happy is he that can stand the tryal: for when he has undergone the test, he shall receive that crown of life which the Lord has promised to those that love him.

Let no man under temptation, say, it is God that tempts him; for as he is incapable of moral evil, he can't influence any one thereto.

Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom can be no variation, nor turning shadow.

Therefore, rid yourselves of everything impure and every expression of wickedness, and with a gentle spirit welcome the word planted in you that can save your souls.

if you attend to the wearer of the handsome clothes and say to him, "Sit here, this is a good place," and tell the poor man, "You can stand," or "Sit there at my feet,"

What good is it, my brothers, if a man says he has faith, but has no works? Can faith save him?

Can that faith save him? If a brother or a sister be naked,

But someone may say, “You [claim to] have faith and I have [good] works; show me your [alleged] faith without the works [if you can], and I will show you my faith by my works [that is, by what I do].”

For we all make many a slip. If anyone never slips in speech, he is a man of maturity; he can control his whole body too.

If we put bridles into horses' mouths to make them obey us, we can guide their whole bodies.

So too with ships, great as they are, and often driven along by strong gales, yet they can be steered with a very small rudder in whichever direction the caprice of the man at the helm chooses.

So the tongue is also a little member, and boasts great things. See how a small fire can spread to a large forest.

the tongue is a brand that sets the world in a combustion: it is but one of the numerous organs of the body, yet it can blast whole assemblies: tipp'd with infernal sulphur it sets the whole train of life in a blaze.

For every kind of animal and bird, reptile and sea creature, can be tamed and has been tamed by man,

But nobody can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.

A fountain cannot pour from the same opening fresh and brackish water, can it?

Can a fig tree, my brothers, yield olives, or a vine figs? Nor is salt water able to produce sweet.

but if envy and contention imbitter your minds, don't think your false pretences can stand against the truth:

You lust, and don't have. You kill, covet, and can't obtain. You fight and make war. You don't have, because you don't ask.

you ask and do not receive because you ask wrongly, so you can spend it on your passions.

There is one lawgiver, who can save or destroy: who art thou that judgest another man?

So confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, so that you may be cured. An upright man can do a great deal by prayer when he tries.