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+<crossway-bible translation="English Standard Version" revision="2006-10-26" xmlns="http://www.crosswaybibles.org" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="schema/crossway.bibles.xsd"> 
+<book title="James" num="59">
+  <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v59001001"/>
+  <chapter num="1">
+    <heading>Greeting</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="1"><crossref let="a" cid="c59001001.1"/>James, a servant<note nid="n59001001.1"/> of God and <crossref let="b" cid="c59001001.2"/>of the Lord Jesus Christ,
+      <end-paragraph/>
+      <begin-paragraph/>To <crossref let="c" cid="c59001001.3"/>the twelve tribes in <crossref let="d" cid="c59001001.4"/>the Dispersion:
+      <end-paragraph/>
+      <begin-paragraph/>Greetings.
+    </verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v59001002"/>
+    <heading>Testing of Your Faith</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="2"><crossref let="e" cid="c59001002.1"/>Count it all joy, my brothers,<note nid="n59001002.1"/> when you meet trials <crossref let="f" cid="c59001002.2"/>of various kinds,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v59001003"/>
+    <verse num="3">for you know that <crossref let="g" cid="c59001003.1"/>the testing of your faith <crossref let="h" cid="c59001003.2"/>produces steadfastness.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v59001004"/>
+    <verse num="4">And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be <crossref let="i" cid="c59001004.1"/>perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v59001005"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="5"><crossref let="j" cid="c59001005.1"/>If any of you lacks wisdom, <crossref let="k" cid="c59001005.2"/>let him ask God, <crossref let="l" cid="c59001005.3"/>who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v59001006"/>
+    <verse num="6">But <crossref let="m" cid="c59001006.1"/>let him ask in faith, <crossref let="n" cid="c59001006.2"/>with no doubting, for the one who doubts is like <crossref let="o" cid="c59001006.3"/>a wave of the sea that is driven and tossed by the wind.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v59001007"/>
+    <verse num="7">For that person must not suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord;</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v59001008"/>
+    <verse num="8"><crossref let="p" cid="c59001008.1"/>he is a double-minded man, <crossref let="q" cid="c59001008.2"/>unstable in all his ways.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v59001009"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="9">Let the lowly brother boast in his exaltation,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v59001010"/>
+    <verse num="10">and <crossref let="r" cid="c59001010.1"/>the rich in his humiliation, because <crossref let="s" cid="c59001010.2"/>like a flower of the grass<note nid="n59001010.1"/> he will pass away.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v59001011"/>
+    <verse num="11">For the sun rises with its scorching heat and <crossref let="t" cid="c59001011.1"/>withers the grass; its flower falls, and its beauty perishes. So also will the rich man fade away in the midst of his pursuits.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v59001012"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="12"><crossref let="u" cid="c59001012.1"/>Blessed is the man who remains steadfast under trial, for when he has stood the test he will receive <crossref let="v" cid="c59001012.2"/>the crown of life, <crossref let="w" cid="c59001012.3"/>which God has promised to those who love him.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v59001013"/>
+    <verse num="13">Let no one say when he is tempted, <q class="begin-double" qid="59001013.1" from="59001013.1" to="59001013.2"/>I am being tempted by God,<q class="end-double" qid="59001013.2" from="59001013.1" to="59001013.2"/> for God cannot be tempted with evil, and he himself tempts no one.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v59001014"/>
+    <verse num="14">But each person is tempted when he is lured and enticed by his own desire.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v59001015"/>
+    <verse num="15">Then desire <crossref let="x" cid="c59001015.1"/>when it has conceived gives birth to sin, and <crossref let="y" cid="c59001015.2"/>sin when it is fully grown brings forth death.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v59001016"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="16">Do not be deceived, my beloved brothers.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v59001017"/>
+    <verse num="17"><crossref let="z" cid="c59001017.1"/>Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from <crossref let="a" cid="c59001017.2"/>the Father of lights, <crossref let="b" cid="c59001017.3"/>with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change.<note nid="n59001017.1"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v59001018"/>
+    <verse num="18"><crossref let="c" cid="c59001018.1"/>Of his own will he <crossref let="d" cid="c59001018.2"/>brought us forth by the word of truth, <crossref let="e" cid="c59001018.3"/>that we should be a kind of <crossref let="f" cid="c59001018.4"/>firstfruits of his creatures.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v59001019"/>
+    <heading>Hearing and Doing the Word</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="19"><crossref let="g" cid="c59001019.1"/>Know this, my beloved brothers: let every person <crossref let="h" cid="c59001019.2"/>be quick to hear, <crossref let="i" cid="c59001019.3"/>slow to speak, <crossref let="j" cid="c59001019.4"/>slow to anger;</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v59001020"/>
