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JAMES
This letter is from James, a slave of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ.
I am writing to the “twelve tribes”—Jewish believers scattered abroad.
Greetings!
Dear brothers and sisters, when troubles of any kind come your way, consider it an opportunity for great joy. For you know that when your faith is
tested, your endurance has a chance to grow. So let it grow, for when your
endurance is fully developed, you will be perfect and complete, needing
nothing.
If you need wisdom, ask our generous God, and he will give it to you.
He will not rebuke you for asking. But when you ask him, be sure that
your faith is in God alone. Do not waver, for a person with divided loyalty
is as unsettled as a wave of the sea that is blown and tossed by the wind.
Such people should not expect to receive anything from the Lord. Their
loyalty is divided between God and the world, and they are unstable in
everything they do.
Believers who are poor have something to boast about, for God has honored them. And those who are rich should boast that God has humbled
them. They will fade away like a little flower in the field. The hot sun rises
and the grass withers; the little flower droops and falls, and its beauty
fades away. In the same way, the rich will fade away with all of their
achievements.
God blesses those who patiently endure testing and temptation. Afterward they will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those
who love him.
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