1. James, a slave of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes in the dispersion. Greetings!
2. Consider it all joy, my brothers, whenever you encounter various trials,
3. because you know that the testing of your faith produces endurance.
4. And let endurance have its perfect effect, so that you may be mature and complete, lacking in nothing.
5. Now if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask for it from God, who gives to all without reservation and not reproaching, and it will be given to him.
6. But let him ask for it in faith, without any doubting, for the one who doubts is like the surf of the sea, driven by the wind and tossed about.