and steadfastness must have full play, so that you may be fully and perfectly developed without any defects.

have you not wavered and shown that your judgments are guided by base motives?

and one of you says to them, "Goodbye, keep warm and have plenty to eat," without giving them the necessaries of life, what good does it do?

But someone may say, "You have faith, and I good deeds." Show me your faith without any good deeds, and I will show you my faith by my good deeds.

You crave things, and cannot have them, and so you commit murder. You covet things, and cannot get them, and so you quarrel and fight. You do not have things because you do not ask for them.

your gold and silver are rusted, and their rust will testify against you and eat into your very flesh, for you have stored up fire for the last days.

Why, the wages you have withheld from the laborers who have reaped your harvests cry aloud, and the cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of Hosts.

You have lived luxuriously and voluptuously here on earth; you have fattened your hearts for the day of slaughter.

You have condemned and murdered the upright. Will he make no resistance?

You must have patience too; you must keep up your courage, for the coming of the Lord is close at hand.

As an example, brothers, of ill-treatment patiently endured, take the prophets, who have spoken in the name of the Lord.

Why, we call those who showed such endurance happy! You have heard of the steadfastness of Job, and you have seen what the Lord brought out of it, for the Lord is very kind and merciful.

If any one is sick, he should call in the elders of the church and have them pray over him, and pour oil on him in the name of the Lord,