Consider it a great joy, my brothers, whenever you experience various trials,

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.

Every generous act and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights; with Him there is no variation or shadow cast by turning.

Pure and undefiled religion before our God and Father is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself unstained by the world.

But be doers of the word and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.

My dearly loved brothers, understand this: Everyone must be quick to hear, slow to speak, and slow to anger,

No one undergoing a trial should say, “I am being tempted by God.” For God is not tempted by evil, and He Himself doesn’t tempt anyone.

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.

That person should not expect to receive anything from the Lord.

For the sun rises with its scorching heat and dries up the grass; its flower falls off, and its beautiful appearance is destroyed. In the same way, the rich man will wither away while pursuing his activities.

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

James, a slave of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ:

To the 12 tribes in the Dispersion.

Greetings.

But each person is tempted when he is drawn away and enticed by his own evil desires.

By His own choice, He gave us a new birth by the message of truth so that we would be the firstfruits of His creatures.

Therefore, ridding yourselves of all moral filth and evil, humbly receive the implanted word, which is able to save you.

But let him ask in faith without doubting. For the doubter is like the surging sea, driven and tossed by the wind.

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.

If anyone thinks he is religious without controlling his tongue, then his religion is useless and he deceives himself.

Then after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin, and when sin is fully grown, it gives birth to death.

knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance.

For he looks at himself, goes away, and immediately forgets what kind of man he was.

Because if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man looking at his own face in a mirror.

But endurance must do its complete work, so that you may be mature and complete, lacking nothing.

The brother of humble circumstances should boast in his exaltation,

An indecisive man is unstable in all his ways.

Don’t be deceived, my dearly loved brothers.

for man’s anger does not accomplish God’s righteousness.