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James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes in the Dispersion, greeting: James 1:1

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My brothers, count it all joy when you fall into different kinds of temptations, James 1:2

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knowing that the trying of your faith works patience. James 1:3

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But let patience have its perfect work, so that you may be perfect and entire, lacking nothing. James 1:4

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But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and with no reproach, and it shall be given to him. James 1:5

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But let him ask in faith, doubting nothing. For he who doubts is like a wave of the sea, driven by the wind and tossed. James 1:6

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For do not let that man think that he shall receive anything from the Lord; James 1:7

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he is a double-minded man, not dependable in all his ways. James 1:8

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But let the humble brother rejoice in his exaltation; James 1:9

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and the rich one rejoice in his humiliation, because he shall pass away as the flower of the grass. James 1:10

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For the sun rose with the hot wind and dried up the grass, and its flower fell out, and the beauty of its appearance perished; so also the rich one will fade away in his ways. James 1:11

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Blessed is the man who endures temptation, because having been approved, he will receive the crown of life which the Lord has promised to those who love Him. James 1:12

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Let no one being tempted say, I am tempted from God. For God is not tempted by evils, and He tempts no one. James 1:13

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But each one is tempted by his lusts, being drawn away and seduced by them. James 1:14

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Then when lust has conceived, it brings forth sin. And sin, when it is fully formed, brings forth death. James 1:15

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Do not err, my beloved brothers. James 1:16

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Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above and comes down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness nor shadow of turning. James 1:17

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Of His own will He brought us forth with the Word of truth, for us to be a certain firstfruit of His creatures. James 1:18

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Therefore, my beloved brothers, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath. James 1:19

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For the wrath of man does not work out the righteousness of God. James 1:20

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Therefore putting aside all filthiness and overflowing of evil, receive in meekness the implanted Word, which is able to save your souls. James 1:21

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But become doers of the Word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves. James 1:22

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For if anyone is a hearer of the Word and not a doer, he is like a man studying his natural face in a mirror. James 1:23

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For he studied himself and went his way, and immediately he forgot what he was like. James 1:24

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But whoever looks into the perfect Law of liberty and continues in it, he is not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work. This one shall be blessed in his doing. James 1:25

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If anyone thinks to be religious among you, yet does not bridle his tongue, but deceives his own heart, this one's religion is vain. James 1:26

Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, to visit orphans and widows in their afflictions, and to keep oneself unspotted from the world. James 1:27

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