The Bible in Its Traditions

James 1:5–8

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If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all generously and without reproach, and it shall be given to him.

But if any of you lacketh wisdom, let him ask of God, who giveth to all liberally and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.

But if anyone among you is in need of wisdom, let him petition God, who gives abundantly to all without reproach, and it shall be given to him.

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But let him ask in faith, doubting nothing, for he that doubts is like a wave of the sea driven and tossed by the wind.

But he should ask with faith, doubting nothing. For he who doubts is like a wave on the ocean, which is moved about by the wind and carried away;

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For let not that man suppose that he shall receive anything from YHWH;

then a man should not consider that he would receive anything from the Lord.

Thus let not that man expect that he will receive anything of the LORD.

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

a doubleminded man, unstable in all his ways.

For a man who is of two minds is inconstant in all his ways.