James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are in the Dispersion: greetings.
Count it all joy, my brothers, when you fall into various temptations, knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance.
But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach.
Blessed is a person who endures temptation, for when he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life, which the Lord promised to those who love him.
Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom can be no variation, nor turning shadow.
Let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, and slow to anger.
But be doers of the word, and not only hearers, deluding your own selves.
Pure religion and undefiled before our God and Father is this: to visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained by the world.