1Jacob, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are in the Diaspora: Greetings.

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Ezekiel 12:15, Ezekiel 12:15, 1 Peter 1:1, 1 Peter 1:1, John 7:35

2Count it all joy, my brothers, when you fall into various temptations,

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1 Peter 1:6, 1 Peter 1:8, 1 Peter 1:6, 1 Peter 1:8, James 1:12

3knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance.

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Romans 5:3, Romans 5:4, Romans 5:3, Romans 5:4, Hebrews 10:36

4Let endurance have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.

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1 Peter 5:10, 1 Peter 5:10, Matthew 5:48, Luke 21:19, Matthew 5:48

5But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach; and it will be given to him.

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Proverbs 2:3, Proverbs 2:6, Proverbs 2:3, Proverbs 2:6, John 15:7

6But let him ask in faith, without any doubting, for he who doubts is like a wave of the sea, driven by the wind and tossed.

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Matthew 21:21, Matthew 21:22, Matthew 21:21, Matthew 21:22, Hebrews 11:6

7For let that man not think that he will receive anything from the Lord.

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James 4:3, James 4:3, Isaiah 58:3, Isaiah 58:4, Isaiah 58:3

8He is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.

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1 Kings 18:21, 1 Kings 18:21, Matthew 6:24, Matthew 6:24, James 4:8

9But let the brother in humble circumstances glory in his high position;

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Jeremiah 9:23, Jeremiah 9:24, Jeremiah 9:23, Jeremiah 9:24, James 2:5

10and the rich, in that he is made humble, because like the flower in the grass, he will pass away.

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1 Peter 1:24, 1 Peter 1:24, 1 John 2:17, 1 John 2:17, Job 14:2

11For the sun arises with the scorching wind, and withers the grass, and the flower in it falls, and the beauty of its appearance perishes. So also will the rich man fade away in his pursuits.

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Isaiah 40:7, Isaiah 40:8, Isaiah 40:7, Isaiah 40:8, Psalms 37:35

12Blessed is the man who endures temptation, for when he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life, which he promised to those who love him.

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1 Peter 5:10, 1 Peter 5:10, 1 Peter 1:6, 1 Peter 1:8, 1 Peter 1:6

13Let no man say when he is tempted, "I am tempted by God," for God cannot be tempted by evil, and he himself tempts no one.

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Habakkuk 2:12, Habakkuk 2:13, Habakkuk 2:12, Habakkuk 2:13, James 1:12

14But each one is tempted, when he is drawn away by his own lust, and enticed.

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Mark 7:21, Mark 7:22, Mark 7:21, Mark 7:22, Ephesians 4:22

15Then the lust, when it has conceived, bears sin; and the sin, when it is full grown, brings forth death.

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Psalms 7:14, Psalms 7:14, Job 15:35, Job 15:35, Romans 5:12

16Do not be deceived, my beloved brothers.

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James 1:19, James 1:19, Galatians 6:7, Philippians 2:12, Galatians 6:7

17Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom can be no variation, nor turning shadow.

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John 3:27, John 3:27, Matthew 7:11, Matthew 7:11, Hebrews 13:8

18Of his own will he brought us forth by the word of truth, that we should be a kind of first fruits of his creatures.

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Romans 8:29, Romans 8:31, Romans 8:29, Romans 8:31, 1 Peter 1:23

19This you know, my beloved brothers. But let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, and slow to anger;

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Proverbs 17:27, Proverbs 17:27, Proverbs 21:23, Proverbs 21:23, Proverbs 14:29

20for the anger of man does not accomplish the righteousness of God.

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2 Timothy 2:24, 2 Timothy 2:25, 2 Timothy 2:24, 2 Timothy 2:25, Ephesians 4:26

21Therefore, putting away all filthiness and overflowing of wickedness, receive with humility the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.

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Ephesians 4:22, Ephesians 4:22, Ephesians 1:13, Ephesians 1:13, 1 Peter 2:11

22But be doers of the word, and not only hearers, deluding your own selves.

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Romans 2:13, Romans 2:13, Luke 6:46, Luke 6:48, Luke 6:46

23For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man looking at his natural face in a mirror;

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Matthew 7:26, Matthew 7:27, Matthew 7:26, Matthew 7:27, Ezekiel 33:31

24for he sees himself, and goes away, and immediately forgets what kind of man he was.

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2 Peter 3:11, 2 Peter 3:11, Luke 1:66, Luke 7:39, Luke 1:66

25But he who looks into the perfect Law of freedom, and continues, not being a hearer who forgets, but a doer of the work, this man will be blessed in what he does.

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Luke 11:28, Luke 11:28, John 13:17, John 13:17, 2 Corinthians 3:17

26If anyone thinks himself to be religious while he does not bridle his tongue, but deceives his heart, this man's religion is worthless.

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Ephesians 4:29, Psalms 141:3, Ephesians 4:29, Psalms 141:3, 1 Peter 3:10

27Pure religion and undefiled before our God and Father is this: to visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained by the world.

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Isaiah 1:16, Isaiah 1:17, Isaiah 1:16, Isaiah 1:17, 1 John 3:17