James 1:6

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

But he must ask in faith without doubting, for the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed around by the wind.

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  • Matt 21:21-22 : 21 Jesus answered them,“I tell you the truth, if you have faith and do not doubt, not only will you do what was done to the fig tree, but even if you say to this mountain,‘Be lifted up and thrown into the sea,’ it will happen. 22 And whatever you ask in prayer, if you believe, you will receive.”
  • Eph 4:14 : 14 So we are no longer to be children, tossed back and forth by waves and carried about by every wind of teaching by the trickery of people who craftily carry out their deceitful schemes.
  • Mark 11:22-24 : 22 Jesus said to them,“Have faith in God. 23 I tell you the truth, if someone says to this mountain,‘Be lifted up and thrown into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart but believes that what he says will happen, it will be done for him. 24 For this reason I tell you, whatever you pray and ask for, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.
  • Heb 11:6 : 6 Now without faith it is impossible to please him, for the one who approaches God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him.
  • Heb 10:23 : 23 And let us hold unwaveringly to the hope that we confess, for the one who made the promise is trustworthy.
  • Heb 13:9 : 9 Do not be carried away by all sorts of strange teachings. For it is good for the heart to be strengthened by grace, not ritual meals, which have never benefited those who participated in them.
  • 1 Tim 2:8 : 8 So I want the men in every place to pray, lifting up holy hands without anger or dispute.

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    4And let endurance have its perfect effect, so that you will be perfect and complete, not deficient in anything.

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    22Jesus said to them,“Have faith in God.

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    24For this reason I tell you, whatever you pray and ask for, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.

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    6Now without faith it is impossible to please him, for the one who approaches God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him.

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    23But the man who doubts is condemned if he eats, because he does not do so from faith, and whatever is not from faith is sin.

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    36For you need endurance in order to do God’s will and so receive what is promised.