If any one of you is deficient in wisdom, let him ask God who gives generously to everyone, and does not reproach one with it afterward, and he will give it to him.

But he must ask with faith, and without any doubt, for the man who doubts is like the billowing sea, driven and blown about by the wind.

Such a man must not expect to get anything from the Lord??8 an irresolute person like him, who is uncertain about everything he does.

but one who is rich ought to rejoice at being reduced in circumstances, for the rich will disappear like the wild flowers.

Blessed is the man who endures trial, for when he stands the test, he will be given the crown of life, which God has promised to those who love him.

Every good gift and every perfect present is from heaven, and comes down from the Father of the heavenly lights, about whom there is no variation of changing shadow.

For anyone who merely listens to the message without obeying it is like a man who looks in a mirror at the face that nature gave him,

Listen, my dear brothers. Has not God chosen the world's poor to be rich in faith, and to possess the kingdom that he promised to those who love him?

But you humiliate the poor. Are not the rich your oppressors? Is it not they who drag you into court?

Is it not they who slander the noble name you bear?

For anyone who obeys the whole of the Law but makes one single slip is guilty of breaking it all.

For he who said, "You must not commit adultery," said also, "You must not commit murder." Now if you abstain from adultery, but commit murder, you are still a violator of the Law.

You must talk and act like men who expect to be judged by the law that treats men as free.

Not many of you should become teachers, my brothers, for you know that we who teach will be judged with greater strictness.

For we all make many mistakes. Anyone who never makes a mistake in what he says has a character that is fully developed and is able to control his whole body as well.

There is only one lawgiver and judge??e who has the power to save and to destroy; who are you, to judge your neighbor?

Come now, you who say, "Today or tomorrow we are going to such and such a town, to stay a year and go into business and make money,"

Why, the wages you have withheld from the laborers who have reaped your harvests cry aloud, and the cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of Hosts.

As an example, brothers, of ill-treatment patiently endured, take the prophets, who have spoken in the name of the Lord.

Why, we call those who showed such endurance happy! You have heard of the steadfastness of Job, and you have seen what the Lord brought out of it, for the Lord is very kind and merciful.