And if any one of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and upbraids not, and it shall be given him.

But let him ask in faith, not doubting; for he that doubts is like a wave of the sea, driven with the wind and agitated.

For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing from the Lord,

Let no tempted one say, I am tempted by God; for God is not subject to temptation by evils, and he tempts no one.

Be not deceived, my beloved brothers.

for man's anger performs not God's righteousness.

But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.

For if any one is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man perceiving his natural face in a glass;

But he that looks into the perfect law of liberty and continues in it, not being a forgetful hearer but a doer of work, he shall be blessed in his doing.

But if any one among you thinks he is religious, and bridles not his tongue, but deceives his mind, that man's religion is vain.

My brothers, have not the faith of our glorious Lord Jesus Christ with a respect of persons.

are you not condemned in yourselves and judges of evil thoughts?

Hear, my beloved brothers. Has not God chosen the poor of the world rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom which he promised to those who love him?

But you dishonor the poor. Do not the rich oppress you and drag you to tribunals?

And do they not blaspheme the good name by which you are called?

For he that said, You shall not commit adultery, said also, You shall not kill; and if you do not commit adultery, but kill, you are a transgressor of the law.

For he shall have judgment without mercy who shows not mercy; mercy rejoices over judgment.

What is the profit, my brothers, if a man says he has faith, but has not works? Can faith save him?

and one of you says to them, Go in peace, be warmed and be filled, but gives them not the necessary supplies for the body, what is the profit?

So also faith, if it has not works, is dead, being alone.

Was not Abraham our father justified by works, when he offered up Isaac his son on the altar?

You see then that a man is justified by works and not by faith only.

And in like manner also was not Rahab the harlot justified by works, when she received the messengers and sent them out another way?

BE not many of you teachers, my brothers, knowing that we shall receive a severer judgment.

For in many things we all offend; if one offends not in word he is a perfect man, able to keep in subjection also the whole body.

Out of the same mouth proceeds a blessing and a curse. My brothers, these things ought not so to be.

But if you have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, boast not and lie not against the truth.

This wisdom comes not from above, but is earthly, natural, demoniacal.

Whence come wars and contentions among you? Come they not thence, from your pleasures that war in your members?

You desire and have not; you kill, and envy, and cannot obtain; you fight and carry on war. You have not, because you do not ask;

you ask and do not receive, because you ask amiss, to expend on your pleasures.

Adulteresses, know you not that the friendship of the world is enmity against God? Whoever therefore wishes to be a friend of the world, is made an enemy of God.

Speak not one against one another, brothers. He that speaks against a brother or 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.

who know not what will be on the morrow; for what is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes away;

He therefore that knows how to do good and does it not, to him it is sin.

You have condemned and killed the just, and he does not resist you.

Complain not, brothers, against one another, that you be not judged; behold, the judge stands before the doors.

Above all things, my brothers, swear not, neither by heaven, nor the earth, nor any other oath. But let your yes be yes, and your no, no, that you may not fall under condemnation.

Elijah was a man of like passions with us, and he prayed that it might not rain, and it rained not on the land for three years and six months;