Let it not seem to such a man that he will get anything from the Lord;

Let no man say when he is tested, I am tested by God; for it is not possible for God to be tested by evil, and he himself puts no man to such a test:

Do not be turned from the right way, dear brothers.

For the righteousness of God does not come about by the wrath of man.

But be doers of the word, and not only hearers of it, blinding yourselves with false ideas.

Because if any man is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man looking at his natural face in a glass;

But he who goes on looking into the true law which makes him free, being not a hearer without memory but a doer putting it into effect, this man will have a blessing on his acts.

My brothers, if you have the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ of glory, do not take a man's position into account.

Is there not a division in your minds? have you not become judges with evil thoughts?

Give ear, my dear brothers; are not those who are poor in the things of this world marked out by God to have faith as their wealth, and for their heritage the kingdom which he has said he will give to those who have love for him?

But you have put the poor man to shame. Are not the men of wealth rulers over you? do they not take you by force before their judges?

Do they not say evil of the holy name which was given to you?

For he who said, Do not be untrue in married life, is the same who said, Put no man to death. Now if you are not untrue in married life, but you put a man to death, the law is broken.

If a brother or a sister is without clothing and in need of the day's food,

And one of you says to them, Go in peace, be warm and full of food; but you do not give them the things of which their bodies have need, what profit is there in this?

Do you not see, O foolish man, that faith without works is of no use?

Was not the righteousness of Abraham our father judged by his works, when he made an offering of Isaac his son on the altar?

You see that a man's righteousness is judged by his works and not by his faith only.

And in the same way, was not the righteousness of Rahab, the loose woman, judged by her works, when she took into her house those who were sent and let them go out by another way?

Do not all be teachers, my brothers, because we teachers will be judged more hardly than others.

But the tongue may not be controlled by man; it is an unresting evil, it is full of the poison of death.

Out of the same mouth comes blessing and cursing. My brothers, it is not right for these things to be so.

This wisdom is not from heaven, but is of the earth and the flesh and the Evil One.

But the wisdom which is from heaven is first holy, then gentle, readily giving way in argument, full of peace and mercy and good works, not doubting, not seeming other than it is.

What is the cause of wars and fighting among you? is it not in your desires which are at war in your bodies?

You are burning with desire, and have not your desire, so you put men to death; you are full of envy, and you are not able to get your desire, so you are fighting and making war; you have not your desire, because you do not make request for it.

You make your request but you do not get it, because your request has been wrongly made, desiring the thing only so that you may make use of it for your pleasure.

O you who are false to God, do you not see that the friends of this world are not God's friends? Every man desiring to be a friend of this world makes himself a hater of God.

Do not say evil against one another, my brothers. He who says evil against his brother or makes himself his brother's judge, says evil against the law and is judging the law: and in judging the law you become, not a doer of the law but a judge.

When you are not certain what will take place tomorrow. What is your life? It is a mist, which is seen for a little time and then is gone.

The man who has knowledge of how to do good and does not do it, to him it is sin.

Say no hard things against one another, brothers, so that you will not be judged; see, the judge is waiting at the doors.

But most of all, my brothers, do not take oaths, not by the heaven, or by the earth, or by any other thing: but let your Yes be Yes, and your No be No: so that you may not be judged.