For the sun rises with a scorching wind and withers the grass; and its flower falls off and the beauty of its appearance is destroyed; so too the rich man in the midst of his pursuits will fade away.

Then when lust has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and when sin is accomplished, it brings forth death.

But if you show partiality, you are committing sin and are convicted by the law as transgressors.

Was not Abraham our father justified by works when he offered up Isaac his son on the altar?

And the seed whose fruit is righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace.

Therefore, to one who knows the right thing to do and does not do it, to him it is sin.

We count those blessed who endured. You have heard of the endurance of Job and have seen the outcome of the Lord’s dealings, that the Lord is full of compassion and is merciful.