Greeting to the Twelve Tribes
1 James, aa bondservant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, To the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad: Greetings.
Profiting from Trials
2 My brethren, acount it all joy bwhen you fall into various trials,
3 aknowing that the testing of your faith produces1 patience.
4 But let patience have its perfect work, that you may be1 perfect and complete, lacking nothing.
5 aIf any of you lacks wisdom, blet him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach, and cit will be given to him.
6 aBut let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for he who doubts is like a wave of the sea driven and tossed by the wind.
7 For let not that man suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord;
8 he is aa double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.
The Perspective of Rich and Poor
9 Let the lowly brother glory in his exaltation,
10 but the rich in his humiliation, because aas a flower of the field he will pass away.
New King James Version®, Copyright© 1982, Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved.
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Definitions of words in James 1:3:
Faith {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Faith {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}
Patience {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}
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