For this cause be ruled by God; but make war on the Evil One and he will be put to flight before you.

Be certain that he through whom a sinner has been turned from the error of his way, keeps a soul from death and is the cause of forgiveness for sins without number.

You have cause for great joy in this, though it may have been necessary for you to be troubled for a little time, being tested in all sorts of ways,

And, A stone of falling, a rock of trouble; the word is the cause of their fall, because they go against it, and this was the purpose of God.

For this cause make yourselves low under the strong hand of God, so that when the time comes you may be lifted up;

So, for this very cause, take every care; joining virtue to faith, and knowledge to virtue,

But there were false prophets among the people, as there will be false teachers among you, who will secretly put forward wrong teachings for your destruction, even turning away from the Lord who gave himself for them; whose destruction will come quickly, and they themselves will be the cause of it.

He who has love for his brother is in the light, and there is no cause of error in him.

But these men say evil about such things as they have no knowledge of; and the things of which they have natural knowledge, like beasts without reason, are the cause of their destruction.