But if any one of you lacks wisdom, he should pray to God, who gives to everyone generously and does not begrudge [the person who asks], and it will be given to him.

Such a man must not expect to get anything from the Lord??8 an irresolute person like him, who is uncertain about everything he does.

because he is double-minded and undecided in all that he does [i.e., he cannot make up his mind and follow through about anything].

When he is being tempted, let no one say, "It is God who tempts me," for God cannot be tempted with evil, nor does he tempt any man.

Be sure of that, my beloved brothers. Let everyone be quick to listen, slow to talk, slow to be angry ??20 for human anger does not promote divine righteousness;

For the wrath of man does not accomplish the righteousness of God.

For if anyone is [only] a listener to the word and does not practice it, he is like a person who sees his natural face in a mirror,

But the man who looks at the flawless law that makes men free, and keeps on looking, proving himself to be, not a forgetful hearer but an actual doer of what it requires, will be blessed in what he does.

If anyone thinks he is religious, and does not bridle his tongue, but deceives himself, his religious worship is worthless.

What use is it, my brothers, for a man to say that he has faith, if he does nothing? will such a faith give him salvation?

Suppose a brother or sister does not have any clothes or daily food

and one of you says to him, "Blessings on you, keep warm, eat until you have aplenty," without giving him the things that are needed for the body, what good does it do?

So too, faith, if it does not have works [to back it up], is by itself dead [inoperative and ineffective].

Thou believest that God is one; thou doest well: the demons also believe, and shudder.

You see that a man (believer) is justified by works and not by faith alone [that is, by acts of obedience a born-again believer reveals his faith].

For we all stumble in many things. If any man does not stumble in word, this is a perfect man, able also to bridle the whole body.

So, also, the tongue is a little member, and boasts great things. Behold, how great a forest does a little fire set in a blaze.

Does the spring pour out from the same opening the sweet and the bitter?

What wise, intelligent man is there among you? Let him show by his good life that what he does is done in the humility of wisdom.

Such wisdom does not come from above but is earthly, unspiritual, demonic.

Or does it seem to you that it is for nothing that the holy Writings say, The spirit which God put into our hearts has a strong desire for us?

So when a man knows what is right but does not do it, he is guilty of sin.

You have condemned, you have murdered the righteous [person]; he does not resist you.

Does any one among you suffer evil? let him pray. Is any happy? let him sing psalms.