James 1:1-14 ▼

1 James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, To the twelve tribes in the Diaspora: Greetings.

2 Esteem it all joy, my brothers, when you? might fall into various trials,

3 knowing that the testing of your? faith produces perseverance.

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

5 Now if any of you? lacks wisdom, let him ask from God, the One giving generously to all and not reproaching, and it will be given to him.

6 But let him ask in faith, doubting nothing, for the one doubting is like a wave of the sea, being blown and being tossed by the wind.

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

8 He is a double-souled man, unstable in all his ways.

9 But let the brother of humbleness boast in his exaltation,

10 and the one who is rich in his humiliation, because he will pass away like a flower of grass.

11 For the sun rose with its burning heat and withered the grass, and its flower fell, and the beauty of its appearance perished. Thus also the rich man will fade away in his pursuits.

12 Blessed is the man who endures trial, because, having been approved, he will receive the crown of life that He promised to those loving Him.

13 Let no one being tempted say, “I am being tempted from God.” For God is unable to be tempted by evils, and He Himself tempts no one.

14 But each one is tempted, being dragged away and being enticed by his own desire.