James 1:2-11

21Consider it all joy, my brethren, when you encounter 2various 3trials, 3knowing that 4the testing of your 5faith produces 67endurance. 4And let 89endurance have its perfect 10result, so that you may be 1112perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.

5But if any of you 13lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all generously and 14without reproach, and 15it will be given to him. 6But he must 16ask in faith 17without any doubting, for the one who doubts is like the surf of the sea, 18driven and tossed by the wind. 7For that man ought not to expect that he will receive anything from the Lord, 8being a 1920double-minded man, 21unstable in all his ways.

922But the 23brother of humble circumstances is to glory in his high position; 10and the rich man is to glory in his humiliation, because 24like 25flowering grass he will pass away. 11For the sun rises with 2627a scorching wind and 28withers the grass; and its flower falls off and the beauty of its appearance is destroyed; so too the rich man in the midst of his pursuits will fade away.