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 he who goes on looking into the true law which makes him free, being not a hearer without memory but a doer putting it into effect, this man will have a blessing on his acts.

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 comes into your Synagogue in fair clothing and with a gold ring, and a poor man comes in with dirty clothing,

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 of iron into horses' mouths so that they may be guided by us, we have complete control of their bodies.

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?

How foolish it is to say, Today or tomorrow we will go into this town, and be there for a year and do business there and get wealth:

Your gold and your silver are wasted and their waste will be a witness against you, burning into your flesh. You have put by your store in the last days.