If any of you want wisdom, let him ask of God, who giveth to all men liberally and upbraideth not, and it shall be given him.

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

Do not err, my beloved brethren. Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above,

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

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

For if any one be an hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like a man beholding his natural face in a glass.

But whoso looketh diligently into the perfect law, the law of liberty, and continueth therein, this man being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the word, this man shall be happy in his doing.

If any one be ever so religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion is vain.

My brethren, have not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory, with respect of persons. For if there come into your assembly a man with a gold ring,

Stand thou there, or, Sit thou here under my footstool, Ye distinguish not in yourselves, but are become evil-reasoning judges.

Hearken, my beloved brethren, Hath not God chosen the poor of this world, rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom, which he hath promised to them that love him?

Do not the rich oppress you and drag you to the judgment-seats? Do not they blaspheme that worthy name, by which ye are called?

For he that said, Do not commit adultery, said also, Do not kill. If then thou commit no adultery, yet if thou kill, thou art become a transgressor of the law.

What doth it profit, my brethren, tho' a man say he hath faith, and have not works?

and want daily food, And one of you say to them, Depart in peace; be ye warmed and filled, but give them not the things needful for the body, what doth it profit?

So likewise faith, if it hath not works, is dead in itself.

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

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

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

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

Out of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so to be.

But if ye have bitter zeal and strife in your hearts, do not glory and lie against the truth.

This wisdom descendeth not from above, but is earthly, animal, devilish.

From whence come wars and fightings among you? Is it not hence, from your pleasures that war in your members?

Ye desire and have not, ye kill, and envy, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war; yet ye have not, because ye ask not.

Ye ask and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may expend it on your pleasures.

Ye adulterers and adultresses, know ye not, that the friendship of the world is enmity against God? Whosoever therefore desireth to be a friend of the world, is an enemy of God.

Speak not evil one of another, brethren. He that speaketh evil of his brother and judgeth his brother, speaketh evil of the law, and judgeth the law. But if thou judgest the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge.

Who know not what shall be on the morrow; for what is your life? It is a vapour that appeareth for a little time and then vanisheth away:

Therefore to him that knoweth to do good and doeth it not, to him it is sin.

Ye have condemned, ye have killed the just: he doth not resist you.

Murmur not one against another, brethren, lest ye be condemned; behold the judge standeth before the door.

But above all things, my brethren, swear not, neither by heaven, nor by the earth, nor by any other oath; but let your yea be yea, and your nay nay, lest ye fall into condemnation.

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