1. James, of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ a servant, to the Twelve Tribes who are in the dispersion: Hail!
2. All joy count [it], my brethren, when ye may fall into temptations manifold;
3. knowing that the proof of your faith doth work endurance,
4. and let the endurance have a perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire--in nothing lacking;
5. and if any of you do lack wisdom, let him ask from God, who is giving to all liberally, and not reproaching, and it shall be given to him;
6. and let him ask in faith, nothing doubting, for he who is doubting hath been like a wave of the sea, driven by wind and tossed,
7. for let not that man suppose that he shall receive anything from the Lord--
8. a two-souled man [is] unstable in all his ways.