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Do not be deceived, my beloved brethren.
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Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow of turning.
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Of His own will He brought us forth by the word of truth, that we might be a kind of firstfruits of His creatures.
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So then, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath;
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for the wrath of man does not produce the righteousness of God.
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Therefore lay aside all filthiness and overflow of wickedness, and receive with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.
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But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.
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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;
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for he observes himself, goes away, and immediately forgets what kind of man he was.
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But he who looks into the perfect law of liberty and continues in it, and is not a forgetful hearer but a doer of the work, this one will be blessed in what he does.
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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.