16. Be not deceived, my beloved brethren.
17. Every good gift and every perfect boon is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom can be no variation, neither shadow that is cast by turning.
18. Of his own will he brought us forth by the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.
19. Ye know this, my beloved brethren. But let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:
20. for the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God.
21. Wherefore putting away all filthiness and overflowing of wickedness, receive with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.
22. But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deluding your own selves.
23. For if any one is a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a mirror: