but you must let your endurance come to its perfect product, so that you may be fully developed and perfectly equipped, without any defects.

But if any one of you is deficient in wisdom, let him ask God who generously gives to everyone and never reproaches one with its lack, and it will be given to him.

But he must ask in faith, without a doubt, for the man who doubts is like a wave of the sea that is whirled and swayed by the wind.

But anyone is tempted to do evil when he is allured by his own evil desire and enticed by a bait.

But the man who looks at the flawless law that makes men free, and keeps on looking, proving himself to be, not a forgetful hearer but an actual doer of what it requires, will be blessed in what he does.

If anyone thinks he is religious, and does not bridle his tongue, but deceives himself, his religious worship is worthless.

But you, in contrast, have humiliated the poor man. Are not the rich men those who oppress you and drag you to court?

But if you really observe the law of the King in accordance with the Scripture, "You must love your neighbor as you do yourself," you are doing right;

but if you show partiality, you are committing sin, because you are convicted by the law as lawbreakers.

For He who said, "You must not commit adultery," also said, "You must not commit murder." Now if you do not commit adultery but you do commit murder, you are just the same a lawbreaker.

But someone may say, "You have faith, and I have good deeds. Show me your faith without any good deeds, but I will show you mine by my good deeds."

But, O senseless man, are you willing to learn that faith without good deeds is worthless?

and so the Scripture was fulfilled which says, "Abraham put his faith in God, and it was credited to him for uprightness, and he was called God's friend."

If we put bridles into horses' mouths to make them obey us, we can guide their whole bodies, too.

So the tongue, too, is a little organ but can boast of great achievements. See how a spark, ever so tiny, can set a vast forest on fire!

but the tongue no human being can tame. It is an evil incapable of being quieted, full of deadly poison.

But if you cherish bitter jealousy and rivalry in your hearts, stop being proud of it and stop being false to the standard of truth.

You covet things, but cannot acquire them, and so you quarrel and fight. You do not have them, because you do not ask for them.

But He gives a greater spiritual blessing. He says, "God opposes haughty people but blesses humble people."

Stop talking against one another, brothers. Whoever is in the habit of talking against a brother or of criticizing his brother is criticizing and condemning the law. But if you are in the habit of criticizing the law, you are not a practicer but a critic of the law.

There is but one Lawgiver and Judge, the One who has the power to save and to destroy; then who are you that you presume to judge your brother?

although you do not have the slightest knowledge of tomorrow. What is the nature of your life? It is really nothing but a mist which appears for a little while and then disappears.

But, as it is, you boast of your proud pretensions. All such boasting is wicked.

So when a man knows what is right but does not do it, he is guilty of sin.

You must be patient, too; you must put iron into your hearts, because the coming of the Lord is close at hand.