James 1:1-10 ▼

1 James, a slave of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, To the twelve tribes who are in the Dispersion: Greetings.

2 Consider it all joy, my brothers, when you encounter various trials,

3 knowing that the testing of your faith brings about perseverance.

4 And let perseverance have its perfect work, so that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.

5 But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all generously and without reproach, and it will be given to him.

6 But he must ask in faith, doubting nothing, for the one who doubts is like the surf of the sea, driven and tossed by the wind.

7 For that man ought not to expect that he will receive anything from the Lord,

8 being a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.

9 But the brother of humble circumstances is to boast in his high position;

10 and the rich man is to boast in his humiliation, because like flowering grass he will pass away.