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

And may the God of peace, who brought again from the dead the great pastor of the sheep, our Lord Jesus Christ, in the blood of the everlasting testament,

James, the servant of God and of our Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting.

But if any of you want wisdom, let him ask of God who giveth to all men abundantly and upbraideth not. And it shall be given him.

Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for, when he hath been proved, he shall receive the crown of life which God hath promised to them that love him.

Let no man, when he is tempted, say that he is tempted by God. For God is not a tempter of evils: and he tempteth no man.

For the anger of man worketh not the justice of God.

Religion clean and undefiled before God and the Father is this: to visit the fatherless and widows in their tribulation and to keep one’s self unspotted from this world.

Hearken, my dearest brethren: Hath not God chosen the poor in this world, rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom which God hath promised to them that love him?

Thou believest that there is one God. Thou dost well: the devils also believe and tremble.

And the scripture was fulfilled, saying: Abraham believed God, and it was reputed to him to justice, and he was called the friend of God.

By it we bless God and the Father: and by it we curse men who are made after the likeness of God.

Adulterers, know you not that the friendship of this world is the enemy of God? Whosoever therefore will be a friend of this world becometh an enemy of God.

But he giveth greater grace. Wherefore he saith: God resisteth the proud and giveth grace to the humble.

Be subject therefore to God. But resist the devil: and he will fly from you.

Draw nigh to God: and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners, and purify your hearts, ye double minded.

According to the foreknowledge of God the Father, unto the sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ. Grace unto you and peace be multiplied.

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to his great mercy hath regenerated us unto a lively hope, by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead:

Who, by the power of God, are kept by faith unto salvation, ready to be revealed in the last time.

Who through him are faithful in God who raised him up from the dead and hath given him glory, that your faith and hope might be in God.