Now if any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives to everyone generously without a rebuke, and it will be given to him.

and a rich person in his having been humbled, because he will fade away like a wild flower.

For the sun comes up with its scorching heat and dries up the grass. The flower in it drops off, and its beauty is gone. That is how the rich person will fade away in his pursuits.

How blessed is the man who endures temptation! When he has passed the test, he will receive the victor's crown of life that God has promised to those who keep on loving him.

In accordance with his will he made us his children by the word of truth, so that we might become the most important of his creatures.

But the one who looks at the perfect law of freedom and remains committed to it thereby demonstrating that he is not a forgetful hearer but a doer of what that law requires will be blessed in what he does.

then you will have made false distinctions among yourselves and will have judged from evil motives, will you not?

But if you show partiality, you are committing sin and will be convicted by the Law as violators.

For the one who has shown no mercy will be judged without mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment.

But someone may say, "You have faith, and I have actions." Show me your faith without any actions, and I will show you my faith by my actions.

Not many of you should become teachers, my brothers, because you know that we who teach will be judged more severely than others.

Therefore, submit yourselves to God. Resist the Devil, and he will run away from you.

Come close to God, and he will come close to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.

Humble yourselves in the Lord's presence, and he will exalt you.

Now listen, you who say, "Today or tomorrow we will go to such and such a town, stay there a year, conduct business, and make money."

You do not know what tomorrow will bring. What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes.

Instead you should say, "If the Lord wants us to, we will live and do this or that."

your gold and silver are corroded, and their corrosion will be used as evidence against you and will eat your flesh like fire. You have stored up treasures in these last days.

Do not complain about each other, brothers, or you will be condemned. Look! The Judge is standing at the door!

And the prayer offered in faith will save the person who is sick. The Lord will raise him up, and if he has committed any sins, he will be forgiven.

you may be sure that whoever brings a sinner back from his wrong path will save his soul from death and cover a multitude of sins.