Beware of Personal Favoritism 1 My brethren, do not hold the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ,theLordof glory, withpartiality. 2 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, 3 and you pay attention to the […]
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James 3
The Untamable Tongue 1 My brethren,let not many of you become teachers,knowing that we shall receive a stricter judgment. 2 Forwe all stumble in many things.If anyone does not stumble in word,heisa perfect man, able also to bridle the whole body. 3 Indeed,we put bits in horses’ mouths that they may obey us, and we […]
James 4
Pride Promotes Strife 1 Where do wars and fightscomefrom among you? Dotheynotcomefrom yourdesiresforpleasurethat war in your members? 2 You lust and do not have. You murder and covet and cannot obtain. You fight and war. Yet you do not have because you do not ask. 3 You ask and do not receive,because you ask amiss, […]
James 5
Rich Oppressors Will Be Judged 1 Come now,yourich, weep and howl for your miseries that are coming uponyou! 2 Yourriches are corrupted, andyour garments are moth-eaten. 3 Your gold and silver are corroded, and their corrosion will be a witness against you and will eat your flesh like fire.You have heaped up treasure in the […]
Hebrews 1
God’s Supreme Revelation 1 God, who at various times andin various ways spoke in time past to the fathers by the prophets, 2 has in these last days spoken to us byHisSon, whom He has appointed heir of all things, through whom also He made the worlds; 3 who being the brightness ofHisglory and the […]
Hebrews 2
Do Not Neglect Salvation 1 Therefore we must give the more earnest heed to the things we have heard, lest we drift away. 2 For if the wordspoken through angels proved steadfast, andevery transgression and disobedience received a just reward, 3 how shall we escape if we neglect so great a salvation,which at the first […]
Hebrews 3
The Son Was Faithful 1 Therefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our confession, Christ Jesus, 2 who was faithful to Him who appointed Him, asMoses alsowasfaithfulin all His house. 3 For this One has been counted worthy of more glory than Moses, inasmuch asHe who built […]
Hebrews 4
The Promise of Rest 1 Therefore, since a promise remains of entering His rest,let us fear lest any of you seem to have come short of it. 2 For indeed the gospel was preached to us as well as to them; but the word which they heard did not profit them, not being mixed with […]
Hebrews 5
Qualifications for High Priesthood 1 For every high priest taken from among menis appointed for men in thingspertainingto God, that he may offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins. 2 He can have compassion on those who are ignorant and going astray, since he himself is also subject toweakness. 3 Because of this he is […]
Hebrews 6
The Peril of Not Progressing 1 Therefore,leaving the discussion of the elementaryprinciplesof Christ, let us go on to perfection, not laying again the foundation of repentance fromdead works and of faith toward God, 2 of the doctrine of baptisms,of laying on of hands,of resurrection of the dead,and of eternal judgment. 3 And this we will […]