but the rich, in his abasement: for as the flower of grass he shall pass away.

For as the sun comes up with a burning heat, it withers the grass, and its flowers fall, and the grace of the fashion of it perishes; so also shall the rich man fade away amid his pursuits.

Let no man under temptation, say, it is God that tempts him; for as he is incapable of moral evil, he can't influence any one thereto.

For a man's anger does not lead to action which God regards as righteous.

for a bare auditor without practice is like one who sees his image form'd by a mirror:

For as soon as he hath looked on himself, he goeth his way, and forgetteth immediately what his fashion was:

For, a man who shall keep, the whole law, but shall stumble in one thing, hath become, for all things, liable, -

What use is it, my brothers, for a man to say that he has faith, if he does nothing? will such a faith give him salvation?

If some brother or sister has no clothes and has not food enough for a day,

You believe that there is [only] one God; that is good! Even the demons believe [that], and they shudder [with fear at the thought].

For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.

And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell.

Is it possible, my brethren, for, a fig-tree, to produce, olives, or, a vine, figs? Neither can, salt, water yield, sweet.

You are jealous and covet [what others have] and your lust goes unfulfilled; so you murder. You are envious and cannot obtain [the object of your envy]; so you fight and battle. You do not have because you do not ask [it of God].

You ask, yet do not receive, because you ask for a wrong purpose--to spend what you get upon your pleasures.

No; the gift that God gives is for a nobler end; and that is why it is said--'God is opposed to the haughty, but gives help to the humble.'

Don't, my brethren, treat one another with detraction. he that reflects upon his brother, and censures his brother, reflects upon the law, and censures the law: if you censure the law, instead of obeying it, you set up for a judge.

How foolish it is to say, Today or tomorrow we will go into this town, and be there for a year and do business there and get wealth:

Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.

Your gold and your silver are rusted; and their rust shall be for a testimony against you, and shall eat your flesh as fire. Ye have laid up your treasure in the last days.

You have been living delicately on earth and have taken your pleasure; you have made your hearts fat for a day of destruction.

Be patient therefore, brethren, until the Coming of the Lord. Notice how eagerly a farmer waits for a valuable crop! He is patient over it till it has received the early and the later rain.

Take, my brethren, the prophets, who have spoken in the name of the Lord, for an example of suffering affliction, and of patience.