James 1:17–27

¹⁷every good giving, and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the lights, with whom is no variation, or shadow of turning; ¹⁸having counselled, He did beget us with a word of truth, for our being a certain first-fruit of His creatures.

¹⁹So then, my brethren beloved, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger, ²⁰for the wrath of a man the righteousness of God doth not work; ²¹wherefore having put aside all filthiness and superabundance of evil, in meekness be receiving the engrafted word, that is able to save your souls; ²²and become ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves, ²³because, if any one is a hearer of the word and not a doer, this one hath been like to a man viewing his natural face in a mirror, ²⁴for he did view himself, and hath gone away, and immediately he did forget of what kind he was; ²⁵and he who did look into the perfect law—that of liberty, and did continue there, this one—not a forgetful hearer becoming, but a doer of work—this one shall be happy in his doing. ²⁶If any one doth think to be religious among you, not bridling his tongue, but deceiving his heart, of this one vain is the religion; ²⁷religion pure and undefiled with the God and Father is this, to look after orphans and widows in their tribulation—unspotted to keep himself from the world.

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