James:1:2-18
tcent@James:1:2 @ Consider it all joy, my brethren, when you encounter various trials,
tcent@James:1:3 @ for you know that the testing of your faith produces endurance.
tcent@James:1:4 @ And let endurance have its perfect result, so that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.
tcent@James:1:5 @ If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all generously and without reproach, and it will be given to him.
tcent@James:1:6 @ But he must ask in faith, with no doubting, for he who doubts is like a wave of the sea that is driven and tossed by the wind.
tcent@James:1:7 @ For that man ought not to expect that he will receive anything from the Lord,
tcent@James:1:8 @ being a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.
tcent@James:1:9 @ But the brother of humble circumstances is to glory in his high position;
tcent@James:1:10 @ and the rich man is to glory in his humiliation, because like the flower of the grass he will pass away.
tcent@James:1:11 @ For the sun rises with its scorching heat and withers the grass; its flower falls and its beauty is destroyed. So will the rich man fade away in the midst of his pursuits.
tcent@James:1:12 @ Blessed is the man who perseveres under trial, for when he has stood the test, he will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those who love him.
tcent@James:1:13 @ Let no one say when he is tempted, »I am being tempted by God«; for God cannot be tempted by evil, and he himself does not tempt anyone.
tcent@James:1:14 @ But each one is tempted when he is carried away and enticed by his own desire.
tcent@James:1:15 @ Then when desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and when sin is full-grown, it brings forth death.
tcent@James:1:16 @ Do not be deceived, my beloved brethren.
tcent@James:1:17 @ Every good thing given and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shifting shadow.
tcent@James:1:18 @ Of his own will he brought us forth by the word of truth, that we should be a kind of first fruits of his creatures.
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