But let endurance have its perfect work, in order that you may be perfect and whole in every part, lacking in nothing.

Now the believer of humble means should take pride in his high position.

but a rich man should rejoice in being brought low, for like flowers among the herbage rich men will pass away.

Then desire, [after it] has conceived, gives birth to sin, and sin, [when it] is brought to completion, gives birth to death.

Of his own will he brought us forth by the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.

For this reason, putting away all dirty behaviour and the overweight of evil, take into your souls without pride the word which, being planted there, is able to give you salvation.

For if a man with a gold ring in bright clothing comes into your synagogue, and also a poor man in dirty clothing comes in,

and ye have regard for the man wearing the bright clothing, and say to him, Sit thou here well, and ye say to the poor man, Stand thou there, or sit here below my footstool,

For the man who has had no mercy will be judged without mercy, but mercy takes pride in overcoming judging.

Suppose some Brother or Sister should be in want of clothes and of daily bread,

It is a part of your Faith, is it not, that there is one God? Good; yet even the demons have that faith, and tremble at the thought.

Abraham our father -- was not he declared righteous out of works, having brought up Isaac his son upon the altar?

So too, though the tongue is a small part of the body, it boasts great things. Consider how large a forest a small fire ignites.

And the tongue is [like] a fire [i.e., like that spark]. [For] the tongue, as a part of the body, is [like] the world of evil. It corrupts the entire life [of a person] and inflames the course of nature itself [i.e., it affects a person throughout his whole earthly existence], and is ignited by hell itself [i.e., the evil produced by the fiery tongue has hell as its source and destiny].

For every species of beasts and birds, of reptiles and sea creatures, is tamed and has been tamed by the human race.

Therewith, are we blessing our Lord and Father, and, therewith, we are cursing the men who, after the likeness of God, have been brought into being!

But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not be arrogant, and [as a result] be in defiance of the truth.

But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble.

and now ye glory in your pride; all such glorying is evil;

Why, we call those who showed such endurance happy! You have heard of the steadfastness of Job, and you have seen what the Lord brought out of it, for the Lord is very kind and merciful.

Elijah was a man of like passions with us, and he prayed again, and the sky gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit.

And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit.