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1:1  James, a slave of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ: To the 12 tribes in the Dispersion. Greetings.
1:2  Consider it a great joy, my brothers, whenever you experience various trials,
1:3  knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance.
1:4  But endurance must do its complete work, so that you may be mature and complete, lacking nothing.
1:5  Now if any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives to all generously and without criticizing, and it will be given to him.
1:6  But let him ask in faith without doubting. For the doubter is like the surging sea, driven and tossed by the wind.
1:7  That person should not expect to receive anything from the Lord.
1:8  An indecisive man is unstable in all his ways.
1:9  The brother of humble circumstances should boast in his exaltation,
1:10  but the one who is rich should boast in his humiliation because he will pass away like a flower of the field.
1:11  For the sun rises with its scorching heat and dries up the grass; its flower falls off, and its beautiful appearance is destroyed. In the same way, the rich man will wither away while pursuing his activities.
1:12  A man who endures trials is blessed, because when he passes the test he will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those who love Him.
1:13  No one undergoing a trial should say, "I am being tempted by God." For God is not tempted by evil, and He Himself doesn't tempt anyone.
1:14  But each person is tempted when he is drawn away and enticed by his own evil desires.
1:15  Then after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin, and when sin is fully grown, it gives birth to death.
1:16  Don't be deceived, my dearly loved brothers.
1:17  Every generous act and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights; with Him there is no variation or shadow cast by turning.
1:18  By His own choice, He gave us a new birth by the message of truth so that we would be the firstfruits of His creatures.
1:19  My dearly loved brothers, understand this: Everyone must be quick to hear, slow to speak, and slow to anger,
1:20  for man's anger does not accomplish God's righteousness.
1:21  Therefore, ridding yourselves of all moral filth and evil, humbly receive the implanted word, which is able to save you.
1:22  But be doers of the word and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.
1:23  Because if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man looking at his own face in a mirror.
1:24  For he looks at himself, goes away, and immediately forgets what kind of man he was.
1:25  But the one who looks intently into the perfect law of freedom and perseveres in it, and is not a forgetful hearer but one who does good works--this person will be blessed in what he does.
1:26  If anyone thinks he is religious without controlling his tongue, then his religion is useless and he deceives himself.
1:27  Pure and undefiled religion before our God and Father is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself unstained by the world.