Qualities Needed in Trials

^19 [a]So then, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, ^(A)slow to speak, ^(B)slow to wrath; ²⁰ for the wrath of man does not produce the righteousness of God.

Doers—Not Hearers Only

²¹ Therefore ^(C)lay aside all filthiness and ^[b]overflow of wickedness, and receive with meekness the implanted word, ^(D)which is able to save your souls.

²² But ^(E)be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. ²³ For ^(F)if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man observing his natural face in a mirror; ²⁴ for he observes himself, goes away, and immediately forgets what kind of man he was. ²⁵ But ^(G)he who looks into the perfect law of liberty and continues in it, and is not a forgetful hearer but a doer of the work, ^(H)this one will be blessed in what he does.

²⁶ If anyone ^[c]among you thinks he is religious, and ^(I)does not bridle his tongue but deceives his own heart, this one’s religion is useless.

^31 (A)Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, ^[a]clamor, and ^(B)evil speaking be put away from you, ^(C)with all malice.

^8 (A)But now you yourselves are to put off all these: anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy language out of your mouth.

¹⁸ But ^(A)if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law.

¹⁹ Now ^(B)the works of the flesh are evident, which are: ^[a]adultery, ^[b]fornication, uncleanness, lewdness, ²⁰ idolatry, sorcery, hatred, contentions, jealousies, outbursts of wrath, selfish ambitions, dissensions, heresies, ²¹ envy, ^[c]murders, drunkenness, revelries, and the like; of which I tell you beforehand, just as I also told you in time past, that ^(C)those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.

²² But ^(D)the fruit of the Spirit is ^(E)love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, ^(F)goodness, ^(G)faithfulness, ^23 [d]gentleness, self-control. ^(H)Against such there is no law.