1. James, a slave of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes in the dispersion, greetings.
2. Consider it all joy, my brothers, when you encounter various trials,
3. for you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance.
4. And let perseverance be perfect, so that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.
5. But if any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God who gives to all generously and ungrudgingly, and he will be given it.