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         <div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JAS.1.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ,</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JAS.1.1"><span class="content">To the twelve tribes scattered among the nations:</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JAS.1.1"><span class="content">Greetings.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Trials and Temptations</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JAS.1.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JAS.1.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:2 </span><span class="ft">The Greek word for </span><span class="fq">brothers and sisters </span><span class="ft">(<span class="tl">adelphoi</span>) refers here to believers, both men and women, as part of God&#8217;s family; also in verses 16 and 19; and in 2:1, 5, 14; 3:10, 12; 4:11; 5:7, 9, 10, 12, 19.</span></span></span><span class="content"> whenever you face trials of many kinds, </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JAS.1.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JAS.1.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JAS.1.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">If any of you lacks wisdom, you should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to you. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JAS.1.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">But when you ask, you must believe and not doubt, because the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JAS.1.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">That person should not expect to receive anything from the Lord. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JAS.1.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Such a person is double-minded and unstable in all they do.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JAS.1.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JAS.1.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Believers in humble circumstances ought to take pride in their high position. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JAS.1.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">But the rich should take pride in their humiliation&#8212;since they will pass away like a wild flower. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JAS.1.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">For the sun rises with scorching heat and withers the plant; its blossom falls and its beauty is destroyed. In the same way, the rich will fade away even while they go about their business.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JAS.1.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JAS.1.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Blessed is the one who perseveres under trial because, having stood the test, that person will receive the crown of life that the Lord has promised to those who love him.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JAS.1.12"><span class="content">  </span></span></div>
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