1 From James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ:Greetings to all God's people scattered over the whole world.
2 My friends, consider yourselves fortunate when all kinds of trials come your way,
3 for you know that when your faith succeeds in facing such trials, the result is the ability to endure.
4 Make sure that your endurance carries you all the way without failing, so that you may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing.