But if anyone is deficient in wisdom, he should ask God, who gives to all generously and without reprimand, and it will be given to him.

But he must ask in faith without doubting, for the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed around by the wind.

But if you fulfill the royal law as expressed in this scripture, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself," you are doing well.

But if you show prejudice, you are committing sin and are convicted by the law as violators.

Speak and act as those who will be judged by a law that gives freedom.

For just as the body without the spirit is dead, so also faith without works is dead.

For we all stumble in many ways. If someone does not stumble in what he says, he is a perfect individual, able to control the entire body as well.

You desire and you do not have; you murder and envy and you cannot obtain; you quarrel and fight. You do not have because you do not ask;

you ask and do not receive because you ask wrongly, so you can spend it on your passions.

But as it is, you boast in your arrogance. All such boasting is evil.

As an example of suffering and patience, brothers and sisters, take the prophets who spoke in the Lord's name.

Think of how we regard as blessed those who have endured. You have heard of Job's endurance and you have seen the Lord's purpose, that the Lord is full of compassion and mercy.