If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all generously and without reproach, and it will be given to him.

But he must ask in faith, with no doubting, for he who doubts is like a wave of the sea that is driven and tossed by the wind.

Blessed is the man who perseveres under trial, for when he has stood the test, he will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those who love him.

Every good thing given and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shifting shadow.

But prove yourselves doers of the word, and not merely hearers who deceive themselves.

For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man who looks at his natural face in a mirror;

But one who looks intently into the perfect law, the law of liberty, and abides by it, not having become a forgetful hearer but a doer that acts, this man will be blessed in what he does.

and you pay special attention to the one who is wearing the fine clothes and say, "Have a seat here in a good place," and you say to the poor man, "You stand there," or, "Sit by my feet,"

Listen, my beloved brethren: has not God chosen those who are poor in the world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom which he has promised to those who love him?

But you have dishonored the poor man. Is it not the rich who oppress you? Is it not they who drag you into court?

Is it not they who blaspheme the honorable name by which you have been called?

For he who said, "Do not commit adultery," said also, "Do not murder." If you do not commit adultery but do commit murder, you have become a transgressor of the law.

So speak and so act as those who are to be judged by the law of liberty.

For judgment will be without mercy to one who has shown no mercy; mercy triumphs over judgment.

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

With it we bless our Lord and Father, and with it we curse men, who have been made in the likeness of God.

Who is wise and understanding among you? By his good life let him show his deeds in the humility of wisdom.

And the harvest of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace.

Do not speak against one another, brethren. He who speaks against a brother or judges his brother, speaks against the law and judges the law. But if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law but a judge of it.

There is only one Lawgiver and Judge, the one who is able to save and destroy. But youwho are you to judge your neighbor?

Come now, you who say, "Today or tomorrow we will go to such and such a city, and spend a year there and engage in business and make a profit."

Therefore, to one who knows the right thing to do and does not do it, to him it is sin.

Behold, the wages of the laborers who mowed your fields, which you kept back by fraud, cry out against you; and the cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of hosts.

As an example, brethren, of suffering and patience, take the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord.

Behold, we call those blessed who endured. You have heard of the endurance of Job, and you have seen the purpose of the Lord, how the Lord is full of compassion and mercy.