Make no mistake about this, my beloved brothers:

Pure, unsoiled religion in the judgment of God the Father means this: to care for orphans and widows in their trouble, and to keep oneself from the stain of the world.

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?

and the scripture was fulfilled: Abraham believed God, and this was counted to him as righteousness ??he was called God's friend.

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

What, do you consider this is an idle word of scripture? ??'He yearns jealously for the spirit he set within us.')

You ought rather to say, "If the Lord will, we shall live to do this or that."