Now, if any of you lack 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, doubting not: for he that doubts, is like a wave of the sea, driven by the wind, and tossed.

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

Let no one say, when he is tempted, My temptation is from God; for God can not be tempted by evils, and he himself tempts no man.

Be not deceived, my beloved brethren;

For the wrath of man produces not the righteousness of God.

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 that looks at his natural face in a mirror:

But he that looks intently into the perfect law of liberty, and remains constant, being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, he shall be blessed in his deed.

If any one among you seems to be religious, and bridles not his tongue, but deceives his own heart, this man's religion is vain.

My brethren, do not hold the faith of our glorious Lord Jesus Christ, so as to show a partiality for persons.

are you not partial in yourselves? and do you not judge from false principles?

Hear, my be loved brethren: Has not God chosen the poor of this world, rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which God has promised to those who love him?

But you dishonor the poor man. Do not the rich oppress you, and do they not themselves drag you to the judgment-seats?

Do they not themselves revile that honorable name which is called upon you?

For he that said, Do not commit adultery, said also, Do not kill. Now, though you do not commit adultery, yet, if you kill, you are a transgresssor of law.

What profit is there, my brethren, if any one say he has faith, and have not works? Can faith save him?

and any of you say to them, Go in peace, be warmed and be filled, and yet give them not the things that are needful for the body, what does this profit them?

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

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

Do you see that a man is justified by works, and not by faith only?

Likewise, was not Rahab the harlot justified by works, when she had received the messengers, and sent them out another way?

My brethren, be not many teachers, knowing that we shall receive the greater condemnation.

For in many things we all offend. If any one offends not in word, he is a perfect man, able also to bridle the whole body.

Out of the same mouth come forth blessing and cursing. These things, my brethren, ought not so to be.

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

This wisdom comes not from above, but is earthly, animal, demoniac.

Whence come wars and strifes among you? Come they not hence, even of your passions, which war in your members?

You desire, and you have not; you kill, and are earnestly desirous of having, and yet you can not obtain; you fight and war, and yet you have not, because you ask not.

You ask, and receive not, because you ask amiss, that you may spend it on your passions.

Adulterers and adulteresses, know you not that the friend ship of the world is enmity to God? Whoever, therefore, will be a friend of the world, is an enemy of God.

Do not speak evil one of another, brethren. He that speaks evil of his brother, and judges his brother, speaks evil of the law, and judges the law: but if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law, but a judge.

and yet you know not what will take place to-morrow. For what is your life? Is it not, indeed, a vapor, that appears for a little while, and then vanishes away?

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

You have condemned and killed the Just One: and he does not set himself against you.

Indulge not in complaints against one another, brethren, lest you be condemned: behold, the judge stands before the door.

But above all things, my brethren, swear not, either by heaven, or by the earth, or with any other oath: but let your yes, be yes, and your no, be no, lest you fall into condemnation.

Elijah was a man with passions like our own; and he earnestly prayed that it might not rain; and it did not rain on the land for three years and six months.