JAMES, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are dispersed, greeting.

are you not thus partial among yourselves, and form your decision from bad reasonings?

Do they not blaspheme that honourable name by which ye are called?

but if ye have respect of persons, ye commit sin, and are convicted by the law as transgressors.

Behold also the ships, though so great, and driven by tempestuous winds, are turned about by the smallest rudder, whithersoever the inclination of the pilot pleaseth.

But the fruit of righteousness in peace is sown for those who are peacemakers.

Ye eagerly covet, yet have not: ye murder, and are envious, yet cannot obtain [your object]; ye wage war, but have not, because ye pray not.

Instead of your saying, If the Lord pleases, and we are alive, then we will do this or that thing.

COME now, ye rich men, let your tears run down, howling over your miseries which are coming upon you.

Your wealth is corrupted, and your robes are moth-eaten.

Behold, the wages of the workmen who have mowed down your fields, which is kept back by you from them, crieth out: and the loud moans of the reapers are entered into the ears of the Lord of Sabaoth.