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

And similarly, was not Rahab the prostitute also justified by works when she welcomed the messengers and sent them out by another way?

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

For he gazes at himself and then goes out and immediately forgets ¹  what sort of person he was.

Look, the pay you have held back from the workers who mowed your fields cries out against you, and the cries of the reapers have reached the ears of the Lord of hosts.

For if someone merely listens to the message and does not live it out, he is like someone ¹  who gazes at his own face ²  in a mirror.

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 

From the same mouth come blessing and cursing. These things should not be so, my brothers and sisters. ¹ 

because you know that the testing of your faith produces endurance.

But each one is tempted when he is lured and enticed by his own desires.

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

With it we bless the Lord ¹  and Father, and with it we curse people ²  made in God’s image.

My brothers and sisters, ¹  if anyone among you wanders from the truth and someone turns him back,

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.

By his sovereign plan he gave us birth ¹  through the message of truth, that we would be a kind of firstfruits of all he created.

Who is wise and understanding among you? By his good conduct he should show his works done in the gentleness that wisdom brings. ¹ 

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?