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Of his own will he hath begotten us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of first-fruits of his creatures.

For if any is a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like a man beholding his natural face in a glass:

But he who looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth [in it], he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.

If any man among you seemeth to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion [is] vain.

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

Seest thou how faith wrought with his works, and by works was faith made perfect?

Who [is] a wise man and endued with knowledge among you? let him show by a good deportment his works with meekness of wisdom.

Speak not evil one of another, brethren. He that speaketh evil of [his] brother, and judgeth his brother, speaketh evil of the law, and judgeth the law: but if thou judgest the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge.

Let him know, that he who converteth a sinner from the error of his way will save a soul from death, and will hide a multitude of sins.

Blessed [be] the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again to a living hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

But ye [are] a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should show forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvelous light:

For even to this were ye called: because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps:

Who committed no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth:

Who himself bore our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live to righteousness; by whose stripes ye were healed.

For he that will love life, and see good days, let him restrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile:

For the eyes of the Lord [are] over the righteous, and his ears [are open] to their prayers: but the face of the Lord [is] against them that do evil.

That he no longer should live the rest of [his] time in the flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will of God.

But rejoice, seeing ye are partakers of Christ's sufferings; that, when his glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy.

But the God of all grace, who hath called us to his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, establish, strengthen, settle [you].

According as his divine power hath given to us all things that [pertain] to life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue: