James, a slave of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes who are in the Dispersion, greeting.

But, if any of you is lacking in wisdom, let him ask from God, Who giveth to all liberally, and upbraideth not; and it will be given him;

but let him ask in faith, nothing doubting; for he who doubts is like a wave of the sea, wind-driven and tossed.

Happy is a man who endures temptation; because, when he becomes approved, he will receive the crown of life, which He promised to those who love Him.

Every good gift, and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the lights, with Whom there is no variableness or shadow cast by turning.

But he who looks carefully into a perfect law??hat of liberty??nd remains by it, becoming not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work??his man shall be happy in his doing.

and ye show regard to him who is wearing the splendid apparel, and say, "Sit here in a good place"; and say to the poor man, "Stand, or sit under my footstool";

Hearken, my beloved brethren, did not God choose the poor of the world to be rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he promised to those who love Him?

For He Who said, "Do not commit adultery," said also, "Do not kill." Now, if you do not commit adultery, but kill, you have become a transgressor of the law.

So speak, and so do, as those who are about to be judged by a law of liberty.

For the judgment is without mercy to him who showed no mercy: mercy exults over judgment.

Therewith we bless the Lord and Father; and therewith we curse men, who have been made after the likeness of God.

Who is wise and intelligent among you? Let him show, by his good conduct, his works in meekness of wisdom.

One is Law-giver and Judge??e Who is able to save and to destroy; but who are you, that judge your neighbor?

Come now, ye who say, "To-day or to-morrow we will go into this city, and spend one year there, and trade, and get gain,"

(ye who, indeed, know nothing of to-morrow! what is your life? for ye are a vapor that appears for a little time, and then vanishes away);

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

Behold, the hire of the workmen who mowed down your fields, which is fraudulently kept back by you, is crying out; and the cries of those who reaped have entered into the ears of the Lord of Sabaoth.

Take, brethren, as an example of suffering and of patience, the prophets, who spake in the name of the Lord.

Behold, we pronounce those happy who endured: ye heard of the patience of Job; and ye saw the end of the Lord, that the Lord is full of pity, and merciful.

let him know that he who converted a sinner from the error of his way, will save a soul from death, and cover a multitude of sins.