Let it be all joy to you, my brothers, when you undergo tests of every sort;

For when the sun comes up with its burning heat, the grass gets dry and the grace of its form is gone with the falling flower; so the man of wealth comes to nothing in his ways.

Let no man say when he is tested, I am tested by God; for it is not possible for God to be tested by evil, and he himself puts no man to such a test:

But every man is tested when he is turned out of the right way by the attraction of his desire.

Then when its time comes, desire gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is of full growth, gives birth to death.

Was not the righteousness of Abraham our father judged by his works, when he made an offering of Isaac his son on the altar?

And in the same way, was not the righteousness of Rahab, the loose woman, judged by her works, when she took into her house those who were sent and let them go out by another way?

When you are not certain what will take place tomorrow. What is your life? It is a mist, which is seen for a little time and then is gone.