he glances at himself, goes off, and at once forgets what he was like.

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

if any of you says to them, "Depart in peace! Get warm, get food," without supplying their bodily needs, what use is that?

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!

When our father Abraham offered his son Isaac on the altar, was he not justified by what he did?

You observe it is by what he does that a man is justified, not simply by what he believes.

So too with Rahab the harlot. Was she not justified by what she did, when she entertained the scouts and got them away by a different road?

So the tongue is a small member of the body, but it can boast of great exploits. What a forest is set ablaze by a little spark of fire!

Who among you is wise and learned? Let him show by his good conduct, with the modesty of wisdom, what his deeds are.

You crave, and miss what you want: you envy and covet, but you cannot acquire: you wrangle and fight ??you miss what you want because you do not ask God for it;

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

Come now, you who say, "To-day or to-morrow we are going to such and such a city; we shall spend a year there trading and making money" ??14 you who know nothing about to-morrow! For what is your life? You are but a mist, which appears for a little and then vanishes.

[follows 2:26] Whoever, then, knows what is right to do and does not do it, that is a sin for him.