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For where there are jealousy and selfish ambition, there will be disharmony and every foul practice.

You don't even know if you will be alive tomorrow! For all you are is a mist that appears for a little while and then disappears.

Next, a word for the rich: weep and wail over the hardships coming upon you!

So, brothers, be patient until the Lord returns. See how the farmer waits for the precious "fruit of the earth" — he is patient over it until it receives the fall and spring rains .

You too, be patient; keep up your courage; for the Lord's return is near.

Is someone among you ill? He should call for the elders of the congregation. They will pray for him and rub olive oil on him in the name of the Lord.

Therefore, openly acknowledge your sins to one another, and pray for each other, so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective.

Eliyahu was only a human being like us; yet he prayed fervently that it might not rain, and no rain fell on the Land for three years and six months.

chosen according to the foreknowledge of God the Father and set apart by the Spirit for obeying Yeshua the Messiah and for sprinkling with his blood: Grace and shalom be yours in full measure.

to an inheritance that cannot decay, spoil or fade, kept safe for you in heaven.

Meanwhile, through trusting, you are being protected by God's power for a deliverance ready to be revealed at the Last Time.

Rejoice in this, even though for a little while you may have to experience grief in various trials.

Even gold is tested for genuineness by fire. The purpose of these trials is so that your trust's genuineness, which is far more valuable than perishable gold, will be judged worthy of praise, glory and honor at the revealing of Yeshua the Messiah.

The prophets, who prophesied about this gift of deliverance that was meant for you, pondered and inquired diligently about it.

It was revealed to them that their service when they spoke about these things was not for their own benefit, but for yours. And these same things have now been proclaimed to you by those who communicated the Good News to you through the Ruach HaKodesh sent from heaven. Even angels long to look into these things!

Therefore, get your minds ready for work, keep yourselves under control, and fix your hopes fully on the gift you will receive when Yeshua the Messiah is revealed.

God knew him before the founding of the universe, but revealed him in the acharit-hayamim for your sakes.

Now that you have purified yourselves by obeying the truth, so that you have a sincere love for your brothers, love each other deeply, with all your heart.

For all humanity is like grass, all its glory is like a wildflower — the grass withers, and the flower falls off;

and be like newborn babies, thirsty for the pure milk of the Word ; so that by it, you may grow up into deliverance.