Such a person should not expect to receive anything from the Lord.

When someone is tempted, he should not say, "I am being tempted by God," because God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does he tempt anyone.

Do not be deceived, my dear brothers.

For human anger does not produce the righteousness that God desires.

Keep on being obedient to the word, and not merely being hearers who deceive themselves.

For if anyone hears the word but is not obedient to it, he is like a man who looks at himself in a mirror

But the one who looks at the perfect law of freedom and remains committed to it thereby demonstrating that he is not a forgetful hearer but a doer of what that law requires will be blessed in what he does.

If anyone thinks that he is religious and does not bridle his tongue, but instead deceives himself, his religion is worthless.

My brothers, do not let your faith in our glorious Lord Jesus, the Messiah, be tainted by favoritism.

then you will have made false distinctions among yourselves and will have judged from evil motives, will you not?

Listen, my dear brothers! God has chosen the poor in the world to become rich in faith and to be heirs of the kingdom that he promised to those who keep on loving him, has he not?

But you have humiliated the man who is poor. Are not rich people the ones who oppress you and drag you into court?

Are not they the ones who blaspheme the noble Name by which you have been called?

For the one who said, "Never commit adultery," also said, "Never murder." Now if you do not commit adultery, but you murder, you become a violator of the Law.

What good does it do, my brothers, if someone claims to have faith but does not prove it with actions? This kind of faith cannot save him, can it?

Suppose a brother or sister does not have any clothes or daily food

and one of you tells them, "Go in peace! Stay warm and eat heartily." If you do not provide for their bodily needs, what good does it do?

In the same way, faith by itself, if it does not prove itself with actions, is dead.

You observe that a person is justified through actions and not through faith alone.

Not many of you should become teachers, my brothers, because you know that we who teach will be judged more severely than others.

For all of us make many mistakes. If someone does not make any mistakes when he speaks, he is perfect and able to control his whole body.

From the same mouth come blessing and cursing. It should not be like this, my brothers!

That kind of wisdom does not come from above. No, it is worldly, self-centered, and demonic.

You want something but do not get it, so you commit murder. You covet something but cannot obtain it, so you quarrel and fight. You do not get things because you do not ask for them!

You ask for something but do not get it because you ask for it for the wrong reason for your own pleasure.

Do not criticize each other, brothers. Whoever makes it his habit to criticize his brother or to judge his brother is judging the Law and condemning the Law. But if you condemn the Law, you are not a practicer of the Law but its judge.

You do not know what tomorrow will bring. What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes.

You have condemned and murdered the one who is righteous, even though he did not rebel against you.

Do not complain about each other, brothers, or you will be condemned. Look! The Judge is standing at the door!

Above all, brothers, do not swear oaths by heaven, by earth, or by any other object. Instead, let your "Yes" mean yes and your "No" mean no! Otherwise, you may fall under condemnation.

Elijah was a person just like us, and he prayed earnestly for it not to rain, and rain never came to the land for three years and six months.