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Do not speak against one another, my brethren, for he who speaks against his brother, and judges his brother, 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.

For there is one lawgiver and judge, who is able to save and to destroy: who are you to judge your neighbor?

They do not know what will happen tomorrow! For what is our life? It is but a vapour, which appears for a little while, and then vanishes away.

O YOU rich men, weep and howl for the miseries which shall come upon you!

Your gold and silver are tarnished, and the rust of them will be a testimony against you, and shall eat your flesh. The treasures which you have heaped together will be as fire to you for the last days.

For you have had your luxuries on earth and have been greedy; you have fed your bodies as for the day of slaughter.

But you, my brethren, be patient, until the coming of the LORD, just as the husbandman waits for the precious crops of his field, and has long patience for it, until he receives the early and the latter rain.

You be patient also: strengthen your hearts: for the coming of our LORD is at hand.

Complain not one against another, my brethren, lest you be condemned: for behold judgment is at hand.

My brethren, take the prophets who have spoken in the name of the LORD, for an example of patience in your suffering.

Behold, we count them happy who endure. You have heard of the patience of Job, and you have seen what the LORD did for him at the end; for the LORD is very merciful and compassionate.

And if any be sick, let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of our LORD:

Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that you may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man is powerful.

Even Elijah, who was a weak man like ourselves, prayed earnestly that it might not rain upon the land, and it did not rain for three years and six months.

To an inheritance incorruptible and undefiled, that does not fade away, and is prepared in heaven for you,

While you are kept by the power of God through faith, for the life eternal which is ready to be revealed at the last time.

Wherein you will rejoice for ever, though at present you are sorrowful for a while, through diverse trials which have come upon you:

So that the proof of your faith, being much more precious than refined gold which has been purified by fire, may be made manifest for the glory and honour and praise at the appearing of Jesus Christ,

And you will receive the reward for your faith, even the salvation of your souls.

For which very salvation the prophets searched diligently when they prophesied concerning the grace which was to be given to you.