8. A person who has doubts is thinking about two different things at the same time and can’t make up his mind about anything.
9. Humble believers should be proud because being humble makes them important.
10. Rich believers should be proud because being rich should make them humble. Rich people will wither like flowers.
11. The sun rises with its scorching heat and dries up plants. The flowers drop off, and the beauty is gone. The same thing will happen to rich people. While they are busy, they will die.
12. Blessed are those who endure when they are tested. When they pass the test, they will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those who love him.
13. When someone is tempted, he shouldn’t say that God is tempting him. God can’t be tempted by evil, and God doesn’t tempt anyone.
14. Everyone is tempted by his own desires as they lure him away and trap him.
15. Then desire becomes pregnant and gives birth to sin. When sin grows up, it gives birth to death.
16. My dear brothers and sisters, don’t be fooled.
17. Every good present and every perfect gift comes from above, from the Father who made the sun, moon, and stars. The Father doesn’t change like the shifting shadows produced by the sun and the moon.