James 1 English Standard Version (ESV)
Greeting
1 James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ,
To the twelve tribes in the Dispersion:
Greetings.
Testing of Your Faith
2 Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds,
3 for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness.
4 And let steadfastness have its full effect, that
you may be perfect and complete, lacking in
nothing.
5 If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God,
who gives generously to all without reproach,
and it will be given him.
6 But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for
the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea
that is driven and tossed by the wind.
7 For that person must not suppose that he
will receive anything from the Lord;
8 he is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.
9 Let the lowly brother boast in his exaltation, 10 and the rich in his humiliation, because like a flower of the grass[c] he will pass away. 11 For the sun rises with its scorching heat and withers the grass; its flower falls, and its beauty perishes. So also will the rich man fade away in the midst of his pursuits.