For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing from the Lord,

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

For the sun rose hot, and withered the grass, and its flower fell off, and the beauty of its appearance perished; so also shall the rich man perish in his ways.

Blessed is the man who endures trial, for when proved he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord promised to those who love him.

Understand, my beloved brothers, and let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger;

for man's anger performs not God's righteousness.

For if any one is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man perceiving his natural face in a glass;

for he perceived himself, and went away, and immediately forgot what kind of a man he was.

But if any one among you thinks he is religious, and bridles not his tongue, but deceives his mind, that man's religion is vain.

For if there comes into your assembly a man with a gold ring, in splendid clothing, and there also comes in a poor man in vile clothing,

and you look upon him who wears the splendid clothing, and say to him, Sit here in a good place, and say to the poor man, Stand there, or sit under my footstool,

What is the profit, my brothers, if a man says he has faith, but has not works? Can faith save him?

But will you know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead?

You see then that a man is justified by works and not by faith only.

For in many things we all offend; if one offends not in word he is a perfect man, able to keep in subjection also the whole body.

but the tongue can no man tame; it is a disorderly evil, full of a deadly poison.

With it bless we the Lord and Father, and with it curse we men made in the likeness of God.

What wise and intelligent man is there among you? Let him show his works by good conduct, in the meekness of wisdom.

Come now, rich men, weep and lament for the miseries which are coming upon you.

Elijah was a man of like passions with us, and he prayed that it might not rain, and it rained not on the land for three years and six months;