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

For we all stumble in many ways. If someone does not stumble in what he says, he is a perfect individual, able to control the entire body as well.

For every kind of animal, bird, reptile, and sea creature is subdued and has been subdued by humankind.

For where there is jealousy and selfishness, there is disorder and every evil practice.

You do not know about tomorrow. What is your life like? For you are a puff of smoke that appears for a short time and then vanishes.

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.

You also be patient and strengthen your hearts, for the Lord's return is near.

Is anyone among you ill? He should summon the elders of the church, and they should pray for him and anoint him with oil in the name of the Lord.

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.

Elijah was a human being like us, and he prayed earnestly that it would not rain and there was no rain on the land for three years and six months!

according to the foreknowledge of God the Father by being set apart by the Spirit for obedience and for sprinkling with Jesus Christ's blood. May grace and peace be yours in full measure!

that is, into an inheritance imperishable, undefiled, and unfading. It is reserved in heaven for you,

who by God's power are protected through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.

This brings you great joy, although you may have to suffer for a short time in various trials.

They probed into what person or time the Spirit of Christ within them was indicating when he testified beforehand about the sufferings appointed for Christ and his subsequent glory.

Therefore, get your minds ready for action by being fully sober, and set your hope completely on the grace that will be brought to you when Jesus Christ is revealed.

for it is written, " You shall be holy , because I am holy ."

He was foreknown before the foundation of the world but was manifested in these last times for your sake.

For all flesh is like grass and all its glory like the flower of the grass; the grass withers and the flower falls off,

And yearn like newborn infants for pure, spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up to salvation,