1. James, bondman of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are in the dispersion, greeting.
2. Count it all joy, my brethren, when ye fall into various temptations,
3. knowing that the proving of your faith works endurance.
4. But let endurance have its perfect work, that ye may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.
5. But if any one of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all freely and reproaches not, and it shall be given to him: