Now if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask for [it] from God, who gives to all without reservation and not reproaching, and it will be given to him.

But let him ask for [it] in faith, without any doubting, for the one who doubts is like the surf of the sea, driven by the wind and tossed about.

Blessed [is] the person who endures testing, because [when he] is approved he will receive the crown of life that he has promised to those who love him.

No one who is being tempted should say, "I am being tempted by God," for God {cannot be tempted} by evil, and he himself tempts no one.

Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow of change.

But the one who looks into the perfect law of liberty and continues [to do it], not being a forgetful hearer but a doer who acts, this one will be blessed {in what he does}.

Listen, my dear brothers! Did not God choose the poor of the world [to be] rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom that he has promised to those who love him?

Do they themselves not blaspheme the good name {of the one to whom you belong}?

For the one who said "Do not commit adultery" also said "Do not murder." Now if you do not commit adultery but you do murder, you have become a transgressor of the law.

Thus speak and thus act as those who are going to be judged by the law of liberty.

For judgment [is] merciless to the one who has not practiced mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment.

With it we bless the Lord and Father, and with it we curse people who are made in the likeness of God.

Who [is] wise and understanding among you? Let him show by his good behavior his works, with the humility of wisdom.

And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace among those who make peace.

Do not speak evil of one another, brothers. The one who speaks evil of a brother or judges his brother speaks evil of the law and judges the law. But if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law but a judge [of the law].

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 carry on business and make a profit,"

you who do not know {what will happen tomorrow}, {what your life will be like}. For you are a smoky vapor that appears for a short time and then disappears.

Therefore, to the one who knows to do good and does not do [it], to him it is sin.

Behold, the wages that were held back by you from the workers who reap your fields cry out, and the cries of the reapers have come to the ears of the Lord of hosts.

Brothers, take [as an] example of perseverance and endurance the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord.

Behold, we consider blessed those who have endured. You have heard about the patient endurance of Job, and you saw the outcome from the Lord, that the Lord is compassionate and merciful.

And the prayer of faith will save the one who is sick, and the Lord will raise him up, and if he has committed sins {he will be forgiven}.

he should know that the one who turns a sinner back from the error of his way will save that person's soul from death, and will cover over a great number of sins.