Now the believer of humble means should take pride in his high position.

But the rich person’s pride should be in his humiliation, because he will pass away like a wildflower in the meadow.

since he is a double-minded individual, unstable in all his ways.

And the fruit that consists of righteousness is planted in peace among those who make peace.

But as it is, you boast in your arrogance. All such boasting is evil.

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.

You have lived indulgently and luxuriously on the earth. You have fattened your hearts in a day of slaughter.

For if someone comes into your assembly wearing a gold ring and fine clothing, and a poor person enters in filthy clothes,

Listen, my dear brothers and sisters! Did not God choose the poor in the world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom that he promised to those who love him?

But if you have bitter jealousy and selfishness in your hearts, do not boast and tell lies against the truth.

With it we bless the Lord and Father, and with it we curse people made in God’s image.

For the one who obeys the whole law but fails in one point has become guilty of all of it.

And let endurance have its perfect effect, so that you will be perfect and complete, not deficient in anything.

My brothers and sisters, do not show prejudice if you possess faith in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ.

As an example of suffering and patience, brothers and sisters, take the prophets who spoke in the Lord’s name.

Pure and undefiled religion before God the Father is this: to care for orphans and widows in their misfortune and to keep oneself unstained by the world.

Is anyone among you suffering? He should pray. Is anyone in good spirits? He should sing praises.

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.

But he must ask in faith without doubting, for the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed around by the wind.

But if you fulfill the royal law as expressed in this scripture, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself,” you are doing well.