But, if any of you is lacking in wisdom, let him ask from God, Who giveth to all liberally, and upbraideth not; and it will be given him;

but let him ask in faith, nothing doubting; for he who doubts is like a wave of the sea, wind-driven and tossed.

and the rich, in his humiliation; because, as a flower of grass, he shall pass away.

If, however, ye fulfill the royal law according to the Scripture, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself," ye do well;

but, if ye show respect to persons, ye commit sin, being convicted by the law as transgressors.

So speak, and so do, as those who are about to be judged by a law of liberty.

For as the body apart from the spirit is dead, so faith apart from works is dead.

Behold also the ships, large as they are, and driven along by fierce winds, are turned about by a very small rudder, wheresoever the impulse of the steersman wills.

And the tongue is a fire, the world of iniquity! the tongue is placed among our members, as that which defiles the whole body, and sets on fire the course of life, and is set on fire by Hell.

Ye desire, and have not; ye kill, and envy, and cannot obtain; ye fight, and war; ye have not, because ye ask not.

Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may spend it on your pleasures.

Your gold and silver are covered with rust, and their rust will be for a witness against you, and will eat your flesh, as fire. Ye laid up treasures in the last days!

Take, brethren, as an example of suffering and of patience, the prophets, who spake in the name of the Lord.