+    <verse num="20">for the anger of man does not produce the righteousness of God.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v59001021"/>
+    <verse num="21">Therefore <crossref let="k" cid="c59001021.1"/>put away all filthiness and rampant wickedness and receive with <crossref let="l" cid="c59001021.2"/>meekness the implanted word, <crossref let="m" cid="c59001021.3"/>which is able to save your souls.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v59001022"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="22">But be <crossref let="n" cid="c59001022.1"/>doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v59001023"/>
+    <verse num="23">For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man who looks intently at his natural face in a mirror.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v59001024"/>
+    <verse num="24">For he looks at himself and goes away and at once forgets what he was like.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v59001025"/>
+    <verse num="25">But the one who looks into the perfect law, <crossref let="o" cid="c59001025.1"/>the law of liberty, and perseveres, being no hearer who forgets but a doer who acts, <crossref let="p" cid="c59001025.2"/>he will be blessed in his doing.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v59001026"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="26">If anyone thinks he is religious <crossref let="q" cid="c59001026.1"/>and does not bridle his tongue but deceives his heart, this person&apos;s <crossref let="r" cid="c59001026.2"/>religion is worthless.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v59001027"/>
+    <verse num="27">Religion that is pure and undefiled before God the Father is this: <crossref let="s" cid="c59001027.1"/>to visit <crossref let="t" cid="c59001027.2"/>orphans and widows in their affliction, and <crossref let="u" cid="c59001027.3"/>to keep oneself <crossref let="v" cid="c59001027.4"/>unstained from the world.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+  </chapter>
+  <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v59002001"/>
+  <chapter num="2">
+    <heading>The Sin of Partiality</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="1">My brothers,<note nid="n59002001.1"/> <crossref let="w" cid="c59002001.1"/>show no partiality as you hold the faith in our Lord Jesus Christ, <crossref let="x" cid="c59002001.2"/>the Lord of glory.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v59002002"/>
+    <verse num="2">For if a man wearing a gold ring and fine clothing comes into your assembly, and a poor man in shabby clothing also comes in,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v59002003"/>
+    <verse num="3">and if you pay attention to the one who wears the fine clothing and say, <q class="begin-double" qid="59002003.1" from="59002003.1" to="59002003.2"/>You sit here in a good place,<q class="end-double" qid="59002003.2" from="59002003.1" to="59002003.2"/> <crossref let="y" cid="c59002003.1"/>while you say to the poor man, <q class="begin-double" qid="59002003.3" from="59002003.3" to="59002003.4"/>You stand over there,<q class="end-double" qid="59002003.4" from="59002003.3" to="59002003.4"/> or, <q class="begin-double" qid="59002003.5" from="59002003.5" to="59002003.6"/>Sit down at my feet,<q class="end-double" qid="59002003.6" from="59002003.5" to="59002003.6"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v59002004"/>
+    <verse num="4">have you not then made distinctions among yourselves and become <crossref let="z" cid="c59002004.1"/>judges with evil thoughts?</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v59002005"/>
+    <verse num="5">Listen, my beloved brothers, <crossref let="a" cid="c59002005.1"/>has not God chosen those who are poor in the world to be <crossref let="b" cid="c59002005.2"/>rich in faith and heirs of <crossref let="c" cid="c59002005.3"/>the kingdom, <crossref let="d" cid="c59002005.4"/>which he has promised to those who love him?</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v59002006"/>
+    <verse num="6">But you <crossref let="e" cid="c59002006.1"/>have dishonored the poor man. Are not the rich the ones who oppress you, and the ones who <crossref let="f" cid="c59002006.2"/>drag you <crossref let="g" cid="c59002006.3"/>into court?</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v59002007"/>
+    <verse num="7">Are they not the ones who blaspheme the honorable <crossref let="h" cid="c59002007.1"/>name by which you were called?</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v59002008"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="8">If you really fulfill the royal law according to the Scripture, <crossref let="i" cid="c59002008.1"/><crossref cid="t59002008.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="59002008.1" from="59002008.1" to="59002008.2"/>You shall love your neighbor as yourself,<q class="end-double" qid="59002008.2" from="59002008.1" to="59002008.2"/> you are doing well.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v59002009"/>
+    <verse num="9">But if you <crossref let="j" cid="c59002009.1"/>show partiality, you are committing sin and are convicted by the law as transgressors.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v59002010"/>
+    <verse num="10">For whoever keeps the whole law but fails in one point <crossref let="k" cid="c59002010.1"/>has become guilty of all of it.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v59002011"/>
