But, if any of you is lacking in wisdom, let him ask from God, Who giveth to all liberally, and upbraideth not; and it will be given him;

For let not that man suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord;

Be not deceived, my beloved brethren.

for man's wrath works not God's righteousness.

And become doers of the word, and not hearers only, deluding yourselves.

Because, if anyone is a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like a man beholding his natural face in a mirror;

But he who looks carefully into a perfect law??hat of liberty??nd remains by it, becoming not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work??his man shall be happy in his doing.

If anyone thinks that he is religious, while he bridles not his own tongue, but deceives his own heart, this man's religion is vain.

My brethren, hold not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ the Lord of glory, with respect of persons.

do ye not make a distinction among yourselves, and become judges with evil thoughts?

Hearken, my beloved brethren, did not God choose the poor of the world to be rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he promised to those who love Him?

But ye dishonored the poor man! Do not the rich oppress you, and do they not drag you before the judgment-seats?

Do they not blaspheme the worthy name by which ye were called?

For He Who said, "Do not commit adultery," said also, "Do not kill." Now, if you do not commit adultery, but kill, you have become a transgressor of the law.

What profit is it, my brethren, if anyone says he has faith, but has not works; can such faith save him?

and one of you say to them, "Go in peace, be warmed and filled," but ye give them not the things needful for the body, what does it profit?

Even so faith, if it have not works, is dead in itself.

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

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

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

My brethren, become not many of you teachers, knowing that we shall receive the greater judgment.

For in many things we all stumble. If anyone stumbles not in word, the same is a perfect man, able to restrain also the whole body.

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

But, if ye have bitter jealousy and contention in your heart, do not boast and lie against the truth.

This wisdom is not the wisdom that comes down from above; but is earthly, soulish, demoniacal!

Whence are wars, and whence are battles among you? Are they not hence, even of your pleasures that war in your members?

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

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

Adulteresses! know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? Whosoever, therefore, purposes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.

Speak not one against another, brethren. 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.

To him, therefore, who knows to do good, and does it not, to him it is sin.

Ye condemned, ye killed the righteous one; he does not resist you.

Murmur not against one another, brethren, that ye be not judged: behold, The Judge has taken His stand before the doors!

But above all things, my brethren, swear not, either by Heaven, or by earth, or by any other oath; but let yours be "the yes, yes," and "the no, no"; that ye fall not under condemnation.

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