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What shall it profit, my brethren, if a man say he hath faith, but hath not works? Shall faith be able to save him?

But some man will say: Thou hast faith, and I have works. Shew me thy faith without works; and I will shew thee, by works, my faith.

But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead?

But the tongue no man can tame, an unquiet evil, full of deadly poison.

But if you have bitter zeal, and there be contention in your hearts: glory not and be not liars against the truth.

For this is not wisdom, descending from above: but earthly, sensual, devilish.

But the wisdom that is from above, first indeed is chaste, then peaceable, modest, easy to be persuaded, consenting to the good, full of mercy and good fruits, without judging, without dissimulation.

But he giveth greater grace. Wherefore he saith: God resisteth the proud and giveth grace to the humble.

Be subject therefore to God. But resist the devil: and he will fly from you.

Detract not one another, my brethren. He that detracteth his brother, or he that judgeth his brother, detracteth the law and judgeth the law. But if thou judge the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge.

But who art thou that judgest thy neighbour? Behold, now you that say: To-day or to-morrow we will go into such a city, and there we will spend a year and will traffic and make our gain.

But now you rejoice in your arrogancies. All such rejoicing is wicked.

But above all things, my brethren, swear not, neither by heaven, nor by the earth, nor by any other oath. But let your speech be: Yea, Yea: No, No: that you fall not under judgment.

To whom it was revealed that, not to themselves but to you, they ministered those things which are now declared to you by them that have preached the gospel to you: the Holy Ghost being sent down from heaven, on whom the angels desire to look.

But according to him that hath called you, who is holy, be you also in all manner of conversation holy:

But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb unspotted and undefiled

Foreknown indeed before the foundation of the world, but manifested in the last times for you:

Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but incorruptible, by the word of God who liveth and remaineth for ever.

But the word of the Lord endureth for ever. And this is the word which by the gospel hath been preached unto you.

Unto whom coming, as to a living stone, rejected indeed by men but chosen and made honourable by God: