James 1:1-8 ▼

1 James a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the TWELVE TRIBES dispers'd thro' the world, sends greeting.

2 Consider the various tryals that surround you, my brethren, as matter of great joy; knowing this,

3 that the bringing your faith to the test, produces constancy.

4 but constancy should be brought to its perfection, that you may be entirely accomplished, without any defect.

5 If any of you is deficient in prudence, let him ask it of God, who liberally gives to all without upbraiding: and he will give it.

6 but let him be fully persuaded of the lawfulness of what he asks: for he that is diffident about that, is like the waves that fluctuate with the wind.

7 such a man must not expect any answer from the Lord.

8 a diffident man is inconstant in all his actions.