sure that the sterling temper of your faith produces endurance;

Be sure of that, my beloved brothers. Let everyone be quick to listen, slow to talk, slow to be angry ??20 for human anger does not promote divine righteousness;

But be sure you live out the message and do not merely listen to it and so deceive yourselves.

Be miserable and mourn and weep. Your laughter must change to mourning and your joy to sorrow.

Come now, you rich people, weep aloud and howl over the miseries that are sure to overtake you.

But above all things, my brethren, swear not, neither by heaven, neither by the earth, neither by any other oath: but let your yea be yea; and your nay, nay; lest ye fall into condemnation.

let the [latter] one know that the one who has turned a sinner from the error of his way will save that one’s soul from death and cover a multitude of sins [that is, obtain the pardon of the many sins committed by the one who has been restored].