that man need not imagine he will get anything from God,

Let no one who is tried by temptation say, 'My temptation comes from God'; God is incapable of being tempted by evil and he tempts no one.

all we are given is good, and all our endowments are faultless, descending from above, from the Father of the heavenly lights, who knows no change of rising and setting, who casts no shadow on the earth.

Pure, unsoiled religion in the judgment of God the Father means this: to care for orphans and widows in their trouble, and to keep oneself from the stain of the world.

blessing and cursing stream from the same lips! My brothers, this ought not to be.

Does a fountain pour out fresh water and brackish from the same hole?

That is not the wisdom which comes down from above, it is an earthly wisdom, sensuous, devilish;

The wisdom from above is first of all pure, then peaceable, forbearing, conciliatory, full of mercy and wholesome fruit, unambiguous, straightforward;

Where do conflicts, where do wrangles come from, in your midst? Is it not from these passions of yours that war among your members?

Well then, submit yourselves to God; resist the devil, and he will fly from you:

My brothers, if anyone of you goes astray from the truth and someone brings him back,

understand that he who brings a sinner back from the error of his way saves his soul from death and hides a host of sins.