James 1:2-9

2Dear brothers and sisters, when troubles of any kind come your way, consider it an opportunity for great joy.

3For you know that when your faith is tested, your endurance has a chance to grow.

4So let it grow, for when your endurance is fully developed, you will be perfect and complete, needing nothing.

5If you need wisdom, ask our generous God, and he will give it to you. He will not rebuke you for asking.

6But when you ask him, be sure that your faith is in God alone. Do not waver, for a person with divided loyalty is as unsettled as a wave of the sea that is blown and tossed by the wind.

7Such people should not expect to receive anything from the Lord.

8Their loyalty is divided between God and the world, and they are unstable in everything they do.

9Believers who are poor have something to boast about, for God has honored them.