for let not that man think that he shall receive anything from the Lord;

he is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.

Blessed is the man who endures temptation; for, having been proved, he shall receive the crown of life, which He has promised to them that love him.

Let no man, being tempted, say, I am tempted of God. For God cannot be tempted by evil things, and himself tempts no one.

So that, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath;

for man's wrath does not work God's righteousness.

For if any man be a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like to a man considering his natural face in a mirror:

If any one think himself to be religious, not bridling his tongue, but deceiving his heart, this man's religion is vain.

for if there come unto your synagogue a man with a gold ring in splendid apparel, and a poor man also come in in vile apparel,

But ye have despised the poor man. Do not the rich oppress you, and do not they drag you before the tribunals?

But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead?

Ye see that a man is justified on the principle of works, and not on the principle of faith only.

For we all often offend. If any one offend not in word, he is a perfect man, able to bridle the whole body too.

but the tongue can no one among men tame; it is an unsettled evil, full of death-bringing poison.

Therewith bless we the Lord and Father, and therewith curse we men made after the likeness of God.

Confess therefore your offences to one another, and pray for one another, that ye may be healed. The fervent supplication of the righteous man has much power.

Elias was a man of like passions to us, and he prayed with prayer that it should not rain; and it did not rain upon the earth three years and six months;