James 1:1-7 ▼

1 James, servant of God and of our Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes of the dispersion, greetings.

2 My brothers, when you have fallen into various trials, consider everything a joy,

3 knowing that the proving of your faith exercises patience,

4 and patience brings a work to perfection, so that you may be perfect and whole, deficient in nothing.

5 But if anyone among you is in need of wisdom, let him petition God, who gives abundantly to all without reproach, and it shall be given to him.

6 But he should ask with faith, doubting nothing. For he who doubts is like a wave on the ocean, which is moved about by the wind and carried away;

7 then a man should not consider that he would receive anything from the Lord.