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And the scripture was fulfilled, which saith: Abraham believed in God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness, and he was called the Friend of God.

For we all offend in many things. Whoever offendeth not in discourse, is a perfect man, who can also keep his whole body in subjection.

For all natures of beasts and birds and reptiles, of the sea or land, are subjugated by the nature of man.

For with it, we bless the Lord and Father; and with it we curse men, who were made in the image of God:

For this wisdom cometh not down from above; but is earthly, and from the devices of the soul, and from demons.

For where envy and contention are, there also is confusion, and every thing wrong.

Speak not against each other, my brethren; for he that speaketh against his brother, or judgeth his brother, speaketh against the law, and judgeth the law. And if thou judgest the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but its judge.

And they know not what will be to-morrow: for what is our life, but an exhalation that is seen a little while, and then vanisheth and is gone?

For your wealth is spoiled and putrid; and your garments are moth-eaten:

For ye have lived in pleasure on the earth, and revelled, and feasted your bodies as in a day of slaughter.

But, my brethren, be ye patient until the advent of the Lord; like the husbandman, who waiteth for the precious fruits of his ground, and is patient as to them, until he receive the early and the latter rain.

So also be ye patient, and fortify your hearts; for the advent of our Lord draweth nigh

Be not querulous one against another, my brethren, lest ye be judged: for lo, the judgment, standeth before the door.

For patience in your afflictions, my brethren, take to you the example of the prophets, who spoke in the name of the Lord.

For lo, we ascribe blessedness to them who have borne suffering. Ye have heard of the patience of Job; and ye have seen the result which the Lord wrought for him: for the Lord is merciful and compassionate.

And if one is sick, let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray for him, and anoint him with oil in the name of our Lord:

And confess ye your faults one to another, and pray ye one for another, that ye may be healed; for great is the efficacy of the prayer which a righteous man prayeth.

Elijah also was a man of sensations like us, and he prayed that rain might not descend upon the earth; and it descended not, for three years and six months.

and to an inheritance incorruptible, undefiled, and unfading, which is prepared for you in heaven;

while ye are kept, by the power of God and by faith, for the life that is prepared and will be revealed in the last times;