But be sure you live out the message and do not merely listen to it and so deceive yourselves.

By his sovereign plan he gave us birth through the message of truth, that we would be a kind of firstfruits of all he created.

So put away all filth and evil excess and humbly welcome the message implanted within you, which is able to save your souls.

For if someone merely listens to the message and does not live it out, he is like someone who gazes at his own face in a mirror.

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.