Comment 13. The various hardships and afflictions that meet Christians in the world can produce spiritual perfection (v. 4) and lead to God’s reward (v. 12) if they are endured in faith. However, they can have a harmful effect if met with the wrong attitude. One such wrong attitude, James suggests, is to blame God for the enticement to sin that accompanies trials. The Old Testament makes clear that God does test his people, in the sense that he brings them into situations where their willingness