But if any man of you be deficient in wisdom, let him ask it of God, who giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not and it shall be given him.

For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing from the Lord.

Be not deceived, my beloved brethren.

For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God.

But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves by false reasoning.

For if any man be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like a man that looks at his natural face in a glass;

But he that looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and perseveres, this man not being a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, he shall be blessed in his practice.

If any man thinks he is a religious character among you, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion is vain.

MY brethren, hold not the faith of our glorious Lord Jesus shewing a respect for persons.

are you not thus partial among yourselves, and form your decision from bad reasonings?

Hear me, my beloved brethren. Hath not God elected the poor of this world to be rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which God hath promised to those who love him;

but ye have put contempt on the poor man? Do not the rich men tyrannize over you? and they drag you to the tribunals.

Do they not blaspheme that honourable name by which ye are called?

For he that said, Thou shalt not commit adultery, said also, Thou shalt not commit murder. Now if thou dost not commit adultery, yet dost commit murder, thou art a transgressor of the law.

What is the advantage, my brethren, if a man profess to have faith, but hath not works; can faith save him?

and should one of you say to them, Go in peace, be warm, be replenished with food: yet if ye give them not the necessaries for their body; what doth it avail?

So also faith, if it hath not works, is dead itself.

Was not our father Abraham justified by works, when he offered up Isaac his son upon the altar?

Observe therefore that by works a man is justified, and not by faith merely.

But was not Rahab the harlot in like manner justified by works, when she entertained the messengers, and sent them away by a different road?

MY brethren, be not many teachers, knowing that we shall receive a severer judgment.

For in many things we all offend. If any man offend not in word, he is a perfect man, and capable of reining in the whole body.

Out of the same mouth goeth forth blessing and cursing. These things, my brethren, ought not to be thus.

But if ye have bitter envy and contention in your heart, boast not, and lie not against the truth.

This is not the wisdom which cometh from above, but is earthly, sensual, diabolical.

FROM whence come wars and conflicts among you? spring they not from hence, even from your passions, which war in your members?

Ye eagerly covet, yet have not: ye murder, and are envious, yet cannot obtain [your object]; ye wage war, but have not, because ye pray not.

Ye adulterers and adultresses, know ye not that friendship with the world is enmity against God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is set down an enemy to God.

Traduce not one another, brethren. He that traduceth his brother, and judgeth his brother, traduceth the law, and judgeth the law: but if thou judgest the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but as judge.

Therefore if a man knoweth how to act properly, and doth not, he is criminal.

Grudge not one against another, brethren, lest be ye condemned: lo! the judge standeth at the gates.

But above all things, my brethren, swear not, neither by heaven, nor by earth, nor by any other oath: but let your yea be yea, and your no, no; that ye fall not under condemnation.

Elias was a man of like feelings with us, and he prayed fervently that it should not rain; and there fell no rain on the earth during three years and six months.