You must understand this, my dearly loved brothers. Everyone must be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to get angry;

and you pay special attention to the man who wears the fine clothes, and say to him, "Sit here in this fine place," and say to the poor man, "Stand up, or sit there on the floor at my feet,"

Was not even Rahab the prostitute shown to be upright by her good deeds, namely, by entertaining the scouts and sending them off by a different road?

Here on earth you have lived in luxury and self-indulgence; you have fattened your hearts for the day of slaughter.