But let patience have its work perfected, that you may be perfect and faultless, wanting in nothing.

Now, if any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally, and upbraids not; and it shall be given him.

But let him ask in faith, doubting not: for he that doubts, is like a wave of the sea, driven by the wind, and tossed.

Let no one say, when he is tempted, My temptation is from God; for God can not be tempted by evils, and he himself tempts no man.

But every one is tempted when he is drawn away by his own desire, and is deluded.

Be not deceived, my beloved brethren;

Of his own will, he begot us with the word of truth, in order that we might be, as it were, the first-fruits of his creatures.

So, then, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath.

Wherefore, laying aside all filthiness, and every excess caused by malice, receive with meekness the ingrafted word, which is able to save your souls.

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

But he that looks intently into the perfect law of liberty, and remains constant, being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, he shall be blessed in his deed.

If any one among you seems to be religious, and bridles not his tongue, but deceives his own heart, this man's religion is vain.

Hear, my be loved brethren: Has not God chosen the poor of this world, rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which God has promised to those who love him?

But if you show partiality for persons, you work sin, and are convicted by the law as transgressors.

So speak, and so act, as those who shall be judged by the law of liberty.

If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food,

and any of you say to them, Go in peace, be warmed and be filled, and yet give them not the things that are needful for the body, what does this profit them?

So, also, faith, if it has not works, is dead, being by itself.

But some one will say, You have faith, and I have works; show me your faith by your works, and I will show you my faith by my works.

Was not Abraham our father justified by works, when he offered his son Isaac on the altar?

Do you see that faith was the moving principle in his works, and by works his faith was made perfect?

Do you see that a man is justified by works, and not by faith only?

Likewise, was not Rahab the harlot justified by works, when she had received the messengers, and sent them out another way?

My brethren, be not many teachers, knowing that we shall receive the greater condemnation.

Behold also the ships, which are very great, and are driven by violent winds; yet they are turned about by a very small helm, to whatever point the will of him that directs it may determine.

And the tongue is a fire, the world of iniquity. So is the tongue placed among our members, defiling the whole body, setting on fire the course of life, and being set on fire by hell.

For every kind of beasts and of birds, of creeping things and of things in the sea, is tamed, and has been tamed by man:

Out of the same mouth come forth blessing and cursing. These things, my brethren, ought not so to be.

Who is wise and discreet among you? Let him show, by a good behavior, his works, with the meekness of wisdom.

But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, easy to be entreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.

Adulterers and adulteresses, know you not that the friend ship of the world is enmity to God? Whoever, therefore, will be a friend of the world, is an enemy of God.

Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to sorrow.

your gold and your silver are covered with rust; and their rust will be a testimony against you, and will eat your flesh as fire. You have heaped up treasures in the last days.

Behold, the hire of the laborers who have reaped your fields, which has been unjustly withheld by you, cries out: and the cries of those who have reaped, have entered into the ears of the Lord of hosts.

Be patient, therefore, brethren, till the coming of the Lord. Behold, the farmer looks for the precious fruit of the earth, and waits patiently for it, till he receives the early and the latter rain.

Be you also patient, establish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord draws near.

Indulge not in complaints against one another, brethren, lest you be condemned: behold, the judge stands before the door.

But above all things, my brethren, swear not, either by heaven, or by the earth, or with any other oath: but let your yes, be yes, and your no, be no, lest you fall into condemnation.

And the prayer of faith shall save the sick; and the Lord will raise him up. And if he has committed sins, they shall be forgiven him.

Confess your faults one to another, and pray for one another, that you may be restored to health: the fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much.