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
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