You must consider it the purest joy, my brothers, when you are involved in various trials,

but you must let your endurance come to its perfect product, so that you may be fully developed and perfectly equipped, without any defects.

But he must ask in faith, without a doubt, for the man who doubts is like a wave of the sea that is whirled and swayed by the wind.

(1:7) unreliable in every step he takes, must not expect to get anything from the Lord.

No one must say, when he is tempted to do evil, "I have a temptation from God to do evil," for God cannot be tempted to do evil, and He never tempts anyone to do so.

You must avoid being misled, my dearly loved brothers.

You must understand this, my dearly loved brothers. Everyone must be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to get angry;

But if you really observe the law of the King in accordance with the Scripture, "You must love your neighbor as you do yourself," you are doing right;

For He who said, "You must not commit adultery," also said, "You must not commit murder." Now if you do not commit adultery but you do commit murder, you are just the same a lawbreaker.

You must continue talking and acting like people who are to be judged by the law that treats them as free.

You must be patient, too; you must put iron into your hearts, because the coming of the Lord is close at hand.