and if any of you do lack wisdom, let him ask from God, who is giving to all liberally, and not reproaching, and it shall be given to him;

for let not that man suppose that he shall receive anything from the Lord --

Let no one say, being tempted -- 'From God I am tempted,' for God is not tempted of evil, and Himself doth tempt no one,

every good giving, and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the lights, with whom is no variation, or shadow of turning;

religion pure and undefiled with the God and Father is this, to look after orphans and widows in their tribulation -- unspotted to keep himself from the world.

And dost thou wish to know, O vain man, that the faith apart from the works is dead?

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

this wisdom is not descending from above, but earthly, physical, demon-like,

and the wisdom from above, first, indeed, is pure, then peaceable, gentle, easily entreated, full of kindness and good fruits, uncontentious, and unhypocritical: --

be subject, then, to God; stand up against the devil, and he will flee from you;

Brethren, if any among you may go astray from the truth, and any one may turn him back,

let him know that he who did turn back a sinner from the straying of his way shall save a soul from death, and shall cover a multitude of sins.