James 4(ESV) Warning Against Worldliness What causes quarrels and what causes fights among you? Is it not this, that your passions[a]areat war within you?[b]2You desire and do not have, so you murder. You covet and cannot obtain, so you fight and quarrel. You do not have, because you do not ask.3You ask and do not receive, because you askwrongly, to spend it on your pa...

James 3(ESV) Taming the Tongue Not many of you should become teachers, my brothers, for you know that we who teach will be judged with greater strictness.2Forwe all stumble in many ways. And if anyone does not stumble in what he says,he is a perfect man,able also to bridle his whole body.3If we putbits into the mouths of horses so that they obey us, we guide their whol...

James 2(ESV) The Sin of Partiality My brothers,[a]show no partiality as you hold the faith in our Lord Jesus Christ,the Lord of glory.2For if a man wearing a gold ring and fine clothing comes into your assembly, and a poor man in shabby clothing also comes in,3and if you pay attention to the one who wears the fine clothing and say, "You sit here in a good place,"while ...

James 1(ESV) Greeting James, a servant[a]of God andof the Lord Jesus Christ, Tothe twelve tribes inthe Dispersion: Greetings. Testing of Your Faith 2Count it all joy, my brothers,[b]when you meet trialsof various kinds,3for you know thatthe testing of your faithproduces steadfastness.4And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may beperfect and complete, ...

Hebrews 13(ESV) Sacrifices Pleasing to God Letbrotherly love continue.2Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for therebysome have entertained angels unawares.3Remember those who are in prison, as though in prison with them, and those who are mistreated, since you also are in the body.4Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the marriage bed be undef...

Hebrews 12(ESV) Jesus, Founder and Perfecter of Our Faith Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, andsin which clings so closely, andlet us runwith endurance the race that isset before us,2looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith,who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, d...

Hebrews 11(ESV) By Faith Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction ofthings not seen.2For by it the people of old received their commendation.3By faith we understand that the universe was created bythe word of God, so that what is seen was not made out ofthings that are visible. 4By faithAbel offered to Goda more acceptable sacrifice than Cain, th...

Hebrews 10(ESV) Christ's Sacrifice Once for All For since the law has buta shadowof the good things to come instead of the true form of these realities,it can never, by the same sacrifices that are continually offered every year, make perfect those who draw near.2Otherwise, would they not have ceased to be offered, since the worshipers, having once been cleansed, would...

Hebrews 9(ESV) The Earthly Holy Place Now even the first covenant had regulations for worship andan earthly place of holiness.2Fora tent[a]was prepared, the first section, in which werethe lampstand andthe table andthe bread of the Presence.[b]It is called the Holy Place.3Behindthe second curtain was a second section[c]called the Most Holy Place,4having the goldenaltar...

Hebrews 8(ESV) Jesus, High Priest of a Better Covenant 8Now the point in what we are saying is this: we have such a high priest,one who is seated at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in heaven,2a minister in the holy places, inthe true tent[a]that the Lordset up, not man.3Forevery high priest is appointed to offer gifts and sacrifices; thusit is necessary for...