James 1:1-11 ▼

1 JAMES, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are dispersed, greeting.

2 My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into various trials;

3 knowing that the proof of your faith produceth patience.

4 But let patience have its work perfected, that ye may be perfect and complete, deficient in nothing.

5 But if any man of you be deficient in wisdom, let him ask it of God, who giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not and it shall be given him.

6 But let him ask in faith, harbouring no doubt: for he who is doubtful is like a wave of the sea, driven by the wind, and in constant agitation.

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

8 A double-minded man is unsteady in all his ways.

9 Let the brother low in station rejoice in his elevation:

10 but the rich, in his abasement: for as the flower of grass he shall pass away.

11 For the sun arose with fervour, and burnt up the grass, and the flower of it fell off, and the beauty of its appearance was lost: just so the rich man in his course of life shall wither away.