And remember, when you are being tempted, do not say, “God is tempting me.” God is never tempted to do wrong, and he never tempts anyone else.

But don’t just listen to God’s word. You must do what it says. Otherwise, you are only fooling yourselves.

If you claim to be religious but don’t control your tongue, you are fooling yourself, and your religion is worthless.

But if you favor some people over others, you are committing a sin. You are guilty of breaking the law.

True Wisdom Comes from God

If you are wise and understand God’s ways, prove it by living an honorable life, doing good works with the humility that comes from wisdom.

But if you are bitterly jealous and there is selfish ambition in your heart, don’t cover up the truth with boasting and lying.

You want what you don’t have, so you scheme and kill to get it. You are jealous of what others have, but you can’t get it, so you fight and wage war to take it away from them. Yet you don’t have what you want because you don’t ask God for it.

Warning against Judging Others

Don’t speak evil against each other, dear brothers and sisters. If you criticize and judge each other, then you are criticizing and judging God’s law. But your job is to obey the law, not to judge whether it applies to you.

Otherwise you are boasting about your own pretentious plans, and all such boasting is evil.