From www.ebible.org with slight reformatting by Martin Ward. Book 59 James 001:001 James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are in the Dispersion: Greetings. 001:002 Count it all joy, my brothers{The word for "brothers" here and where context allows may also be correctly translated "brothers and sisters" or "siblings."}, when you fall into various temptations, 001:003 knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance. 001:004 Let endurance have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing. 001:005 But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach; and it will be given to him. 001:006 But let him ask in faith, without any doubting, for he who doubts is like a wave of the sea, driven by the wind and tossed. 001:007 For let that man not think that he will receive anything from the Lord. 001:008 He is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways. 001:009 But let the brother in humble circumstances glory in his high position; 001:010 and the rich, in that he is made humble, because like the flower in the grass, he will pass away. 001:011 For the sun arises with the scorching wind, and withers the grass, and the flower in it falls, and the beauty of its appearance perishes. So also will the rich man fade away in his pursuits. 001:012 Blessed is the man 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. 001:013 Let no man say when he is tempted, "I am tempted by God," for God can't be tempted by evil, and he himself tempts no one. 001:014 But each one is tempted, when he is drawn away by his own lust, and enticed. 001:015 Then the lust, when it has conceived, bears sin; and the sin, when it is full grown, brings forth death. 001:016 Don't be deceived, my beloved brothers. 001:017 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. 001:018 Of his own will he brought us forth by the word of truth, that we should be a kind of first fruits of his creatures. 001:019 So, then, my beloved brothers, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, and slow to anger; 001:020 for the anger of man doesn't produce the righteousness of God. 001:021 Therefore, putting away all filthiness and overflowing of wickedness, receive with humility the implanted word, which is able to save your souls{or, preserve your life.}. 001:022 But be doers of the word, and not only hearers, deluding your own selves. 001:023 For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man looking at his natural face in a mirror;