Holy Bible - New American Standard Version(NASV)

1:1	James, a bond-servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, To the twelve tribes who are dispersed abroad: Greetings.
1:2	Consider it all joy, my brethren, when you encounter various trials,
1:3	knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance.
1:4	And let endurance have its perfect result, so that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.
1:5	But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all generously and without reproach, and it will be given to him.
1:6	But he must ask in faith without any doubting, for the one who doubts is like the surf of the sea, driven and tossed by the wind.
1:7	For that man ought not to expect that he will receive anything from the Lord,
1:8	being a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.
1:9	But the brother of humble circumstances is to glory in his high position;
1:10	and the rich man is to glory in his humiliation, because like flowering grass he will pass away.
1:11	For the sun rises with a scorching wind and withers the grass; and its flower falls off and the beauty of its appearance is destroyed; so too the rich man in the midst of his pursuits will fade away.
1:12	Blessed is a man who perseveres under trial; for once he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life which the Lord has promised to those who love Him.
1:13	Let no one say when he is tempted, "I am being tempted by God"; for God cannot be tempted by evil, and He Himself does not tempt anyone.
1:14	But each one is tempted when he is carried away and enticed by his own lust.
1:15	Then when lust has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and when sin is accomplished, it brings forth death.
1:16	Do not be deceived, my beloved brethren.
1:17	Every good thing given and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shifting shadow.
1:18	In the exercise of His will He brought us forth by the word of truth, so that we would be a kind of first fruits among His creatures.
1:19	This you know, my beloved brethren. But everyone must be quick to hear, slow to speak and slow to anger;
1:20	for the anger of man does not achieve the righteousness of God.
1:21	Therefore, putting aside all filthiness and all that remains of wickedness, in humility receive the word implanted, which is able to save your souls.
1:22	But prove yourselves doers of the word, and not merely hearers who delude themselves.
1:23	For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man who looks at his natural face in a mirror;
1:24	for once he has looked at himself and gone away, he has immediately forgotten what kind of person he was.
1:25	But one who looks intently at the perfect law, the law of liberty, and abides by it, not having become a forgetful hearer but an effectual doer, this man will be blessed in what he does.
1:26	If anyone thinks himself to be religious, and yet does not bridle his tongue but deceives his own heart, this man's religion is worthless.
1:27	Pure and undefiled religion in the sight of our God and Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their distress, and to keep oneself unstained by the world.