven and tossed by the wind. | |
| For that man ought not to expect that he will receive anything from the Lord, | |
| {being} a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways. | |
| But the brother of humble circumstances is to glory in his high position; | |
| and the rich man {is to glory} in his humiliation, because like flowering grass he will pass away. | |
| For the sun rises with a scorching wind and withers the grass; and its flower falls off and the beauty of its appearance is destroyed; so too the rich man in the midst of his pursuits will fade away. | |
| Blessed is a man who perseveres under trial; for once he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life which {the Lord} has promised to those who love Him. | |
| Let no one say when he is tempted, "I am being tempted by God"; for God cannot be tempted by evil, and He Himself does not tempt anyone. | |
| But each one is tempted when he is carried away and enticed by his own lust. | |
| Then when lust has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and when sin is accomplished, it brings forth death. | |
| Do not be deceived, my beloved brethren. | |
| Every good thing given and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shifting shadow. | |
| In the exercise of His will He brought us forth by the word of truth, so that we would be a kind of first fruits among His creatures. | |
| {This} you know, my beloved brethren. But everyone must be quick to hear, slow to speak {and} slow to anger; | |
| for the anger of man does not achieve the righteousness of God. | |
| Therefore, putting aside all filthiness and {all} that remains of wickedness, in humility receive the word implanted, which is able to save your souls. | |
| But prove yourselves doers of the word, and not merely hearers who delude themselves. | |
| For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man who looks at his natural face in a mirror; | |
| for {once} he has looked at himself and gone away, he has immediately forgotten what kind of person he was. | |
| But one who looks intently at the perfect law, the {law} of liberty, and abides by it, not having become a forgetful hearer but an effectual doer, this man will be blessed in what he does. | |
| If anyone thinks himself to be religious, and yet does not bridle his tongue but deceives his {own} heart, this man's religion is worthless. | |
| Pure and undefiled religion in the sight of {our} God and Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their distress, {and} to keep oneself unstained by the world. |
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