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My brothers, do not hold [views regarding] the faith of our glorious Lord Jesus Christ [i.e., as tenets of Christianity] which show favoritism toward [certain] persons.

Verse ConceptsequalityChristiansBelieversDeficient FaithChrist's Own GlorygaysRespectTreating OthersBeing GayRespecting AuthorityChristians Being Called Brothers

Let your words and your acts be those of men who are to be judged by the law which makes free.

Verse ConceptsLet Your Speech Be GoodThe Law Of ChristOne's DeedsFreedomFree Willlawactingfree

you see how manageable horses are made by the application of a bit, which makes them take what motion we please.

Verse ConceptsBinding As AnimalsOther References To MouthsThe TongueDirectionobeying

Behold also the ships, which though they be so great, and are driven of fierce winds, yet are they turned about with a very small helm, whithersoever the governor listeth.

Verse ConceptsWindShipsBig ThingsSmall ThingsMarinersThe TongueDirectionStaying Strong During Hard Timessailing

And the tongue is a fire: the world of iniquity among our members is the tongue, which defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the wheel of nature, and is set on fire by hell.

Verse Conceptsevil, origins ofHell, As Incentive To ActionThe Human BodyGehennaDamage To The BodyFire Of EvilPeople Being PollutedBeware Of Your SpeechMighty in its influenceThe TongueThe Power Of Words

What causes wars and quarrels among you? Is it not your different desires which are ever at war within your bodies? You desire things and cannot have them, and so you commit murder.

Verse Conceptsevil, origins ofdesiresHuman NatureSin, Causes OfSpiritual Warfare, Enemies InControlling AngerOrigins Of SinWhy Do Others Do This?struggleWarPassionConflictFamily Conflictrumors

Or think ye that the scripture speaketh in vain? Doth the spirit which he made to dwell in us long unto envying?

Verse Conceptsgrandmasfriendliness

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.

Verse ConceptsBuying and sellingBusiness, AttitudesMoney, Uses OfPresumptionTravelSelf DelusionPlans Of MenPresumptuous PlansOne YearTodayImminent TomorrowBusinessFuture PlansGod's PlanThe FutureMoving OnGod's WillGods PlanThe BibleHaving A Good DayA New DayBoastingGod's Plan For UsMoving To A New PlaceSaving Moneyuncertaintytomorrowwill

and your gold and silver by rust: that rust shall convict you: that rust shall corrode your flesh like a caustic, which you have treasur'd up against the last days.

Verse ConceptsWealthThe Misery Of GreedPossessions DecayingEnd Of The AgesBurning PeopleWitness Against OneselfStoring Treasure On EarthGetting RichLast HourEnd Of Dayspotential