²³Know that the brother, Timothy, has been set at liberty; with whom, if he come shortly, I will see you.

²⁴Salute all that are your leaders, and all the saints. Those of Italy salute you.

²⁵Grace be with you all. Amen.

[THE GENERAL LETTER OF JAMES.]

I. James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad^[1], greeting.

²Count it all joy, my brethren, when ye fall into various temptations; ³knowing that the proving of your faith works patience. ⁴But let patience have a perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, lacking in nothing.

⁵But if any one of you is lacking in wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally, and upbraids not, and it will be given him. ⁶But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering; for he that wavers is like a wave of the sea driven by the wind and tossed. ⁷For let not that man suppose that he shall receive anything from the Lord; ⁸a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.

⁹Let the brother of low degree glory in that he is exalted; ¹⁰but the rich, in that he is made low; because as the flower of the grass he will pass away. ¹¹For the sun rose with the burning heat, and withered the grass, and its flower fell off, and the grace of its fashion perished; so also will the rich man fade away in his ways.

¹²Happy is the man that endures temptation; because, when he is approved, he will receive the crown of life, which He promised to those who love him.