Now if any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives to all generously and without criticizing, and it will be given to him.

but the one who is rich should boast in his humiliation because he will pass away like a flower of the field.

A man who endures trials is blessed, because when he passes the test he will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those who love Him.

But the one who looks intently into the perfect law of freedom and perseveres in it, and is not a forgetful hearer but one who does good works—this person will be blessed in what he does.

Listen, my dear brothers: Didn’t God choose the poor in this world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom that He has promised to those who love Him?

For He who said, Do not commit adultery, also said, Do not murder. So if you do not commit adultery, but you do murder, you are a lawbreaker.

Speak and act as those who will be judged by the law of freedom.

For judgment is without mercy to the one who hasn’t shown mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment.

for we all stumble in many ways. If anyone does not stumble in what he says, he is a mature man who is also able to control his whole body.

We praise our Lord and Father with it, and we curse men who are made in God’s likeness with it.

Who is wise and has understanding among you? He should show his works by good conduct with wisdom’s gentleness.

And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace by those who cultivate peace.

Don’t criticize one another, brothers. He who criticizes a brother or judges his brother criticizes the law and judges the law. But if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law but a judge.

There is one lawgiver and judge who is able to save and to destroy. But who are you to judge your neighbor?

Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will travel to such and such a city and spend a year there and do business and make a profit.”

So it is a sin for the person who knows to do what is good and doesn’t do it.

Look! The pay that you withheld from the workers who reaped your fields cries out, and the outcry of the harvesters has reached the ears of the Lord of Hosts.

Brothers, take the prophets who spoke in the Lord’s name as an example of suffering and patience.

See, we count as blessed those who have endured. You have heard of Job’s endurance and have seen the outcome from the Lord. The Lord is very compassionate and merciful.