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For this reason, putting away all dirty behaviour and the overweight of evil, take into your souls without pride the word which, being planted there, is able to give you salvation.

For after looking at himself he goes away, and in a short time he has no memory of what he was like.

For if a man comes into your Synagogue in fair clothing and with a gold ring, and a poor man comes in with dirty clothing,

Give ear, my dear brothers; are not those who are poor in the things of this world marked out by God to have faith as their wealth, and for their heritage the kingdom which he has said he will give to those who have love for him?

But if you keep the greatest law of all, as it is given in the holy Writings, Have love for your neighbour as for yourself, you do well:

For anyone who keeps all the law, but makes a slip in one point, is judged to have gone against it all.

For he who said, Do not be untrue in married life, is the same who said, Put no man to death. Now if you are not untrue in married life, but you put a man to death, the law is broken.

For the man who has had no mercy will be judged without mercy, but mercy takes pride in overcoming judging.

What use is it, my brothers, for a man to say that he has faith, if he does nothing? will such a faith give him salvation?

For as the body without the spirit is dead even so faith without works is dead.

For we all go wrong in a number of things. If a man never makes a slip in his talk, then he is a complete man and able to keep all his body in control.

Even so the tongue is a small part of the body, but it takes credit for great things. How much wood may be lighted by a very little fire!

For every sort of beast and bird and every living thing on earth and in the sea has been controlled by man and is under his authority;

Out of the same mouth comes blessing and cursing. My brothers, it is not right for these things to be so.

For where envy is, and the desire to get the better of others, there is no order, but every sort of evil-doing.

And the fruit of righteousness is planted in peace for those who make peace.

You are burning with desire, and have not your desire, so you put men to death; you are full of envy, and you are not able to get your desire, so you are fighting and making war; you have not your desire, because you do not make request for it.

You make your request but you do not get it, because your request has been wrongly made, desiring the thing only so that you may make use of it for your pleasure.

Or does it seem to you that it is for nothing that the holy Writings say, The spirit which God put into our hearts has a strong desire for us?

For this cause be ruled by God; but make war on the Evil One and he will be put to flight before you.