Blessed is the man who perseveres under trial, for when he has stood the test, he will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those who love him.

Listen, my beloved brethren: has not God chosen those who are poor in the world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom which he has promised to those who love him?

If you really fulfill the royal law, according to the scripture, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself," you are doing well.

And the tongue is a fire, a world of evil among the members of the body. The tongue corrupts our whole person, sets the whole course of our life on fire, and is itself set on fire by hell.

Who is wise and understanding among you? By his good life let him show his deeds in the humility of wisdom.

Yet you do not know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes.

Instead, you ought to say, "If the Lord wills, we will live and do this or that."