Let it be all joy to you, my brothers, when you undergo tests of every sort;

But let patience have it's perfect work,

And let patience have its perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, lacking in nothing.

But if any of you lacketh wisdom, let him ask of God, who giveth to all liberally and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.

But let him ask in faith, nothing doubting: for he that doubteth is like the surge of the sea driven by the wind and tossed.

For let not that man think that he shall receive anything of the Lord;

But let the brother of low degree glory in his high estate:

let the rich be humbled by his instability: for he is as transitory as a flower in the field.

Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God; for God cannot be tempted with evil, and he himself tempteth no man:

Of his own choice he produced us by the word of truth, that we might be a sort of first fruit of his creatures.??19 Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath.

Ye know this , my beloved brethren. But let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:

So strip yourselves of everything that soils you, and of every evil growth, and in a humble spirit let the message that has the power to save your souls be planted in your hearts.

If a man seems to have religion and has no control over his tongue but lets himself be tricked by what is false, this man's religion is of no value.

My brethren, let not your christian profession be accompanied with partiality.

Let your words and your acts be those of men who are to be judged by the law which makes free.

But a man may say, You have faith and I have works; let me see your faith without your works, and I will make my faith clear to you by my works.

And in the same way, was not the righteousness of Rahab, the loose woman, judged by her works, when she took into her house those who were sent and let them go out by another way?

Let not many of you become teachers, my brethren, for you know that we who teach will be judged with greater strictness.

Who is wise and understanding among you? let him show by his good life his works in meekness of wisdom.

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

Go to now, ye that say, "Today and tomorrow let us go into such a city and continue there a year and buy, and sell, and win,"

For that, ye ought to say, "If the Lord will, and if we live, let us do this or that."

COME now, ye rich men, let your tears run down, howling over your miseries which are coming upon you.

Be as calm in your waiting; let your hearts be strong: because the coming of the Lord is near.

let the prophets, my brethren, who were commission'd by the Lord, be your examples; suffer persecution with constancy like them.

But above all things, my brethren, swear not, neither by the heaven, nor by the earth, nor by any other oath: but let your yea be yea, and your nay, nay; that ye fall not under judgment.

Is any among you suffering? Let him pray. Is any cheerful? Let him sing praise.

Is any among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord:

let him know, that he who converteth a sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul from death, and shall cover a multitude of sins.