Do they not blaspheme the good name of the one you belong to?<n id="1" />

For judgment is merciless for the one who has shown no mercy. But mercy triumphs over<n id="1" /> judgment.p>

So submit to God. But resist the devil and he will flee from you.

Your riches have rotted and your clothing has become moth-eaten.

do you pay attention to the one who is finely dressed and say,<n id="1" /> &#8220;You sit here in a good place,&#8221;<n id="2" /> and to the poor person, &#8220;You stand over there,&#8221; or &#8220;Sit on the floor&#8221;?<n id="3" />

Listen, my dear brothers and sisters!<n id="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?

<p class="bodytext">Adulterers, do you not know that friendship with the world means hostility toward God?<n id="1" /> So whoever decides to be the world&#8217;s friend makes himself God&#8217;s enemy.

<t /><p class="bodytext">So be patient, brothers and sisters,<n id="1" /> until the Lord&#8217;s return.<n id="2" /> Think of how the farmer waits<n id="3" /> for the precious fruit of the ground and is patient<n id="4" /> for it until it receives the early and late rains.

Happy is the one<n id="1" /> who endures testing, because when he has proven to be genuine, he will receive the crown of life that God<n id="2" /> promised to those who love him.

So put away all filth and evil excess and humbly<n id="1" /> welcome the message implanted within you, which is able to save your souls.

And the scripture was fulfilled that says, &#8220;<b><i>Now Abraham believed God and it was counted to him for righteousnessi>b>,&#8221;<n id="1" /> and <i>he was called God&#8217;s friendi>.<n id="2" />

Look at ships too: Though they are so large and driven by harsh winds, they are steered by a tiny rudder wherever the pilot&#8217;s inclination directs.

With it we bless the Lord<n id="1" /> and Father, and with it we curse people<n id="2" /> made in God&#8217;s image.

<t /><p class="bodytext">Where do the conflicts and where<n id="1" /> do the quarrels among you come from? Is it not from this,<n id="2" /> from your passions that battle inside you?<n id="3" />

But there is only one who is lawgiver and judge &#8211; the one who is able to save and destroy. On the other hand, who are you to judge your neighbor?<n id="1" />p>

since he is a double-minded individual,<n id="1" /> unstable in all his ways.p>

But the one who peers into the perfect law of liberty and fixes his attention there,<n id="1" /> and does not become a forgetful listener but one who lives it out &#8211; he<n id="2" /> will be blessed in what he does.<n id="3" />

But someone will say, &#8220;You have faith and I have works.&#8221;<n id="1" /> Show me your faith without works and I will show you faith by<n id="2" /> my works.

Your gold and silver have rusted and their rust will be a witness against you. It will consume your flesh like fire. It is in the last days that you have hoarded treasure!<n id="1" />

And above all, my brothers and sisters,<n id="1" /> do not swear, either by heaven or by earth or by any other oath. But let your &#8220;Yes&#8221; be yes and your &#8220;No&#8221; be no, so that you may not fall into judgment.p>