6. But God shows us even more kindness. Scripture says,“God opposes arrogant people,but he is kind to humble people.”
7. So place yourselves under God’s authority. Resist the devil, and he will run away from you.
8. Come close to God, and he will come close to you. Clean up your lives, you sinners, and clear your minds, you doubters.
9. Be miserable, mourn, and cry. Turn your laughter into mourning and your joy into gloom.
10. Humble yourselves in the Lord’s presence. Then he will give you a high position.
11. Brothers and sisters, stop slandering each other. Those who slander and judge other believers slander and judge God’s laws. If you judge God’s teachings, you are no longer following them. Instead, you are judging them.