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Through Him then, let's continually offer up a sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of lips praising His name.

equip you in every good thing to do His will, working in us that which is pleasing in His sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be the glory forever and ever. Amen.

being a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.

Now the brother or sister of humble circumstances is to glory in his high position;

but the rich person is to glory in his humiliation, because like flowering grass he will pass away.

For the sun rises with its scorching heat and withers the grass; and its flower falls off and the beauty of its appearance is destroyed; so also the rich person, in the midst of his pursuits, will die out.

But each one is tempted when he is carried away and enticed by his own lust.

In the exercise of His will He gave us birth by the word of truth, so that we would be a kind of first fruits among His creatures.

For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man who looks at his natural face in a mirror;

If anyone thinks himself to be religious, yet does not bridle his tongue but deceives his own heart, this person's religion is worthless.

Was our father Abraham not justified by works when he offered up his son Isaac on the altar?

You see that faith was working with his works, and as a result of the works, faith was perfected;

Who among you is wise and understanding? Let him show by his good behavior his deeds in the gentleness of wisdom.

Do not speak against one another, brothers and sisters. The one who speaks against a brother or sister, or judges his brother or sister, speaks against the law and judges the law; but if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law but a judge of it.

let him know that the one who has turned a sinner from the error of his way will save his soul from death and cover a multitude of sins.

according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, by the sanctifying work of the Spirit, to obey Jesus Christ and be sprinkled with His blood: May grace and peace be multiplied to you.

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His great mercy has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

But you are A CHOSEN PEOPLE, A royal PRIESTHOOD, A HOLY NATION, A PEOPLE FOR GOD'S OWN POSSESSION, so that you may proclaim the excellencies of Him who has called you out of darkness into His marvelous light;

For you have been called for this purpose, because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example, so that you would follow in His steps,

HE WHO COMMITTED NO sin, NOR WAS ANY DECEIT found IN HIS MOUTH;