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make you complete in every good work to do His will, working in you [fn] what is well pleasing in His sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen.

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

Let the lowly brother glory in his exaltation,

but the rich in his humiliation, because as a flower of the field he will pass away.

For no sooner has the sun risen with a burning heat than it withers the grass; its flower falls, and its beautiful appearance perishes. So the rich man also will fade away in his pursuits.

But each one is tempted when he is drawn away by his own desires and enticed.

Of His own will He brought us forth by the word of truth, that we might be a kind of firstfruits of His creatures.

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

If anyone among you [fn] thinks he is religious, and does not bridle his tongue but deceives his own heart, this one's religion is useless.

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

Do you see that faith was working together with his works, and by works faith was made perfect?

Who is wise and understanding among you? Let him show by good conduct that his works are done in the meekness of wisdom.

Do not speak evil of one another, brethren. He who speaks evil of a brother and judges his brother, speaks evil of the law and judges the law. But if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law but a judge.

20 let him know that he who turns a sinner from the error of his way will save a soul [fn] from death and cover a multitude of sins.

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

But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light;

For to this you were called, because Christ also suffered for us, [fn] leaving us [fn] an example, that you should follow His steps:

"Who committed no sin,Nor was deceit found in His mouth"; Isaiah 53:9 ">[fn]

who Himself bore our sins in His own body on the tree, that we, having died to sins, might live for righteousness--by whose stripes you were healed.

For "He who would love life And see good days, Let him refrain his tongue from evil, And his lips from speaking deceit.