every good and perfect gift
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17Every excellent gift and every perfect gift is from above, descending from the Father of lights, with whom there is no change, nor any shadow of alteration.
6For I am the Lord, and I do not change. And you, the sons of Jacob, have not been consumed.
1James, servant of God and of our Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes of the dispersion, greetings. 2My brothers, when you have fallen into various trials, consider everything a joy, 3knowing that the proving of your faith exercises patience, 4and patience brings a work to perfection, so that you may be perfect and whole, deficient in nothing. 5But if anyone among you is in need of wisdom, let him petition God, who gives abundantly to all without reproach, and it shall be given to him. 6But he should ask with faith, doubting nothing. For he who doubts is like a wave on the ocean, which is moved about by the wind and carried away;
27John responded and said: “A man is not able to receive anything, unless it has been given to him from heaven.
13For so will the Lord give goodness, and our earth will give her fruit.
22He reveals deep and hidden things, and he knows what has been established in darkness. And the light is with him.
19God is not like a man, so that he would lie, nor is he like a son of man, so that he would be changed. Therefore, having spoken, will he not act? Has he ever spoken, and not fulfilled?
5And this is the announcement which we have heard from him, and which we announce to you: that God is light, and in him there is no darkness.
15For this is not wisdom, descending from above, but rather it is earthly, beastly, and diabolical.
8the sun to rule the day, for his mercy is eternal:
1My brothers, within the glorious faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, do not choose to show favoritism toward persons. 2For if a man has entered your assembly having a gold ring and splendid apparel, and if a poor man has also entered, in dirty clothing, 3and if you are then attentive to the one who is clothed in excellent apparel, so that you say to him, “You may sit in this good place,” but you say to the poor man, “You stand over there,” or, “Sit below my footstool,” 4are you not judging within yourselves, and have you not become judges with unjust thoughts? 5My most beloved brothers, listen. Has not God chosen the poor in this world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom that God has promised to those who love him? 6But you have dishonored the poor. Are not the rich the ones who oppress you through power? And are not they the ones who drag you to judgment?
28Yet you are ever yourself, and your years will not decline.
28And we know that, for those who love God, all things work together unto good, for those who, in accordance with his purpose, are called to be saints.
1May fraternal charity remain in you. 2And do not be willing to forget hospitality. For by it, certain persons, without realizing it, have received Angels as guests. 3Remember those who are prisoners, just as if you were imprisoned with them, and those who endure hardships, just as if you were in their place. 4May marriage be honorable in every way, and may the marriage bed be immaculate. For God will judge fornicators and adulterers. 5Let your behavior be without avarice; be content with what you are offered. For he himself has said, “I will not abandon you, and I will not neglect you.” 6So then, we may confidently say, “The Lord is my helper. I will not fear what man can do to me.”
17But within the wisdom that is from above, certainly, chastity is first, and next peacefulness, meekness, openness, consenting to what is good, a plenitude of mercy and good fruits, not judging, without falseness.
4Truly, there are diverse graces, but the same Spirit.
18For by his own will he produced us through the Word of truth, so that we might be a kind of beginning among his creatures.
7For what distinguishes you from another? And what do you have that you have not received? But if you have received it, why do you glory, as if you had not received it?
11Therefore, if you, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your sons, how much more will your Father, who is in heaven, give good things to those who ask him?
5But if anyone among you is in need of wisdom, let him petition God, who gives abundantly to all without reproach, and it shall be given to him.