^15 [a]At this time Peter stood up in the midst of ^(A)the brethren (a gathering of about one hundred and twenty ^[b]persons was there together), and said,

^2 (A)Consider it all joy, my brethren, when you encounter ^(B)various ^[a]trials,

^16 (A)Do not be ^[a]deceived, ^(B)my beloved brethren.

The Sin of Partiality

2 ^(A)My brethren, ^(B)do not hold your faith in our ^(C)glorious Lord Jesus Christ with an attitude of ^(D)personal favoritism.

⁵ Listen, ^(A)my beloved brethren: did not ^(B)God choose the poor ^[a]of this world to be ^(C)rich in faith and ^(D)heirs of the kingdom which He ^(E)promised to those who love Him?

Faith and Works

^14 (A)What use is it, ^(B)my brethren, if someone says he has faith but he has no works? Can ^[a]that faith save him?

The Tongue Is a Fire

3 ^(A)Let not many of you become teachers, ^(B)my brethren, knowing that as such we will incur a ^[a]stricter judgment.

¹⁰ from the same mouth come both blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not to be this way.

^11 (A)Do not speak against one another, ^(B)brethren. He who speaks against a brother or ^(C)judges his brother, speaks against ^(D)the law and judges the law; but if you judge the law, you are not ^(E)a doer of the law but a judge of it.

¹² But above all, ^(A)my brethren, ^(B)do not swear, either by heaven or by earth or with any other oath; but ^[a]your yes is to be yes, and your no, no, so that you may not fall under judgment.