12. Blessed is the man who does endure trial, for when he has been proved, he shall receive the crown of life which the Master has promised to those who love Him.
13. Let no one say when he is enticed, “I am enticed by Elohim,” for Elohim is not enticed by evil matters, and He entices no one.
14. But each one is enticed when he is drawn away by his own desires and trapped.
15. Then, when desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin. And sin, when it has been accomplished, brings forth death.
16. Do not go astray, my beloved brothers.
17. Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no change, nor shadow of turning.
18. Having purposed it, He brought us forth by the Word of truth, for us to be a kind of first-fruits of His creatures.
19. So then, my beloved brothers, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath,
20. for the wrath of man does not work the righteousness of Elohim.
21. Therefore put away all filthiness and overflow of evil, and receive with meekness the implanted Word, which is able to save your lives.
22. And become doers of the Word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.
23. Because if anyone is a hearer of the Word and not a doer, he is like a man who looks at his natural face in a mirror,
24. for he looks at himself, and goes away, and immediately forgets what he was like.