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Let the brother of low degreerejoice[b]in that he is exalted:
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But the rich,in that he is made low:becauseas the flower of the grass he shall pass away.
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For the sun is no sooner risenwith a burning heat,but it withereth the grass,and the flowerthereoffalleth, and the grace of the fashion of itperisheth: soalsoshall the rich man fade awayinhisways.
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Blessed is the manthatendurethtemptation:for when he is tried*, he shall receive the crown of life,which the Lord hath promised to them that lovehim.
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Let no mansay when he is tempted*, I am temptedofGod:forGod cannot be tempted* with evil,[c]neithertemptethhe* any man:
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But every man is tempted, when he is drawn awayof his ownlust,andenticed.
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Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forthsin:andsin, when it is finished, bringeth forthdeath.
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For the wrath of manworkethnot the righteousness of God.
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Wherefore lay apartallfilthinessandsuperfluity of naughtiness, and receivewithmeekness the engraftedword,which is able to saveyoursouls.
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But be yedoers of the word,andnothearersonly,deceiving your own selves.
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For if anybe a hearer of the word,andnot a doer,he is like unto a manbeholdinghisnaturalfacein a glass:
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For he beholdethhimself,and goeth his way, andstraightwayforgetteth what manner of man he was.
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But whoso lookethinto the perfectlaw of liberty,andcontinueth therein, hebeingnot a forgetfulhearer,but a doer of the work, this man shall beblessedinhisdeed.[d]
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If any manamongyouseem to bereligious, and bridlethnothistongue,butdeceiveth his ownheart, this man'sreligion is vain.
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PurereligionandundefiledbeforeGodand the Fatheristhis, To visit the fatherlessandwidowsintheiraffliction, and to keephimselfunspottedfrom the world.