James 1:2-12
Holman Christian Standard Bible
Trials and Maturity
2 Consider it a great joy, my brothers, whenever you experience various trials,(A) 3 knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance. 4 But endurance must do its complete work, so that you may be mature and complete, lacking nothing.
5 Now if any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives to all generously and without criticizing, and it will be given to him.(B) 6 But let him ask in faith without doubting. For the doubter is like the surging sea, driven and tossed by the wind. 7 That person should not expect to receive anything from the Lord. 8 An indecisive[a] man is unstable in all his ways.(C)
9 The brother of humble circumstances should boast in his exaltation, 10 but the one who is rich should boast in his humiliation because he will pass away like a flower of the field.(D) 11 For the sun rises with its scorching heat and dries up the grass; its flower falls off, and its beautiful appearance is destroyed. In the same way, the rich man will wither away while pursuing his activities.(E)
12 A man who endures trials[b] is blessed, because when he passes the test he will receive the crown(F) of life that God[c] has promised to those who love Him.(G)
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- James 1:8 Or A doubting, or A double-minded
- James 1:12 Lit trial, used as a collective
- James 1:12 Other mss read that the Lord
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