James a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ to the 12 tribes scattered among the nations greetings consider it pure joy my brothers whenever you face trials of many kinds because he knew that the testing of your faith develops perseverance perseverance must finish its work so that you may be mature and complete not lacking anything if any of you lacks wisdom he should ask God who gives you say to all without finding fault and I'll be given to them when he asked you must believe and not doubt because he who doubts is like a wave of this blown and tossed by the wind that man's not think it was if anything the Lord he is a double minded man unstable and all he does