But if any man among you is without wisdom, let him make his request to God, who gives freely to all without an unkind word, and it will be given to him.

Let it not seem to such a man that he will get anything from the Lord;

But the man of wealth, that he is made low; because like the flower of the grass he will come to his end.

There is a blessing on the man who undergoes testing; because, if he has God's approval, he will be given the crown of life, which the Lord has said he will give to those who have love for him.

But he who goes on looking into the true law which makes him free, being not a hearer without memory but a doer putting it into effect, this man will have a blessing on his acts.

Give ear, my dear brothers; are not those who are poor in the things of this world marked out by God to have faith as their wealth, and for their heritage the kingdom which he has said he will give to those who have love for him?

For the man who has had no mercy will be judged without mercy, but mercy takes pride in overcoming judging.

What use is it, my brothers, for a man to say that he has faith, if he does nothing? will such a faith give him salvation?

But a man may say, You have faith and I have works; let me see your faith without your works, and I will make my faith clear to you by my works.

Do not all be teachers, my brothers, because we teachers will be judged more hardly than others.

For this cause be ruled by God; but make war on the Evil One and he will be put to flight before you.

Come near to God and he will come near to you. Make your hands clean, you evil-doers; put away deceit from your hearts, you false in mind.

Make yourselves low in the eyes of the Lord and you will be lifted up by him.

How foolish it is to say, Today or tomorrow we will go into this town, and be there for a year and do business there and get wealth:

When you are not certain what will take place tomorrow. What is your life? It is a mist, which is seen for a little time and then is gone.

But the right thing to say would be, If it is the Lord's pleasure and if we are still living, we will do this and that.

Your gold and your silver are wasted and their waste will be a witness against you, burning into your flesh. You have put by your store in the last days.

Say no hard things against one another, brothers, so that you will not be judged; see, the judge is waiting at the doors.

And by the prayer of faith the man who is ill will be made well, and he will be lifted up by the Lord, and for any sin which he has done he will have forgiveness.