JAMES, a servant of God, and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes that are in the dispersion, greeting.

are you not partial in yourselves? and do you not judge from false principles?

But if you show partiality for persons, you work sin, and are convicted by the law as transgressors.

For he that said, Do not commit adultery, said also, Do not kill. Now, though you do not commit adultery, yet, if you kill, you are a transgresssor of law.

and any of you say to them, Go in peace, be warmed and be filled, and yet give them not the things that are needful for the body, what does this profit them?

Behold also the ships, which are very great, and are driven by violent winds; yet they are turned about by a very small helm, to whatever point the will of him that directs it may determine.

With it we bless God, even the Father: and with it we curse men, who are made in the likeness of God.

For where envy and strife are, there is commotion, and every evil work.

You desire, and you have not; you kill, and are earnestly desirous of having, and yet you can not obtain; you fight and war, and yet you have not, because you ask not.

Do not speak evil one of another, brethren. He that speaks evil of his brother, and judges his brother, speaks evil of the law, and judges the law: but if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law, but a judge.

There is one law-giver that is able to save, and to destroy: who are you that judge an other?

Come, now, you rich men, weep and lament for your miseries that are coming upon you.

Your wealth is corrupted, and your garments are moth-eaten:

your gold and your silver are covered with rust; and their rust will be a testimony against you, and will eat your flesh as fire. You have heaped up treasures in the last days.