From James, a slave of God and the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes dispersed abroad. Greetings!

For that person must not suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord,

All generous giving and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or the slightest hint of change.

From the same mouth come blessing and cursing. These things should not be so, my brothers and sisters.

A spring does not pour out fresh water and bitter water from the same opening, does it?

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

But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, accommodating, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial, and not hypocritical.

Where do the conflicts and where do the quarrels among you come from? Is it not from this, from your passions that battle inside you?

So submit to God. But resist the devil and he will flee from you.

Look, the pay you have held back from the workers who mowed your fields cries out against you, and the cries of the reapers have reached the ears of the Lord of hosts.

My brothers and sisters, if anyone among you wanders from the truth and someone turns him back,

he should know that the one who turns a sinner back from his wandering path will save that person's soul from death and will cover a multitude of sins.