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Greeting

James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, sends greetings to the twelve tribes scattered throughout the nations.

Patience and Wisdom

Consider yourselves fortunate, my brothers and sisters, when you face all kinds of trials,

for you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance. 

Let your perseverance be perfected through your actions, so that you may become perfect and blameless, lacking in nothing. 

If any of you lacks wisdom, ask God, who gives to everyone generously and unconditionally, and he will be given it. 

But ask with faith, not doubting, because the one who doubts is like a wave tossed by the wind on the sea. 

Such a person should not expect anything from the Lord 

because the doubter has two minds and his conduct will always be uncertain.

Poor and Rich

Let the believer who is poor, boast in being uplifted,

and let the rich boast in being humbled, because he will pass away like the flower of the field. 

The sun rises, and its heat dries the grass; the flower withers and its beauty vanishes. So, too, will the rich person fade away even in the midst of his pursuits.