But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and with no reproach, and it shall be given to him.

But let him ask in faith, doubting nothing. For he who doubts is like a wave of the sea, driven by the wind and tossed.

Blessed is the man who endures temptation, because having been approved, he will receive the crown of life which the Lord has promised to those who love Him.

Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above and comes down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness nor shadow of turning.

and if you have respect to him who has the fancy clothing and say to him, You sit here in a good place, and say to the poor, You stand there, or sit here under my footstool;

Listen, my beloved brothers, has not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom which He has promised to those who love Him?

For He who said, "Do not commit adultery," also said, "Do not murder." But if you do not commit adultery, yet if you murder, you have become a transgressor of the Law.

So speak and do as those who shall be judged by the Law of liberty.

For he who has shown no mercy shall have judgment without mercy, and mercy exults over judgment.

By this we bless God, even the Father. And by this we curse men, who have come into being according to the image of God.

Who is wise and knowing among you? Let him show his works by his good conduct with meekness of wisdom.

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

Do not speak against one another, brothers. He who speaks against his brother, and who 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.

There is one Lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy. Who are you who judges another?

who do not know of the morrow. For what is your life? For it is a vapor, which appears for a little time, and then disappears.

Therefore to him who knows to do good, and does not do it, to him it is sin.

Behold, the hire of the laborers reaping your fields cry out, being kept back by you. And the cries of those who have reaped have entered into the ears of the Lord of hosts.

My brothers, take the prophets who have spoken in the name of the Lord, for an example of suffering ill, and of patience.

Behold, we count blessed those who endure. You have heard of the patience of Job, and you have seen the end of the Lord, that the Lord is full of pity and of tender mercy.

know that he who turns back the sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul from death, and shall hide a multitude of sins.