Greet it as pure joy, my brothers, when you come across any sort of trial,

only, let your endurance be a finished product, so that you may be finished and complete, with never a defect.

Let no one who is tried by temptation say, 'My temptation comes from God'; God is incapable of being tempted by evil and he tempts no one.

Make no mistake about this, my beloved brothers:

Be sure of that, my beloved brothers. Let everyone be quick to listen, slow to talk, slow to be angry ??20 for human anger does not promote divine righteousness;

My brothers, as you believe in our Lord Jesus Christ, who is the Glory, pay no servile regard to people.

if you attend to the wearer of the handsome clothes and say to him, "Sit here, this is a good place," and tell the poor man, "You can stand," or "Sit there at my feet,"

Listen, my beloved brothers; has not God chosen the poor of this world to be rich in faith and to inherit the realm which he has promised to those who love him?

My brothers, what is the use of anyone declaring he has faith, if he has no deeds to show? Can his faith save him?

Someone will object, 'And you claim to have faith!' Yes, and I claim to have deeds as well; you show me your faith without any deeds, and I will show you by my deeds what faith is!

My brothers, do not swell the ranks of the teachers; remember, we teachers will be judged with special strictness.

blessing and cursing stream from the same lips! My brothers, this ought not to be.

Can a fig tree, my brothers, bear olives? Or a vine, figs? No more can salt water yield fresh.

Above all, my brothers, never swear an oath, either by heaven or by earth or by anything else; let your "yes" be a plain "yes," your "no" a plain "no," lest you incur judgment.

So confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed; the prayers of the righteous have a powerful effect.

My brothers, if anyone of you goes astray from the truth and someone brings him back,