^15 [a]At this time Peter stood up among ^(A)the brothers and sisters (a group of about 120 ^[b]people was there together), and said,

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

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

The Sin of Partiality

2 ^(A)My brothers and sisters, ^(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 brothers and sisters: did ^(B)God not 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 brothers and sisters, if someone says he has faith, but he has no works? Can ^[a]that faith save him?

The Tongue Is a Fire

3 ^(A)Do not become teachers in large numbers, ^(B)my brothers, since you know that we who are teachers will incur a ^[a]stricter judgment.

¹⁰ from the same mouth come both blessing and cursing. My brothers and sisters, these things should not be this way.

^11 (A)Do not speak against one another, ^(B)brothers and sisters. The one who speaks against a brother or sister, or ^(C)judges his brother or sister, 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.