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Now, therefore, endure discipline, because God acts toward you as towards sons; for where is the son whom the father does not discipline?

For they only for a short while, disciplined us as seemed good to them; but God corrects us for our advantage, that we might become partakers of his holiness.

Take heed lest any man among you be found short of the grace of God; or lest any root of bitterness spring forth and harm you, and thereby many be defiled;

But you have come near to Mount Zion, and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to the innumerable multitude of angels,

And to the congregation of the first converts who are enrolled in heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of pious men made perfect

Therefore, we receiving a kingdom which cannot be shaken, let us hold fast that grace whereby we may serve and please God with reverence and godly fear:

For our God is a consuming fire.

Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled; but God will judge those who practice vice and adultery;

Remember those who are your leaders, those who have spoken the word of God to you: mark the completeness of their works, and imitate their faith.

By him, therefore, let us always offer the sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of the lips giving thanks to his name.

And do not forget kindness and fellowship with the poor: for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.

Now the God of peace, who brought again from the dead our LORD Jesus, that great shepherd of the sheep through the blood of the everlasting covenant,

JAMES, a servant of God and of our LORD Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are scattered among the Gentiles, greeting.

If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all men liberally and with grace; and it shall be given him.

Blessed is the man who endures temptations: for when he is tested, he shall receive the crown of life, which God has promised to those who love him.

Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither does he tempt any man:

For the wrath of man does not bring about the righteousness of God.

If any man thinks that he ministers to God, and does not control his tongue, he deceives his own heart, and this man''s ministry is in vain.

For a pure and holy ministry before God, the Father, is this, To visit the fatherless and the widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.

Hear this, my beloved brethren, Has not God chosen the poor of the world who are rich in faith, to be heirs of the kingdom which God has promised to those who love him?