5. But 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.
6. But 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;
7. then a man should not consider that he would receive anything from the Lord.
8. For a man who is of two minds is inconstant in all his ways.
9. Now a humble brother should glory in his exaltation,
10. and a rich one, in his humiliation, for he will pass away like the flower of the grass.
11. For the sun has risen with a scorching heat, and has dried the grass, and its flower has fallen off, and the appearance of its beauty has perished. So also will the rich one wither away, according to his paths.
12. Blessed 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.
13. No one should say, when he is tempted, that he was tempted by God. For God does not entice toward evils, and he himself tempts no one.
14. Yet truly, each one is tempted by his own desires, having been enticed and drawn away.
15. Thereafter, when desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin. Yet truly sin, when it has been consummated, produces death.
16. And so, do not choose to go astray, my most beloved brothers.
17. Every 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.