Let no one say when he is tempted, “I am being tempted by God”; for God cannot be tempted by evil, and He Himself does not tempt anyone.

In the exercise of His will He brought us forth by the word of truth, so that we would be a kind of first fruits among His creatures.

for once he has looked at himself and gone away, he has immediately forgotten what kind of person he was.

You lust and do not have; so you commit murder. You are envious and cannot obtain; so you fight and quarrel. You do not have because you do not ask.

We count those blessed who endured. You have heard of the endurance of Job and have seen the outcome of the Lord’s dealings, that the Lord is full of compassion and is merciful.