For where envy is, and the desire to get the better of others, there is no order, but every sort of evil-doing.

So, the person who knows the good [he ought] to be doing, but is not doing it, is sinning.

But the person who looks closely into the perfect law that brings freedom, and continues to do so, is not a listener who forgets [what he hears], but someone who does the work [it requires]. This person will be blessed for doing so.

But if you really observe the law of the King in accordance with the Scripture, "You must love your neighbor as you do yourself," you are doing right;

But you should not deceive yourselves by just listening [to God's word] instead of doing what the word teaches.