James:1

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* James , [a ] servant of God and of the Lord Jesus , the Christ , to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad , greeting . * My brethren , count it all joy when ye fall into diverse trials , * knowing that the proving of your faith works patience , * and the patience finishes the work , that ye may be perfect and entire , not lacking in anything . * And if any of you lacks wisdom , let them ask of God (who gives abundantly to all , and without reproach ), and it shall be given them . * But ask in faith , not doubting anything . For [he ] that doubts is like the wave of the sea which is driven of the wind and is tossed from one side to another . * For let not such [a ] man think that he shall receive anything of the Lord . * The double minded man [is ] unstable in all his ways . * Let the brother of low degree rejoice in his high status ; * and he who is rich , in his low status , because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away . * For the sun is no sooner risen with a burning heat , but it withers the grass , and its flower falls , and the beautiful appearance of it perishes : so also shall the rich man fade away in his ways . * Blessed is the man that [patiently ] endures temptation : for when he is tried , he shall receive the crown of life , which the Lord has promised to those that love him . * Let no one say when he is tempted , I am tempted of God ; for God cannot be tempted with evil , neither does he tempt anyone : * But each one is tempted , when they are drawn away of their own lust and enticed . * Then when lust has conceived , it brings forth sin ; and sin , when it is finished , brings forth death . * Do not err , my beloved brethren . * Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above and comes down from the Father of lights , with whom is no variableness neither shadow of turning . * He , of his own will , has begotten us with the word of truth , that we should be the firstfruits of his creatures . * Therefore , my beloved brethren , let every man be quick to hear , slow to speak , slow to wrath ; * for the wrath of man does not work the righteousness of God . * So then , leave all uncleanness and remains of malice and receive with meekness the word ingested within you , which is able to cause your souls to be saved . * But be ye doers of the word , and not hearers only , deceiving your own selves . * For if anyone hears the word and does not put it into practice , this same is like unto the man beholding his natural face in a mirror : * For he considered himself and went his way and in one hour forgot what he was like . * But whosoever has looked [attentively ] into the perfect law of liberty and has persevered [in it ], not being a forgetful hearer , but a doer of the work , the same shall be blessed in their deed . * If anyone among you thinks to be religious and does not bridle their tongue , but deceives his own heart , his religion [is ] vain . * The pure and undefiled religion before God and the Father is this , To visit the fatherless and widows in their tribulation [and ] to keep thyself unspotted from this world .:

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