+    <verse num="11">For he who said, <crossref let="l" cid="c59002011.1"/><crossref cid="t59002011.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="59002011.1" from="59002011.1" to="59002011.2"/>Do not commit adultery,<q class="end-double" qid="59002011.2" from="59002011.1" to="59002011.2"/> also said, <crossref let="l" cid="c59002011.2"/><crossref cid="t59002011.2"/><q class="begin-double" qid="59002011.3" from="59002011.3" to="59002011.4"/>Do not murder.<q class="end-double" qid="59002011.4" from="59002011.3" to="59002011.4"/> If you do not commit adultery but do murder, you have become a transgressor of the law.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v59002012"/>
+    <verse num="12">So speak and so act as those who are to be judged under <crossref let="m" cid="c59002012.1"/>the law of liberty.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v59002013"/>
+    <verse num="13">For <crossref let="n" cid="c59002013.1"/>judgment is without mercy to one who has shown no mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v59002014"/>
+    <heading>Faith Without Works Is Dead</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="14">What good is it, my brothers, if someone says he has faith <crossref let="o" cid="c59002014.1"/>but does not have works? Can that faith save him?</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v59002015"/>
+    <verse num="15"><crossref let="p" cid="c59002015.1"/>If a brother or sister is poorly clothed and lacking in daily food,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v59002016"/>
+    <verse num="16"><crossref let="q" cid="c59002016.1"/>and one of you says to them, <q class="begin-double" qid="59002016.1" from="59002016.1" to="59002016.2"/>Go in peace, be warmed and filled,<q class="end-double" qid="59002016.2" from="59002016.1" to="59002016.2"/> without giving them the things needed for the body, what good<note nid="n59002016.1"/> is that?</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v59002017"/>
+    <verse num="17">So also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v59002018"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="18">But someone will say, <q class="begin-double" qid="59002018.1" from="59002018.1" to="59002018.2"/>You have faith and I have works.<q class="end-double" qid="59002018.2" from="59002018.1" to="59002018.2"/> Show me your faith <crossref let="r" cid="c59002018.1"/>apart from your works, and I will show you my faith <crossref let="s" cid="c59002018.2"/>by my works.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v59002019"/>
+    <verse num="19"><crossref let="t" cid="c59002019.1"/>You believe that God is one; you do well. Even <crossref let="u" cid="c59002019.2"/>the demons believe&emdash;and shudder!</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v59002020"/>
+    <verse num="20">Do you want to be shown, you foolish person, that faith apart from works is useless?</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v59002021"/>
+    <verse num="21"><crossref let="v" cid="c59002021.1"/>Was not Abraham our father justified by works when he offered up his son Isaac on the altar?</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v59002022"/>
+    <verse num="22">You see that <crossref let="w" cid="c59002022.1"/>faith was active along with his works, and faith was completed <crossref let="x" cid="c59002022.2"/>by his works;</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v59002023"/>
+    <verse num="23">and the Scripture was fulfilled that says, <crossref let="y" cid="c59002023.1"/><crossref cid="t59002023.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="59002023.1" from="59002023.1" to="59002023.2"/>Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness<q class="end-double" qid="59002023.2" from="59002023.1" to="59002023.2"/>&emdash;and he was called a <crossref let="z" cid="c59002023.2"/>friend of God.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v59002024"/>
+    <verse num="24">You see that a person is justified by works and not by faith alone.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v59002025"/>
+    <verse num="25">And in the same way was not also <crossref let="a" cid="c59002025.1"/>Rahab the prostitute justified by works <crossref let="b" cid="c59002025.2"/>when she received the messengers and sent them out by another way?</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v59002026"/>
+    <verse num="26">For as the body apart from the spirit is dead, so also faith apart from works is dead.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+  </chapter>
+  <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v59003001"/>
+  <chapter num="3">
+    <heading>Taming the Tongue</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="1"><crossref let="c" cid="c59003001.1"/>Not many of you should become teachers, my brothers, for you know that we who teach will be judged with greater strictness.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v59003002"/>
+    <verse num="2">For <crossref let="d" cid="c59003002.1"/>we all stumble in many ways. And if anyone does not stumble in what he says, <crossref let="e" cid="c59003002.2"/>he is a perfect man, <crossref let="f" cid="c59003002.3"/>able also to bridle his whole body.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v59003003"/>
+    <verse num="3">If we put <crossref let="g" cid="c59003003.1"/>bits into the mouths of horses so that they obey us, we guide their whole bodies as well.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v59003004"/>
+    <verse num="4">Look at the ships also: though they are so large and are driven by strong winds, they are guided by a very small rudder wherever the will of the pilot directs.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v59003005"/>
+    <verse num="5">So also the tongue is a small member, yet <crossref let="h" cid="c59003005.1"/>it boasts of great things.
