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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;
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?
16Therefore, confess your sins to one another, and pray for one another, so that you may be saved. For the unremitting prayer of a just person prevails over many things.
13Is any of you sad? Let him pray. Is he even-tempered? Let him sing psalms.
1James, servant of God and of our Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes of the dispersion, greetings.
7Therefore, be subject to God. But resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
27This is religion, clean and undefiled before God the Father: to visit orphans and widows in their tribulations, and to keep yourself immaculate, apart from this age.
19But I saw none of the other Apostles, except James, the brother of the Lord.
12Blessed is the man who suffers temptation. For when he has been proven, he shall receive the crown of life which God has promised to those who love him.
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.”
2My brothers, when you have fallen into various trials, consider everything a joy,
13And after they had been silent, James responded by saying: “Noble brothers, listen to me.
7Next, he was seen by James, then by all the Apostles.
25But he who gazes upon the perfect law of liberty, and who remains in it, is not a forgetful hearer, but instead a doer of the work. He shall be blessed in what he does.
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.