1James, a servant of God and the Lord Jesus Christ, shoutout to the twelve tribes out there vibin' everywhere.

2Yo fam, count it all joy when life throws curveballs at you;

3For real, knowing that your faith getting tested is just building up that patience.

4But let that patience pop off, so you can be goated and lacking nothing.

5If you need wisdom, just ask God, He’s got you and won’t judge; it’s all good, you’ll get it.

6But for real, ask in faith, no cap. If you’re wishy-washy, it’s like a wave just tossed around.

7Don’t let that dude think he’s gonna get anything from the Lord if he’s doubting.

8A double-minded person is just all over the place, fr.

9Let the bro who’s struggling flex on the fact that he’s being lifted up:

10But the rich? They gotta chill, 'cause like a flower, they’ll fade away.

11When the sun pops up, it’s mad hot and makes the grass go dry, flowers drop, and all that pretty stuff fades away; same vibes for rich peeps, they’ll dip too.

12Blessed is the dude who can handle temptation; when he gets tested, he’ll snag that crown of life God promised to those who love Him, fr.

13No cap, don’t let anyone say when they’re tempted, “It’s God’s fault,” 'cause God ain’t about that evil vibe and doesn’t tempt anyone.

14Every dude gets tempted when he’s pulled in by his own cravings and gets lured in.

15Once those cravings get real, they bring sin into the mix, and when sin’s all done, it brings death, periodt.

16Don’t get it twisted, fam.

17Every dope gift and perfect gift is from up above, straight from the Father of lights, who’s always consistent, no shadow play.

18He brought us to life with the truth, so we could be like the first harvest of His creations, no cap.

19So, fam, let every dude be quick to listen, slow to talk, and chill with the anger vibes.

20'Cause human anger doesn’t bring about God’s righteous vibes.

21So like, ditch all the bad vibes and drama, and take in the truth with chill energy, 'cause it can save your souls, fr.

22But like, don’t just vibe with the word, actually do it, or you’re just fooling yourself, no cap.

23If you just listen to the word but don’t act, you’re like a dude checking himself out in the mirror.

24He sees himself, bounces, and totally forgets what he even looks like, sus.

25But if you check out the perfect freedom law and keep at it, you’re not just a forgetful listener, but a doer, and that dude is gonna be blessed, periodt.

26If someone seems all religious but can’t control their mouth, they’re just tricking their own heart, and their faith is straight-up empty.

27Real, pure religion in front of God is this: help out the orphans and widows when they’re struggling, and keep yourself clean from the world’s mess.

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

2My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations;

3Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience.

4But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing.

5If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.

6But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed.

7For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord.

8A double minded man is unstable in all his ways.

9Let the brother of low degree rejoice in that he is exalted:

10But the rich, in that he is made low: because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away.

11For the sun is no sooner risen with a burning heat, but it withereth the grass, and the flower thereof falleth, and the grace of the fashion of it perisheth: so also shall the rich man fade away in his ways.

12Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him.

13Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man:

14But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed.

15Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death.

16Do not err, my beloved brethren.

17Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.

18Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.

19Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:

20For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God.

21Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls.

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

23For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass:

24For he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was.

25But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.

26If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man’s religion is vain.

27Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.