Because you have the knowledge that the testing of your faith gives you the power of going on in hope;

But the man of wealth, that he is made low; because like the flower of the grass he will come to his end.

There is a blessing on the man who undergoes testing; because, if he has God's approval, he will be given the crown of life, which the Lord has said he will give to those who have love for him.

Because if any man is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man looking at his natural face in a glass;

Do not all be teachers, my brothers, because we teachers will be judged more hardly than others.

You are burning with desire, and have not your desire, so you put men to death; you are full of envy, and you are not able to get your desire, so you are fighting and making war; you have not your desire, because you do not make request for it.

You make your request but you do not get it, because your request has been wrongly made, desiring the thing only so that you may make use of it for your pleasure.

Come now, you men of wealth, give yourselves to weeping and crying because of the bitter troubles which are coming to you.

Be as calm in your waiting; let your hearts be strong: because the coming of the Lord is near.