James 1:1-10 ▼

1 James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes who are in the dispersion: Greetings!

2 Count [it] all joy, my brothers, when you may fall into manifold temptations,

3 knowing that the proof of your faith works endurance,

4 and let the endurance have a perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.

5 And if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask from God, who is giving to all generously, and not reproaching, and it will be given to him;

6 but let him ask in faith, doubting nothing, for he who is doubting has been like a wave of the sea, driven by wind and tossed;

7 for do not let that man suppose that he will receive anything from the LORD—

8 a soul-split man [is] unstable in all his ways.

9 And let the brother who is low rejoice in his exaltation,

10 but the rich in his becoming low, because he will pass away as a flower of grass;