Be faithful until death and I will give you the Crown of Life. –Revelation 2:10B (NRSVCE)
Salutation
James, a Servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ
Greetings:
Faith and Wisdom
My brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of any kind, consider it noting but joy
because you know that the testing of your faith produces endurance and let your endurance
have its full effect so that you may be mature and complete, lacking in nothing. If any of you is
lacking in wisdom, ask God who gives to all generously and ungrudgingly and it will be given
you. Ask in faith, never doubting for the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea, driven and
tossed by the wind; For the doubter, being double-minded and unstable in every way must not
expect to receive anything from the Lord.
Poverty and Riches
Let the Believer who is lowly boast in being raised up and the rich in being brought low because
the rich will disappear like a flower in the field. For the sun rises with its scorching heat and
withers the field; Its flower falls and its beauty perishes. It is the same way with the rich, in the
midst of a busy life, they will wither away.
Trial and Temptation
Blessed is anyone who endures temptation. Such a one has stood the test and will receive the
Crown of Life that the Lord has promised to those who love Him. No one when tempted should
say, ‘I am being tempted by God,’ for God cannot be tempted by evil and He Himself tempts no
one but one is tempted by one’s own desire, being lured and enticed by it; Then when they
desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin and that sin when it is fully grown gives birth to death.
Do not be deceived my beloved. Every generous act of giving, with every perfect gift is from
above, coming down from the Father of Lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow due
to change, In fulfillment of His own purpose He gave us birth by the Word of Truth so that we
would become a kind of first fruits of His creatures. –James 1:1-18
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