James 1:1-10 ▼

1 From: James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus, the Messiah. To: The twelve tribes in the Dispersion. Greetings.

2 Consider it pure joy, my brothers, when you are involved in various trials,

3 because you know that the testing of your faith produces endurance.

4 But you must let endurance have its full effect, so that you may be mature and complete, lacking nothing.

5 Now if any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives to everyone generously without a rebuke, and it will be given to him.

6 But he must ask in faith, without any doubts, for the one who has doubts is like a wave of the sea that is driven and tossed by the wind.

7 Such a person should not expect to receive anything from the Lord.

8 He is a double-minded man, unstable in all he undertakes.

9 A brother of humble means should rejoice in his having been exalted,

10 and a rich person in his having been humbled, because he will fade away like a wild flower.