If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach, and it will be given to him.

For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man observing his natural face in a mirror;

If anyone among you thinks he is religious, and does not bridle his tongue but deceives his own heart, this one’s religion is useless.

For if there should come into your assembly a man with gold rings, in fine apparel, and there should also come in a poor man in filthy clothes,

If you really fulfill the royal law according to the Scripture, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself,” you do well;

but if you show partiality, you commit sin, and are convicted by the law as transgressors.

For He who said, “Do not commit adultery,” also said, “Do not murder.” Now if you do not commit adultery, but you do murder, you have become a transgressor of the law.

Faith Without Works Is Dead

What does it profit, my brethren, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can faith save him?

If a brother or sister is naked and destitute of daily food,

Thus also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead.

For we all stumble in many things. If anyone does not stumble in word, he is a perfect man, able also to bridle the whole body.

But if you have bitter envy and self-seeking in your hearts, do not boast and lie against the truth.

Do Not Judge a Brother

Do not speak evil of one another, brethren. He who speaks evil of a brother and judges his brother, speaks evil of the law and judges the law. But if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law but a judge.

Instead you ought to say, “If the Lord wills, we shall live and do this or that.”

And the prayer of faith will save the sick, and the Lord will raise him up. And if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven.

Bring Back the Erring One

Brethren, if anyone among you wanders from the truth, and someone turns him back,