1James, a slave of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ: To the 12 tribes in the Dispersion. Greetings.G2385G1401G2316G2532G2962G2424G5547G1427G5443G1722G1290G5463
Trials and Maturity
2Consider it a great joy, my brothers, whenever you experience various trials,G3450G80G2233G3956G5479G3752G4045G4164G39863knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance.G1097G3754G1383G5216G4102G2716G52814But endurance must do its complete work, so that you may be mature and complete, lacking nothing.G1161G2192G5281G2192G5046G2041G2443G5600G5046G2532G3648G3007G1722G33675Now 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.G1161G1536G5216G3007G4678G154G3844G2316G1325G3956G574G2532G3679G3361G2532G1325G8466But let him ask in faith without doubting. For the doubter is like the surging sea, driven and tossed by the wind.G1161G154G1722G4102G3367G1252G1063G1252G1503G2830G2281G416G2532G44947That person should not expect to receive anything from the Lord.G1063G3633G3361G1565G444G3633G3754G2983G5100G3844G29628An indecisive man is unstable in all his ways.G1374G435G182G1722G3956G846G35989The brother of humble circumstances should boast in his exaltation;G1161G2744G80G5011G2744G1722G846G531110but the one who is rich [should boast] in his humiliation, because he will pass away like a flower of the field.G1161G4145G1722G846G5014G3754G5613G438G5528G392811For 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.G1063G2246G393G4862G2742G2532G3583G5528G2532G438G846G1601G2532G2143G4383G846G622G3779G2532G3133G4145G3133G1722G846G419712Blessed is a man who endures trials, because when he passes the test he will receive the crown of life that He has promised to those who love Him.G3107G435G3739G5278G3986G3754G1384G1096G2983G4735G2222G3739G2962G1861G25G84613No 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.G3004G3367G3004G3985G3754G3985G575G2316G1063G2316G551G2076G2556G1161G3985G846G3985G376214But each person is tempted when he is drawn away and enticed by his own evil desires.G1161G1538G3985G1828G5259G2398G1939G2532G118515Then after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin, and when sin is fully grown, it gives birth to death.G1534G1939G4815G5088G266G1161G266G658G616G228816Don't be deceived, my dearly loved brothers.G4105G3361G4105G3450G27G8017Every 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.G3956G18G1394G2532G3956G5046G1434G2076G509G2597G575G3962G5457G3844G3739G1762G3756G3883G2228G644G515718By His own choice, He gave us a new birth by the message of truth so that we would be the firstfruits of His creatures.G1014G616G2248G3056G225G1519G2248G1511G5100G536G846G2938
Hearing and Doing the Word
19My dearly loved brothers, understand this: everyone must be quick to hear, slow to speak, and slow to anger,G5620G3450G27G80G2077G3956G444G2077G5036G1519G191G1021G1519G2980G1021G1519G370920for man's anger does not accomplish God's righteousness.G1063G3709G435G2716G3756G1343G231621Therefore, ridding yourselves of all moral filth and evil excess, humbly receive the implanted word, which is able to save you.G1352G659G3956G4507G2532G4050G2549G1209G1722G4240G1721G3056G3588G1410G4982G5216G559022But be doers of the word and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.G1161G1096G4163G3056G2532G3361G202G3440G3884G143823Because 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;G3754G1536G2076G202G3056G2532G3756G4163G3778G1503G435G2657G846G1078G4383G1722G207224for he looks at himself, goes away, and right away forgets what kind of man he was.G1063G2657G1438G2532G565G2532G2112G1950G3697G225825But the one who looks intently into the perfect law of freedom and perseveres in it, and is not a forgetful hearer but a doer who acts— this person will be blessed in what he does.G1161G3879G1519G5046G3551G1657G2532G3887G3778G1096G3756G1953G202G235G4163G2041G3778G2071G3107G1722G846G416226If anyone thinks he is religious, without controlling his tongue but deceiving his heart, his religion is useless.G1536G1722G5213G1380G1511G2357G5468G3361G846G1100G235G538G846G2588G5127G2356G315227Pure 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.G2513G2356G2532G283G3844G2316G2532G3962G2076G3778G1980G3737G2532G5503G1722G846G2347G5083G1438G784G575G2889
Prayer Tents is a Christian mission organization that serves Christians around the world and their local bodies to make disciples ("evangelize") more effectively in their communities. Prayer Tents provides resources to enable Christians to form discipleship-focused small groups and make their gatherings known so that other "interested" people may participate and experience Christ in their midst. Our Vision is to make disciples in all nations through the local churches so that anyone seeking God can come to know Him through relationships with other Christians near them.
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