+      <end-paragraph/>
+      <begin-paragraph/>How great a forest is set ablaze by such a small fire!
+    </verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v59003006"/>
+    <verse num="6">And <crossref let="i" cid="c59003006.1"/>the tongue is a fire, a world of unrighteousness. The tongue is set among our members, <crossref let="j" cid="c59003006.2"/>staining the whole body, setting on fire the entire course of life,<note nid="n59003006.1"/> and set on fire by hell.<note nid="n59003006.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v59003007"/>
+    <verse num="7">For every kind of beast and bird, of reptile and sea creature, can be tamed and has been tamed by mankind,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v59003008"/>
+    <verse num="8">but no human being can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, <crossref let="k" cid="c59003008.1"/>full of deadly poison.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v59003009"/>
+    <verse num="9">With it we bless our Lord and Father, and with it we curse people <crossref let="l" cid="c59003009.1"/>who are made in the likeness of God.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v59003010"/>
+    <verse num="10">From the same mouth come blessing and cursing. My brothers,<note nid="n59003010.1"/> these things ought not to be so.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v59003011"/>
+    <verse num="11">Does a spring pour forth from the same opening both fresh and salt water?</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v59003012"/>
+    <verse num="12">Can a fig tree, my brothers, bear olives, or a grapevine produce figs? Neither can a salt pond yield fresh water.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v59003013"/>
+    <heading>Wisdom from Above</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="13">Who is wise and understanding among you? <crossref let="m" cid="c59003013.1"/>By his good conduct let him show his works <crossref let="n" cid="c59003013.2"/>in the meekness of wisdom.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v59003014"/>
+    <verse num="14">But if you have bitter <crossref let="o" cid="c59003014.1"/>jealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast and be false to the truth.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v59003015"/>
+    <verse num="15">This is not <crossref let="p" cid="c59003015.1"/>the wisdom that comes down from above, but is earthly, unspiritual, <crossref let="q" cid="c59003015.2"/>demonic.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v59003016"/>
+    <verse num="16">For where jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there will be disorder and every vile practice.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v59003017"/>
+    <verse num="17">But <crossref let="r" cid="c59003017.1"/>the wisdom from above is first pure, then <crossref let="s" cid="c59003017.2"/>peaceable, gentle, open to reason, <crossref let="t" cid="c59003017.3"/>full of mercy and good fruits, <crossref let="u" cid="c59003017.4"/>impartial and <crossref let="v" cid="c59003017.5"/>sincere.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v59003018"/>
+    <verse num="18">And <crossref let="w" cid="c59003018.1"/>a harvest of righteousness <crossref let="x" cid="c59003018.2"/>is sown in peace by those who make peace.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+  </chapter>
+  <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v59004001"/>
+  <chapter num="4">
+    <heading>Warning Against Worldliness</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="1">What causes quarrels and what causes fights among you? Is it not this, that your passions<note nid="n59004001.1"/> are <crossref let="y" cid="c59004001.1"/>at war within you?<note nid="n59004001.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v59004002"/>
+    <verse num="2">You 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.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v59004003"/>
+    <verse num="3">You ask and do not receive, because you ask <crossref let="z" cid="c59004003.1"/>wrongly, to spend it on your passions.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v59004004"/>
+    <verse num="4"><crossref let="a" cid="c59004004.1"/>You adulterous people!<note nid="n59004004.1"/> Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? <crossref let="b" cid="c59004004.2"/>Therefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v59004005"/>
+    <verse num="5">Or do you suppose it is to no purpose that the Scripture says, <q class="begin-double" qid="59004005.1" from="59004005.1" to="59004005.2"/>He yearns jealously over the spirit <crossref let="c" cid="c59004005.1"/>that he has made to dwell in us<q class="end-double" qid="59004005.2" from="59004005.1" to="59004005.2"/>?</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v59004006"/>
