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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.
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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.
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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.
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and, after looking at himself, goes away and immediately forgets what he looks like.
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have you not discriminated among yourselves and become judges with evil thoughts?
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Listen, my dear brothers and sisters: Has not God chosen those who are poor in the eyes of the world to be rich in faith and to inherit the kingdom he promised those who love him?
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Are they not the ones who are blaspheming the noble name of him to whom you belong?
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because judgment without mercy will be shown to anyone who has not been merciful. Mercy triumphs over judgment.
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Suppose a brother or a sister is without clothes and daily food.
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But someone will say, “You have faith; I have deeds.” Show me your faith without deeds, and I will show you my faith by my deeds.
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You foolish person, do you want evidence that faith without deeds is useless?
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And the scripture was fulfilled that says, “Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness,” and he was called God’s friend.
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As the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without deeds is dead.
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With the tongue we praise our Lord and Father, and with it we curse human beings, who have been made in God’s likeness.
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Submit Yourselves to God
What causes fights and quarrels among you? Don’t they come from your desires that battle within you?
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When you ask, you do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may spend what you get on your pleasures.
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You adulterous people, don’t you know that friendship with the world means enmity against God? Therefore, anyone who chooses to be a friend of the world becomes an enemy of God.
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Or do you think Scripture says without reason that he jealously longs for the spirit he has caused to dwell in us?
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Is anyone among you sick? Let them call the elders of the church to pray over them and anoint them with oil in the name of the Lord.
