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for he has considered himself and is gone away, and straightway he has forgotten what he was like.

for if there come unto your synagogue a man with a gold ring in splendid apparel, and a poor man also come in in vile apparel,

For whoever shall keep the whole law and shall offend in one [point], he has come under the guilt of [breaking] all.

For he who said, Thou shalt not commit adultery, said also, Thou shalt not kill. Now if thou dost not commit adultery, but killest, thou art become transgressor of [the] law.

for judgment [will be] without mercy to him that has shewn no mercy. Mercy glories over judgment.

and one from amongst you say to them, Go in peace, be warmed and filled; but give not to them the needful things for the body, what [is] the profit?

For as the body without a spirit is dead, so also faith without works is dead.

For we all often offend. If any one offend not in word, *he* [is] a perfect man, able to bridle the whole body too.

For every species both of beasts and of birds, both of creeping things and of sea animals, is tamed and has been tamed by the human species;

For where emulation and strife [are], there [is] disorder and every evil thing.

But [the] fruit of righteousness in peace is sown for them that make peace.

ye who do not know what will be on the morrow, ([for] what [is] your life? It is even a vapour, appearing for a little while, and then disappearing,)

Your gold and silver is eaten away, and their canker shall be for a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as fire. Ye have heaped up treasure in [the] last days.

Have patience, therefore, brethren, till the coming of the Lord. Behold, the labourer awaits the precious fruit of the earth, having patience for it until it receive [the] early and [the] latter rain.

*Ye* also have patience: stablish your hearts, for the coming of the Lord is drawn nigh.

Confess therefore your offences to one another, and pray for one another, that ye may be healed. [The] fervent supplication of the righteous [man] has much power.

to an incorruptible and undefiled and unfading inheritance, reserved in [the] heavens for you,

who are kept guarded by [the] power of God through faith for salvation ready to be revealed in [the] last time.

Wherein ye exult, for a little while at present, if needed, put to grief by various trials,

because it is written, Be ye holy, for *I* am holy.