²Consider it a great joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you experience various trials,^f ³because you know that the testing of your faith produces endurance. ⁴And let endurance have its full effect, so that you may be mature and complete, lacking nothing.

⁵Now if any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God—who gives to all generously and ungrudgingly—and it will be given to him.^g ⁶But let him ask in faith without doubting.^B For the doubter is like the surging sea, driven and tossed by the wind. ⁷That person should not expect to receive anything from the Lord, ⁸being double-minded and unstable in all his ways.^C^h

⁹Let the brother of humble circumstances boast in his exaltation, ¹⁰but let the rich boast in his humiliation because he will pass away like a flower of the field.ⁱ ¹¹For the sun rises and, together with the scorching wind, dries up the grass; its flower falls off, and its beautiful appearance perishes. In the same way, the rich person will wither away while pursuing his activities.^j

¹²Blessed is the one who endures trials, because when he has stood the test he will receive the crown^k of life that God^D has promised to those who love him.^l

Read in Logos

James 1:12: Blessed is the man who remains steadfast under trial, for when he has stood the test he will receive the crown of life, which God has promised to those who love him.

Footnotes

A diaspora; Jewish people scattered throughout Gentile lands
BOr without divided loyalties
COr in all his conduct
DOther read that the Lord

Cross references

a Mt 13:55; Mk 6:3; Ac 12:17; 15:13; 21:18; Gl 1:19; 2:9,12; Jd 1
b Ac 16:17; Rm 1:1; Eph 6:6; Jms 1:1; 1Pt 2:16; Rv 1:1
c Gn 49:28; Ex 24:4; Ezk 47:13; Mt 19:28; Ac 26:7; Rv 21:12
d Jn 7:35; 1Pt 1:1
e Ti 1:1
f Mt 5:12; 1Pt 1:6
g 1Kg 3:9; Pr 2:3–6; Mt 7:7
h Jms 4:8; 2Pt 2:14
i 1Co 7:31; 1Pt 1:24
j Ps 102:4,11; Is 40:7
k 1Co 9:25; 2Tm 4:8; 1Pt 5:4; Rv 2:10; 3:11
l Mt 10:22; Jms 2:5