James, a slave of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, sends greetings to the twelve tribes that are scattered over the world.

for you surely know that what is genuine in your faith produces the patient mind that endures;

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.

In accordance with His will He made us His children by the message of truth, that we might be a kind of first fruits among His creatures.

for a man's anger does not produce the uprightness that God requires.

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.

A religious worship that is pure and stainless in the sight of God the Father is this: To look after orphans and widows in their trouble, and to keep one's own self unstained by the world.

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

My brothers, what good is there in a man's saying that he has faith, if he has no good deeds to prove it? Such faith cannot save him, can it?

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?

Do you believe in one God? Very well; the demons, too, believe that, and shudder.

But, O senseless man, are you willing to learn that faith without good deeds is worthless?

You see that faith cooperated with his good deeds, and by his good deeds faith was made complete;

You see that a man is shown to be upright by his good deeds, and not merely by his faith.

Many of you, my brothers, should avoid becoming teachers, because you know that we teachers are going to be judged with stricter judgment than other people.

Who among you is wise and intelligent? Let him show by his noble living that his good deeds are done in humility, which wisdom prompts.

This is not the kind of wisdom that comes down from above; no, it is earthly, human, demoniacal.

The wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, willing to yield, full of compassion and good deeds, free from doubts and insincerity.

You faithless wives! Do you not know that the friendship of the world means enmity with God? So whoever wants to be a friend to the world puts himself down as an enemy to God.

Or, do you think that the Scripture means nothing when it says, "He jealously yearns for the Spirit that He causes to dwell in your hearts"?

There is but one Lawgiver and Judge, the One who has the power to save and to destroy; then who are you that you presume to judge your brother?

Instead, you ought to say, "If the Lord is willing, we shall live and do this or that."

Come now, you rich people, weep aloud and howl over the miseries that are sure to overtake you.

See, the wages that you have kept back from the laborers who reaped your fields are crying aloud, and the cries of the reapers have reached the ears of the Lord of hosts.

and the prayer that is offered in faith will save the sick man; the Lord will raise him to health, and if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven.

So practice confessing your sins to one another, and praying for one another, that you may be cured. An upright man's prayer, when it keeps at work, is very powerful.

you may be sure that whoever brings a sinner back from his evil ways will save the man's soul from death, and cover up a multitude of sins.