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But if you have bitter jealousy and contention in your heart, do not boast and lie against the truth.

This is not the wisdom coming down from above, but is earthly, beastly, devilish.

But the wisdom from above is firstly truly pure, then peaceable, forbearing, yielding, full of mercy and of good fruits, not partial and not pretended.

But He gives greater grace. Because of this it says, "God sets Himself against proud ones , but He gives grace to humble ones ." Prov. 3:34

Do not speak against one another, brothers. He that speaks against a brother, and is judging a brother, he speaks against Law, and judges Law. But if you judge Law, you are not a doer of Law, but a judge.

but now you boast in your presumptions. All such boasting is evil.

But before all things, my brothers, do not swear, neither by the heaven, nor by the earth, nor any other oath. But let your yes be yes, and the no, no, that you may not fall under judgment.

so that the proving of your faith, much more precious than perishing gold, but having been proved through fire, may be found to praise and honor and glory at the revelation of Jesus Christ;

whom having not seen, you love; in whom not yet seeing, but believing, you exult with joy unspeakable and being glorified,

To whom it was revealed that not to themselves, but to us they ministered the same things, which now were announced to you by those having preached the gospel to you in the Holy Spirit sent from Heaven; into which things angels longto look into.

but according to the Holy One who has called you, you also become holy in all conduct;

but with precious blood of Christ, as a lamb without blemish and without spot,

indeed having been foreknown before the foundation of the world, but revealed in the last times because of you,

being regenerated, not by corruptible seed, but incorruptible, through the living Word of God, and remaining forever.

but the Word of the Lord remains forever." And this is the Word announced as gospel to you. Isaiah 40:6-8

to whom having drawn near, a living Stone, indeed having been rejected by men, but chosen by God, precious;

Then to you who believe belongs the preciousness. But to disobeying ones, He is the "Stone which those building rejected; this One became the Head of the Corner," Psa. 118:22

But you are "an elect race," "a royal priesthood," "a holy nation," "a people for possession," so that "you may openly speak of the virtues" of the One who has called you out of darknessinto His marvelous light; LXX-Ex.23:22; MT-Ex. 19:5, 6

you who then were "not a people, but now are the people" of God; "the one not pitied then but now pitied." Hos. 1:6, 9 2:1, 23

or to governors, as through Him having indeed being sent for vengeance on evildoers, but praise on well doers,