My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into various trials;

But let him ask in faith and have no doubts; for he who has doubts is like the surge of the sea, driven by the wind and tossed into spray.

a man is instigated, and drawn into the snare by his own vicious passions, which once indulg'd, are productive of sin,

Of his own accord he brought us into being through the message of truth, so that we might be a kind of first-fruits among his creatures.

For this reason, putting away all dirty behaviour and the overweight of evil, take into your souls without pride the word which, being planted there, is able to give you salvation.

But prove yourselves doers of the word [actively and continually obeying God’s precepts], and not merely listeners [who hear the word but fail to internalize its meaning], deluding yourselves [by unsound reasoning contrary to the truth].

But he who looks into the perfect Law of freedom, and continues, not being a hearer who forgets, but a doer of the work, this man will be blessed in what he does.

My brothers, if you have the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ of glory, do not take a man's position into account.

For if a man with a gold ring, in fine clothing, comes into your synagogue, and a poor man in filthy clothing also comes in;

But you humiliate the poor. Are not the rich your oppressors? Is it not they who drag you into court?

But if you take a man's position into account, you do evil, and are judged as evil-doers by the law.

And the holy Writings were put into effect which said, And Abraham had faith in God and it was put to his account as righteousness; and he was named the friend of God.

And in the same way, was not the righteousness of Rahab, the loose woman, judged by her works, when she took into her house those who were sent and let them go out by another way?

Now if we put bits into the horses' mouths so that they may obey us, we guide their whole body.

so the tongue is but a small part of the body, yet how grand are its pretensions. a spark of fire! what quantities of timber will it blow into a flame?

Therewith, are we blessing our Lord and Father, and, therewith, we are cursing the men who, after the likeness of God, have been brought into being!

Or does it seem to you that it is for nothing that the holy Writings say, The spirit which God put into our hearts has a strong desire for us?

Be bitterly afflicted and lament, and let your tears run down; let your laughter be converted into mourning, and your joy into dejection.

Come now, you who say, "Today or tomorrow let us go into this city, and spend a year there, trade, and make a profit."

Yet you do not know [the least thing] about what may happen in your life tomorrow. [What is secure in your life?] You are merely a vapor [like a puff of smoke or a wisp of steam from a cooking pot] that is visible for a little while and then vanishes [into thin air].

Your gold and silver is cankered with rust; and the rust upon them is a testimony against you, and shall eat into your flesh as fire. Ye have heaped up treasures in the last days.

Behold, the wages of the laborers who mowed your fields, which you have kept back by fraud, cry out, and the cries of those who reaped have entered into the ears of the Lord of hosts.

You have revelled on earth and plunged into dissipation; you have fattened yourselves as for the Day of slaughter;

You must be patient, too; you must put iron into your hearts, because the coming of the Lord is close at hand.

But above all things, my brethren, swear not: neither by heaven, neither by earth, neither by any other oath. Let your yea be "yea," and your nay, "nay," lest ye fall into hypocrisy.

My brothers and sisters, if anyone among you strays from the truth and falls into error and [another] one turns him back [to God],