002:022 You notice that his faith was co-operating with his actions,
and that by his actions his faith was perfected;
002:023 and the Scripture was fulfilled which says, "And Abraham believed God,
and his faith was placed to his credit as righteousness,"
and he received the name of `God's friend.'
002:024 You all see that it is because of actions that a man is
pronounced righteous, and not simply because of faith.
002:025 In the same way also was not the notorious sinner Rahab declared
to be righteous because of her actions when she welcomed
the spies and hurriedly helped them to escape another way?
002:026 For just as a human body without a spirit is lifeless,
so also faith is lifeless if it is unaccompanied by obedience.
003:001 Do not be eager, my brethren, for many among you to become teachers;
for you know that we teachers shall undergo severer judgement.
003:002 For we often stumble and fall, all of us. If there is any one
who never stumbles in speech, that man has reached maturity
of character and is able to curb his whole nature.
003:003 Remember that we put the horses' bit into their mouths to make
them obey us, and so we turn their whole bodies round.
003:004 So too with ships, great as they are, and often driven along
by strong gales, yet they can be steered with a very small
rudder in whichever direction the caprice of the man at
the helm chooses.
003:005 In the same way the tongue is an insignificant part of the body,
but it is immensely boastful. Remember how a mere spark
may set a vast forest in flames.
003:006 And the tongue is a fire. That world of iniquity, the tongue,
is placed within us spotting and soiling our whole nature,
and setting the whole round of our lives on fire, being itself
set on fire by Gehenna.