Mark this well, my dear brothers. Let every man be swift in hearing, slow in speaking, slow in growing angry;

But he that looketh well into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.

and ye look upon him who wears the splendid apparel, and say, Do thou sit here well, and say to the poor, Do thou stand there, or sit here under my footstool:

If ye fulfil the royal law according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself, ye do well:

and one of you says to them, “Go in peace [with my blessing], [keep] warm and feed yourselves,” but he does not give them the necessities for the body, what good does that do?

But someone may well say, “You have faith and I have works; show me your faith without the works, and I will show you my faith by my works.”

Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the devils also believe, and tremble.

You see that a man (believer) is justified by works and not by faith alone [that is, by acts of obedience a born-again believer reveals his faith].

Do not become many teachers, my brothers, because you know well that we teachers shall be judged by a severer standard than others.

For we all stumble in many ways. If someone does not stumble in what he says, he is a perfect individual, able to control the entire body as well.

Now if we put bits into horses' mouths to make them obey us, we can guide their whole bodies as well.

Can a fig tree, my Brothers, bear olives? or a vine bear figs? No, nor can a brackish well give good water.

Which of you is a wise and well-instructed man? Let him prove it by a right life with conduct guided by a wisely teachable spirit.

Well then, submit yourselves to God; resist the devil, and he will fly from you:

And by the prayer of faith the man who is ill will be made well, and he will be lifted up by the Lord, and for any sin which he has done he will have forgiveness.

So then, make a statement of your sins to one another, and say prayers for one another so that you may be made well. The prayer of a good man is full of power in its working.