but let one who is rich exult in being lowered; for the rich will pass away like the flower of the grass ??11 up comes the sun with the scorching wind and withers the grass, its flower drops off, and the splendour of it is ruined: so shall the rich fade away amid their pursuits.

For the sun is no sooner risen with a burning heat, but it withereth the grass, and the flower thereof falleth, and the grace of the fashion of it perisheth: so also shall the rich man fade away in his ways.

a man is instigated, and drawn into the snare by his own vicious passions, which once indulg'd, are productive of sin,

Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death.

For as soon as he hath looked on himself, he goeth his way, and forgetteth immediately what his fashion was:

But if ye have respect to persons, ye commit sin, and are convinced of the law as transgressors.

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

For in many things we sin all. If a man sin not in word, the same is a perfect man and able to tame all the body.

And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace of them that make peace.

You people who have become unfaithful to God, do you not know that being [intimate] friends with the world [of sin] means hostility toward God? Therefore, whoever determines to be an [intimate] friend of the world becomes an enemy of God.

when, all the while, you do not even know what will happen to-morrow. For what is the nature of your life? Why, it is but a mist, which appears for a short time and then is seen no more.

Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.

Come, you rich men, weep aloud and howl for your sorrows which will soon be upon you.

Behold, we count them happy which endure. Ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord; that the Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy.

But above all, my fellow believers, do not swear, either by heaven or by earth or with any other oath; but let your yes be [a truthful] yes, and your no be [a truthful] no, so that you may not fall under judgment.

And by the prayer of faith the man who is ill will be made well, and he will be lifted up by the Lord, and for any sin which he has done he will have forgiveness.

So, confess your sins to one another, and pray for one another to be healed [from sin sickness]. The special request of a righteous person is empowered with [great] effectiveness.