Now if any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God—who gives to all generously and ungrudgingly—and it will be given to him.(A) But let him ask in faith without doubting.[a] For the doubter is like the surging sea, driven and tossed by the wind. That person should not expect to receive anything from the Lord, being double-minded and unstable in all his ways.[b](B)

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  1. 1:6 Or without divided loyalties
  2. 1:8 Or in all his conduct

But if any of you (A)lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all generously and [a]without reproach, and (B)it will be given to him. But he must (C)ask in faith (D)without any doubting, for the one who doubts is like the surf of the sea, (E)driven and tossed by the wind. For that person ought not to expect that he will receive anything from the Lord, being a (F)[b]double-minded man, (G)unstable in all his ways.

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  1. James 1:5 Lit does not reproach
  2. James 1:8 I.e., a chronic doubter