Reckon it nothing but joy, my brethren, whenever you find yourselves hedged in by various trials.

However, you are doing well if you fulfill [i.e., obey] the royal law found in the Scriptures [Lev. 19:18], "You should love your neighbor the same way that you love yourself."

And one of you were to say to them--"Go, and peace be with you; find warmth and food for yourselves," and yet you were not to give them the necessaries of life, what good would it be to them?

You see that in his case faith and good deeds worked together; faith found its highest expression in good deeds,

For, where envy and rivalry exist, there you will also find disorder and all kinds of base actions.

What is the cause of the fighting and quarreling that goes on among you? Is not it to be found in the desires which are always at war within you?

address your selves to God, and you will find him present with you: cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, you that are diffident.

As for you, who affirm, "to-day, or, to-morrow we will go to such a city, we will stay there a whole year, there we will traffic, and find our account."