Every good and true thing is given to us from heaven, coming from the Father of lights, with whom there is no change or any shade made by turning.

Of his purpose he gave us being, by his true word, so that we might be, in a sense, the first-fruits of all the things which he had made.

But he who goes on looking into the true law which makes him free, being not a hearer without memory but a doer putting it into effect, this man will have a blessing on his acts.

But if you have bitter envy in your heart and the desire to get the better of others, have no pride in this, talking falsely against what is true.

My brothers, if one of you has gone out of the way of the true faith and another has made him see his error,