JAMES 1
Subject:
Practical Christian Perfection
I. Introduction
To the Twelve Tribes in Dispersion
A. Enduring Trials by Faith
Subject:
Practical Christian Perfection
I. Introduction
To the Twelve Tribes in Dispersion
- James, a slave of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes in the dispersion: Rejoice!
A. Enduring Trials by Faith
- Count it all joy, my brothers, whenever you fall into various trials,
- Knowing that the proving of your faith works out endurance.
- And let endurance have its perfect work that you may be perfect and entire, lacking in nothing.
- But if any one of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and does not reproach, and it will be given to him.
- But let him ask in faith, doubting nothing, for he who doubts is like the surge of the sea, driven by the wind and tossed about.
- For that man must not suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord;
- He is a double-souled man, unstable in all his ways.
- And let the lowly brother boast in his exaltation,
- And the rich in his being brought low, because like a flower of the grass he will pass away.
- For the sun rises with its scorching heat and withers the grass, and its flower falls off, and the beauty of its appearance is destroyed; so also the rich man will fade away in his pursuits.
- Blessed is the man who endures trial, because when he has become approved by testing, he will receive the crown of life, which He promised to those who love Him.
