The Dangers of Self-Centeredness
What is the source of wars and fights among you? Don’t they come from your passions that wage war within you? 2 You desire and do not...
The Danger of Following False Wisdom
14 But if you have bitter envy and selfish ambition in your heart, don’t boast and deny the truth. 15 Such wisdom does not come down from...
Wisdom and Understanding
13 Who among you is wise and understanding? By his good conduct he should show that his works are done in the gentleness that comes from...
Be Consistent in Speech
9 With the tongue we bless our Lord and Father, and with it we curse people who are made in God’s likeness. 10 Blessing and cursing come...
Untamable Tongue
7 Every kind of animal, bird, reptile, and fish is tamed and has been tamed by humankind, 8 but no one can tame the tongue. It is a...
The Power of the Tongue
3 Now if we put bits into the mouths of horses so that they obey us, we direct their whole bodies. 4 And consider ships: Though very...
Introduction to Controlling the Tongue
Not many should become teachers, my brothers, because you know that we will receive a stricter judgment. 2 For we all stumble in many...
Faith Without Works is Dead
24 You see that a person is justified by works and not by faith alone. 25 In the same way, wasn’t Rahab the prostitute also justified by...
Abraham’s Faith that Worked
21 Wasn’t Abraham our father justified by works in offering Isaac his son on the altar? 22 You see that faith was active together with...
Faith Without Works is Useless
18 But someone will say, “You have faith, and I have works.” Show me your faith without works, and I will show you faith by my works. 19...
