For judgment is merciless for the one who has shown no mercy. But mercy triumphs over ¹  judgment.

You see that his faith was working together with his works and his faith was perfected by works.

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

Not many of you should become teachers, my brothers and sisters, ¹  because you know that we will be judged more strictly. ² 

A spring does not pour out fresh water and bitter water from the same opening, does it?

Such ¹  wisdom does not come ²  from above but is earthly, natural, ³  demonic.

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

But if anyone is deficient in wisdom, he should ask God, who gives to all generously and without reprimand, and it will be given to him.

Let no one say when he is tempted, “I am tempted by God,” for God cannot be tempted by evil, ¹  and he himself tempts no one.

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

But there is only one who is lawgiver and judge – the one who is able to save and destroy. On the other hand, who are you to judge your neighbor? ¹ 

But the one who peers into the perfect law of liberty and fixes his attention there, ¹  and does not become a forgetful listener but one who lives it out – he ²  will be blessed in what he does. ³ 

Listen, my dear brothers and sisters! ¹  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?

For he who said, “Do not commit adultery,” ¹  also said, “Do not murder.” ²  Now if you do not commit adultery but do commit murder, you have become a violator of the law.

and one of you says to them, “Go in peace, keep warm and eat well,” but you do not give them what the body needs, ¹  what good is it?

You ¹  do not know about tomorrow. What is your life like? ²  For you are a puff of smoke ³  that appears for a short time and then vanishes.

Elijah was a human being ¹  like us, and he prayed earnestly ²  that it would not rain and there was no rain on the land for three years and six months!