+    <verse num="6">But <crossref let="d" cid="c59004006.1"/>he gives more grace. Therefore it says, <crossref let="e" cid="c59004006.2"/><crossref cid="t59004006.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="59004006.1" from="59004006.1" to="59004006.2"/>God opposes the proud but <crossref let="d" cid="c59004006.3"/>gives grace to the humble.<q class="end-double" qid="59004006.2" from="59004006.1" to="59004006.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v59004007"/>
+    <verse num="7">Submit yourselves therefore to God. <crossref let="f" cid="c59004007.1"/>Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v59004008"/>
+    <verse num="8"><crossref let="g" cid="c59004008.1"/>Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. <crossref let="h" cid="c59004008.2"/>Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and <crossref let="i" cid="c59004008.3"/>purify your hearts, <crossref let="j" cid="c59004008.4"/>you double-minded.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v59004009"/>
+    <verse num="9"><crossref let="k" cid="c59004009.1"/>Be wretched and mourn and weep. Let your laughter be turned to mourning and your joy to gloom.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v59004010"/>
+    <verse num="10"><crossref let="l" cid="c59004010.1"/>Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will exalt you.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v59004011"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="11"><crossref let="m" cid="c59004011.1"/>Do not speak evil against one another, brothers.<note nid="n59004011.1"/> The one who speaks against a brother or <crossref let="n" cid="c59004011.2"/>judges his brother, speaks evil against the law and judges the law. But if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law but a judge.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v59004012"/>
+    <verse num="12">There is only <crossref let="o" cid="c59004012.1"/>one lawgiver and <crossref let="p" cid="c59004012.2"/>judge, he who is able to save and <crossref let="q" cid="c59004012.3"/>to destroy. But <crossref let="r" cid="c59004012.4"/>who are you to judge your neighbor?</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v59004013"/>
+    <heading>Boasting About Tomorrow</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="13">Come now, you who say, <crossref let="s" cid="c59004013.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="59004013.1" from="59004013.1" to="59004013.2"/>Today or tomorrow we will go into such and such a town and spend a year there and trade and make a profit<q class="end-double" qid="59004013.2" from="59004013.1" to="59004013.2"/>&emdash;</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v59004014"/>
+    <verse num="14">yet you do not know what tomorrow will bring. What is your life? For <crossref let="t" cid="c59004014.1"/>you are a mist that appears for a little time and then vanishes.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v59004015"/>
+    <verse num="15">Instead you ought to say, <crossref let="u" cid="c59004015.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="59004015.1" from="59004015.1" to="59004015.2"/>If the Lord wills, we will live and do this or that.<q class="end-double" qid="59004015.2" from="59004015.1" to="59004015.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v59004016"/>
+    <verse num="16">As it is, you boast in your arrogance. <crossref let="v" cid="c59004016.1"/>All such boasting is evil.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v59004017"/>
+    <verse num="17"><crossref let="w" cid="c59004017.1"/>So whoever knows the right thing to do and fails to do it, for him it is sin.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+  </chapter>
+  <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v59005001"/>
+  <chapter num="5">
+    <heading>Warning to the Rich</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="1">Come now, <crossref let="x" cid="c59005001.1"/>you rich, weep and howl for the <crossref let="y" cid="c59005001.2"/>miseries that are coming upon you.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v59005002"/>
+    <verse num="2"><crossref let="z" cid="c59005002.1"/>Your riches have rotted and <crossref let="z" cid="c59005002.2"/>your garments are moth-eaten.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v59005003"/>
+    <verse num="3">Your gold and silver have corroded, and their corrosion will be evidence against you and will eat your flesh like fire. <crossref let="a" cid="c59005003.1"/>You have laid up treasure <crossref let="b" cid="c59005003.2"/>in the last days.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v59005004"/>
+    <verse num="4">Behold, <crossref let="c" cid="c59005004.1"/>the wages of the laborers who mowed your fields, which you kept back by fraud, are crying out against you, and <crossref let="d" cid="c59005004.2"/>the cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of <crossref let="e" cid="c59005004.3"/>the Lord of hosts.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v59005005"/>
