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So we can say with confidence, " The Lord is my helper , and I will not be afraid . What can people do to me? "

And let endurance have its perfect effect, so that you will be perfect and complete, not deficient in anything.

For the sun rises with its heat and dries up the meadow; the petal of the flower falls off and its beauty is lost forever. So also the rich person in the midst of his pursuits will wither away.

So put away all filth and evil excess and humbly welcome the message implanted within you, which is able to save your souls.

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

If someone thinks he is religious yet does not bridle his tongue, and so deceives his heart, his religion is futile.

If so, have you not made distinctions among yourselves and become judges with evil motives?

So also faith, if it does not have works, is dead being by itself.

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

Look at ships too: Though they are so large and driven by harsh winds, they are steered by a tiny rudder wherever the pilot's inclination directs.

So too the tongue is a small part of the body, yet it has great pretensions. Think how small a flame sets a huge forest ablaze.

From the same mouth come blessing and cursing. These things should not be so, my brothers and sisters.

you ask and do not receive because you ask wrongly, so you can spend it on your passions.

Adulterers, do you not know that friendship with the world means hostility toward God? So whoever decides to be the world's friend makes himself God's enemy.

So submit to God. But resist the devil and he will flee from you.

So whoever knows what is good to do and does not do it is guilty of sin.

So be patient, brothers and sisters, until the Lord's return. Think of how the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the ground and is patient for it until it receives the early and late rains.

Do not grumble against one another, brothers and sisters, so that you may not be judged. See, the judge stands before the gates!

And above all, my brothers and sisters, do not swear, either by heaven or by earth or by any other oath. But let your "Yes" be yes and your "No" be no, so that you may not fall into judgment.

So confess your sins to one another and pray for one another so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person has great effectiveness.