James:1

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* James , a bondservant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ , to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad : Greetings . * Count it all joy , my brothers , when you fall into various trials , * knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance . * But let endurance have its perfect work , that you may be mature and complete , lacking nothing . * If any of you lacks wisdom , let him ask of God , who gives to all generously and without reproach , and it shall be given to him . * But let him ask in faith , doubting nothing , for he that doubts is like a wave of the sea driven and tossed by the wind . * For let not that man suppose that he shall receive anything from the Lord ; * he is a double-minded man , unstable in all his ways . * Let the lowly brother rejoice in his exaltation , * but the rich [man ]in his humiliation , because as a flower of the field he will pass away . * For the sun arose with burning heat and withered the grass , and its flower fell off , and its beautiful appearance perished . So the rich man also shall fade away in his pursuits . * Blessed is the man who endures temptation ; because when he is approved , he shall receive the crown of life which the Lord promised to those who love Him . * Let no one say when he is tempted , "I am tempted by God "; for God cannot be tempted by evil , nor does He Himself tempt anyone . * But each [one ] is tempted by his own lusts , being drawn away and being seduced [by them ]. * Then lust , when it conceives , gives birth to sin ; and sin , when it is full-grown , brings forth death . * Do not be deceived , my beloved brothers . * Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above , and comes down from the Father of lights , with whom there is no variation or shadow of turning . * Exercising His will He begat us by the word of truth , that we might be a kind of firstfruits of His creatures . * So then , my beloved brothers , let every man be quick to hear , slow to speak , slow to anger ; * for the wrath of man does not produce the righteousness of God . * Therefore laying aside all filthiness and abundance of evil , in meekness receive the implanted word , which is able to save your souls . * But become doers of the word , and not hearers only , deceiving yourselves . * Because if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer , this [one ] is like a man observing his natural face in a mirror ; * for he observed himself and has gone away , and immediately forgot what sort of [man ] he was . * But the [one ] who looks into the perfect law of liberty and continues [in it ], and is not a forgetful hearer but a doer of the work , this one shall be blessed in what he does . * If anyone among you thinks he is religious , and does not bridle his tongue but deceiving his heart , the religion of this [man ]is useless . * Pure and undefiled religion before God and [the ] Father is this : to care for orphans and widows in their affliction , and to keep oneself unspotted from the world .

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