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

But he must ask in faith, without any doubts, for the one who has doubts is like a wave of the sea that is driven and tossed by the wind.

How blessed is the man who endures temptation! When he has passed the test, he will receive the victor's crown of life that God has promised to those who keep on loving him.

Every generous act of giving and every perfect gift is from above and comes down from the Father who made the heavenly lights, in whom there is no inconsistency or shifting shadow.

Keep on being obedient to the word, and not merely being hearers who deceive themselves.

For if anyone hears the word but is not obedient to it, he is like a man who looks at himself in a mirror

But the one who looks at the perfect law of freedom and remains committed to it thereby demonstrating that he is not a forgetful hearer but a doer of what that law requires will be blessed in what he does.

A religion that is pure and stainless according to God the Father is this: to take care of orphans and widows who are suffering, and to keep oneself unstained by the world.

Listen, my dear brothers! God has chosen the poor in the world to become rich in faith and to be heirs of the kingdom that he promised to those who keep on loving him, has he not?

But you have humiliated the man who is poor. Are not rich people the ones who oppress you and drag you into court?

Are not they the ones who blaspheme the noble Name by which you have been called?

For the one who said, "Never commit adultery," also said, "Never murder." Now if you do not commit adultery, but you murder, you become a violator of the Law.

You must make it your habit to speak and act like people who are going to be judged by the law of liberty.

For the one who has shown no mercy will be judged without mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment.

Not many of you should become teachers, my brothers, because you know that we who teach will be judged more severely than others.

With it we bless the Lord and Father, and with it we curse those who are made in God's likeness.

Who among you is wise and understanding? Let him show by his noble conduct that his actions are done humbly and wisely.

There is only one Lawgiver and Judge the one who can save and destroy. So who are you to judge your neighbor?

Now listen, you who say, "Today or tomorrow we will go to such and such a town, stay there a year, conduct business, and make money."

Therefore, anyone who knows what is right but fails to do it is guilty of sin.

Look! The wages that you kept back from the workers who harvested your fields are shouting out against you, and the cries of the reapers have reached the ears of the Lord of the Heavenly Armies.

You have condemned and murdered the one who is righteous, even though he did not rebel against you.

As an example of suffering and patience, brothers, take the prophets, who spoke in the name of the Lord.

We consider those who endured to be blessed. You have heard about Job's endurance and have seen the purpose of the Lord that the Lord is compassionate and merciful.

And the prayer offered in faith will save the person who is sick. The Lord will raise him up, and if he has committed any sins, he will be forgiven.