+    <verse num="5"><crossref let="f" cid="c59005005.1"/>You have lived on the earth in luxury and <crossref let="g" cid="c59005005.2"/>in self-indulgence. You have fattened your hearts in <crossref let="h" cid="c59005005.3"/>a day of slaughter.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v59005006"/>
+    <verse num="6">You have condemned and <crossref let="i" cid="c59005006.1"/>murdered <crossref let="j" cid="c59005006.2"/>the righteous person. He does not resist you.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v59005007"/>
+    <heading>Patience in Suffering</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="7">Be patient, therefore, brothers,<note nid="n59005007.1"/> until the coming of the Lord. See how the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth, being patient about it, until it receives <crossref let="k" cid="c59005007.1"/>the early and the late rains.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v59005008"/>
+    <verse num="8">You also, be patient. <crossref let="l" cid="c59005008.1"/>Establish your hearts, for the coming of the Lord <crossref let="m" cid="c59005008.2"/>is at hand.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v59005009"/>
+    <verse num="9">Do not grumble against one another, brothers, <crossref let="n" cid="c59005009.1"/>so that you may not be judged; behold, <crossref let="o" cid="c59005009.2"/>the Judge is standing <crossref let="p" cid="c59005009.3"/>at the door.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v59005010"/>
+    <verse num="10">As an example of suffering and patience, brothers, take <crossref let="q" cid="c59005010.1"/>the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v59005011"/>
+    <verse num="11">Behold, we consider those blessed who remained steadfast. You have heard of <crossref let="r" cid="c59005011.1"/>the steadfastness of Job, and you have seen <crossref let="s" cid="c59005011.2"/>the purpose of the Lord, how <crossref let="t" cid="c59005011.3"/>the Lord is compassionate and merciful.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v59005012"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="12">But above all, my brothers, <crossref let="u" cid="c59005012.1"/>do not swear, either by heaven or by earth or by any other oath, but let your <q class="begin-double" qid="59005012.1" from="59005012.1" to="59005012.2"/>yes<q class="end-double" qid="59005012.2" from="59005012.1" to="59005012.2"/> be yes and your <q class="begin-double" qid="59005012.3" from="59005012.3" to="59005012.4"/>no<q class="end-double" qid="59005012.4" from="59005012.3" to="59005012.4"/> be no, so that you may not fall under condemnation.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v59005013"/>
+    <heading>The Prayer of Faith</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="13">Is anyone among you suffering? Let him pray. Is anyone cheerful? Let him <crossref let="v" cid="c59005013.1"/>sing praise.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v59005014"/>
+    <verse num="14">Is anyone among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, <crossref let="w" cid="c59005014.1"/>anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v59005015"/>
+    <verse num="15">And the prayer of faith will save the one who is sick, and the Lord will raise him up. And <crossref let="x" cid="c59005015.1"/>if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v59005016"/>
+    <verse num="16">Therefore, <crossref let="y" cid="c59005016.1"/>confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, <crossref let="z" cid="c59005016.2"/>that you may be healed. <crossref let="a" cid="c59005016.3"/>The prayer of a righteous person has great power as it is working.<note nid="n59005016.1"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v59005017"/>
+    <verse num="17">Elijah was a man <crossref let="b" cid="c59005017.1"/>with a nature like ours, and <crossref let="c" cid="c59005017.2"/>he prayed fervently that it might not rain, and for <crossref let="d" cid="c59005017.3"/>three years and six months it did not rain on the earth.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v59005018"/>
+    <verse num="18"><crossref let="e" cid="c59005018.1"/>Then he prayed again, and heaven gave rain, and the earth bore its fruit.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v59005019"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="19">My brothers, <crossref let="f" cid="c59005019.1"/>if anyone among you wanders from the truth and someone <crossref let="g" cid="c59005019.2"/>brings him back,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v59005020"/>
+    <verse num="20">let him know that whoever brings back a sinner from his wandering <crossref let="h" cid="c59005020.1"/>will save his soul from death and <crossref let="i" cid="c59005020.2"/>will cover a multitude of sins.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+  </chapter>
+</book>
+</crossway-bible>