01James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are in the Dispersion: Greetings.
05But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach; and it will be given to him.
06But let him ask in faith, without any doubting, for he who doubts is like a wave of the sea, driven by the wind and tossed.
11For the sun arises with the scorching wind, and withers the grass, and the flower in it falls, and the beauty of its appearance perishes. So also will the rich man fade away in his pursuits.
12Blessed is the man who endures temptation, for when he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life, which the Lord promised to those who love him.
13Let no man say when he is tempted, "I am tempted by God," for God can't be tempted by evil, and he himself tempts no one.
15Then the lust, when it has conceived, bears sin; and the sin, when it is full grown, brings forth death.
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.
18Of his own will he brought us forth by the word of truth, that we should be a kind of first fruits of his creatures.
21Therefore, putting away all filthiness and overflowing of wickedness, receive with humility the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.
23For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man looking at his natural face in a mirror;
25But he who looks into the perfect law of freedom, and continues, not being a hearer who forgets, but a doer of the work, this man will be blessed in what he does.
26If anyone among you thinks himself to be religious while he doesn't bridle his tongue, but deceives his heart, this man's religion is worthless.
27Pure religion and undefiled before our God and Father is this: to visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained by the world.
