# James 1.5-6 **Book:** [James](/codex/james-the-brother-of-jesus/) · NASB95 ## Immediate context (±2 verses) **ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/)) > 3. Knowing that the proving of your faith worketh patience. 4. And let patience have its perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, lacking in nothing. > > **5. 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. 6. But let him ask in faith, nothing doubting: for he that doubteth is like the surge of the sea driven by the wind and tossed.** > > 7. For let not that man think that he shall receive anything of the Lord; 8. a doubleminded man, unstable in all his ways. (James 1:3-8, ASV) **WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/)) > 3. knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance. 4. Let endurance have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing. > > **5. But 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. 6. But 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.** > > 7. For let that man not think that he will receive anything from the Lord. 8. He is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways. (James 1:3-8, WEB) **KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/)) > 3. Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience. 4. But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing. > > **5. If 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. 6. But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed.** > > 7. For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord. 8. A double minded man is unstable in all his ways. (James 1:3-8, KJV) **YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/)) > 3. knowing that the proof of your faith doth work endurance, 4. and let the endurance have a perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, in nothing lacking; > > **5. and if any of you do lack wisdom, let him ask from God, who is giving to all liberally, and not reproaching, and it shall be given to him; 6. and let him ask in faith, nothing doubting, for he who is doubting hath been like a wave of the sea, driven by wind and tossed,** > > 7. for let not that man suppose that he shall receive anything from the Lord 8. a two-souled man [is] unstable in all his ways. (James 1:3-8, YLT) ## Setting - **Speaker:** _TBD_ - **Audience:** _TBD_ - **Location:** _TBD_ - **Time period:** _TBD_ ## Theological reading _Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added._ ## Key words _Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word; see Lexicon Roadmap._ - _TBD_ - _TBD_ - _TBD_ - _TBD_ ## Quoted in **Concepts:** - [Christian Discernment](/codex/christian-discernment/), via [James 1.5](/codex/james-1-5/) - [Doubt and Fear](/codex/doubt-and-fear/), via [James 1.6-8](/codex/james-1-6-8/) - [Spirit of Confusion](/codex/spirit-of-confusion/), via [James 1.5](/codex/james-1-5/) - [Verses on Gods Goodness and Human Worth](/codex/verses-on-gods-goodness-and-human-worth/), via [James 1.5](/codex/james-1-5/) **Lexicon:** - [H7592 - shaal](/codex/h7592-shaal/) --- _Scripture quotations taken from the **New American Standard Bible®** (NASB), Copyright © 1960, 1971, 1977, 1995 by **The Lockman Foundation**. Used by permission. All rights reserved. [www.lockman.org](https://www.lockman.org)_ ## Why these four translations ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the **most literal English translations available** (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the **public domain in the United States**, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance. The four: - **[ASV](/codex/asv/)** (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition. - **[WEB](/codex/web/)** (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English. - **[KJV](/codex/kjv/)** (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base. - **[YLT](/codex/ylt/)** (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff. See [Bibles](/codex/bibles/) for the full per-translation history, translators, textual basis, strengths, and weaknesses.