For the sun with a scorching wind has risen, and dried up the grass, and its flower fell off, and the beauty of its countenance perished: so indeed the rich man will pass away in his ways.

Happy is the man who endures temptation: because, being proved, he will receive a crown of life, which God has promised to those who love him with divine love.

for he recognized himself, and has gone away, and immediately forgot what kind he was.

Hear, my beloved brethren. Has not God chosen the poor in the world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he has promised to those who love him with divine love?

Do they not blaspheme the good name which has been called upon you?

For whosoever may keep the whole law, and fail in one item, has become guilty of all.

But what is it profitable, my brethren, if one may say he has faith, but has not works? whether is faith able to save him?

For every nature both of wild beasts, and of birds, and of creeping things, and of oceanic animals, is subdued, and has been subjugated to human nature: