James 1:1–12

^*aJames, ^ba servant of God and ^cof the Lord Jesus Christ, to ^dthe twelve tribes ^ewhich are scattered abroad, greeting.

²My brethren, ^fcount it all joy when ye fall into ^gdivers temptations; ³Knowing this, that ^hthe trying of your faith ⁱworketh ^kpatience. ⁴But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be ^lperfect and entire, wanting nothing. ^5mIf any of you lack wisdom, ⁿlet him ask ^oof God, that giveth to all men ^pliberally, and ^qupbraideth not; and ⁿit shall be given him. ⁶But ^rlet him ask in faith, ^snothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like ^ta wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed. ⁷For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord. ^8uA double minded man is ^vunstable in all his ways. ⁹Let the brother of low degree ^||rejoice ^win that he is exalted: ¹⁰But the rich, ^xin that he is made low: because ^yas the flower of the grass ^zhe shall pass away. ¹¹For the sun is no sooner risen with ^aa burning heat, but ^bit withereth the grass, and the flower thereof falleth, and the grace of the fashion of it perisheth: so also shall the rich man fade away in his ways. ^12cBlessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is ^dtried, he shall receive ^ethe crown of life, ^fwhich the Lord hath promised to them that love him.