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For he who keepeth the whole law, and in one offendeth, of the whole LAW he is guilty.

For he who hath said, Thou shalt not commit adultery, is he who hath said, Thou shalt not steal; but if thou do not commit adultery, yet steal, thou hast become a transgressor against the LAW.

For judgment is to be without mercy, upon him who hath not done mercy. Be you exalted by mercy over judgment.

and any one of you shall say to them, Go in peace, be warm, and be satisfied, and give them not what is necessary for the body, what (would be) the use ?

For a man saith, Thou hast faith, and I have works; show me thy faith without thy works, and I will show thee my faith from my works.

and the scripture was accomplished which said, that Abraham believed in Aloha, and it was reckoned unto him for righteousness, and the friend of Aloha he was called.

For (in) many we all offend. Every one who in word offendeth not, this is a perfect man, who is able to make subject also all his body.

For, behold, bridles into the mouth of horses we throw that we may make them submissive to us, and their whole body we turn.

For every nature of animals, and of birds, and reptiles of the sea, and of the dry land, have been subjected to the human nature;

For by it we bless the Lord and the Father, and by it we curse men who in the likeness of Aloha were made;

For where there are envy and contention, there also are tumult and every thing that is evil.

Speak not against one another, my brethren; for he who speaketh against his brother, or judgeth his brother, speaketh against the law, and judgeth the law. And if the law thou judgest, thou art not a doer of the law, but the judge of it.

For one is the appointer [fn] of the law and the Judge, who can save and destroy. But thou, who art thou, who judgest thy neighbour ?

and they know not what shall be on the morrow: for what is our life, but a vapour which for a little while is seen, and vanisheth and endeth ?

For instead they should say, If the Lord will, and we live, we will do this or that.

O rich men, howl and weep for the miseries which are coming upon you.

and your gold and your silver rusteth, and the rust of them is for a witness against you, and is to eat your flesh. You have gathered fire for you for the last days !

For you have lived daintily on the earth, and have been wanton, and have nourished your bodies, as for the day of slaughter.

BUT you, my brethren, prolong your spirit until the coming of the Lord; as the husbandman who expecteth the precious fruits of his lands, and prolongeth his spirit for them, until he receive the rain the early and the latter;

so also you, prolong your spirit, and your hearts confirm; for the coming of our Lord draweth nigh.