James 1:2-8

New King James Version

Profiting from Trials

²My brethren, ^(A)count it all joy ^(B)when you fall into various trials, ³^(C)knowing that the testing of your faith produces ^[a]patience. ⁴But let patience have its perfect work, that you may be ^[b]perfect and complete, lacking nothing. ⁵^(D)If any of you lacks wisdom, ^(E)let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach, and ^(F)it will be given to him. ⁶^(G)But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for he who doubts is like a wave of the sea driven and tossed by the wind. ⁷For let not that man suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord; ⁸he is ^(H)a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.

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James 1:3 endurance or perseverance
James 1:4 mature

James 1:12-15

New King James Version

Loving God Under Trials

¹²^(A)Blessed is the man who endures temptation; for when he has been approved, he will receive ^(B)the crown of life ^(C)which the Lord has promised to those who love Him. ¹³Let no one say when he is tempted, “I am tempted by God”; for God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does He Himself tempt anyone. ¹⁴But each one is tempted when he is drawn away by his own desires and enticed. ¹⁵Then, ^(D)when desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, ^(E)brings forth death.