James 1:2-12

New American Standard Bible

^2 (A)Consider it all joy, my brothers and sisters, when you encounter ^(B)various ^[a]trials, ³ knowing that ^(C)the testing of your ^(D)faith produces ^[b](E)endurance. ⁴ And let ^[c](F)endurance have its perfect ^[d]result, so that you may be ^[e](G)perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.

⁵ But if any of you ^(H)lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all generously and ^[f]without reproach, and ^(I)it will be given to him. ⁶ But he must ^(J)ask in faith ^(K)without any doubting, for the one who doubts is like the surf of the sea, ^(L)driven and tossed by the wind. ⁷ For that person ought not to expect that he will receive anything from the Lord, ⁸ being a ^(M)[g]double-minded man, ^(N)unstable in all his ways.

^9 (O)Now the brother or sister of humble circumstances is to glory in his high position; ¹⁰ but the rich person is to glory in his ^[h]humiliation, because ^(P)like ^[i]flowering grass he will pass away. ¹¹ For the sun rises with ^(Q)its scorching heat and ^(R)withers the grass; and its flower falls off and the beauty of its appearance is destroyed; so also the rich person, in the midst of his pursuits, will die out.

^12 (S)Blessed is a man who perseveres under trial; for once he has ^[j]been approved, he will receive ^(T)the crown of life which the Lord ^(U)has promised to those who ^(V)love Him.