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16 Do not be misled, my dear brothers.
17 Every good gift and every perfect present is from heaven, and comes down from the Father of the heavenly lights, about whom there is no variation of changing shadow.
18 Of his own accord he brought us into being through the message of truth, so that we might be a kind of first-fruits among his creatures.
19 You must understand this, my dear brothers. Everyone must be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to be angry,
20 for men's anger does not produce the uprightness God wishes.
21 So strip yourselves of everything that soils you, and of every evil growth, and in a humble spirit let the message that has the power to save your souls be planted in your hearts.
22 Obey the message; do not merely listen to it, and deceive yourselves.
23 For anyone who merely listens to the message without obeying it is like a man who looks in a mirror at the face that nature gave him,
24 and then goes off and immediately forgets what he looked like.
25 But whoever looks at the faultless law that makes men free and keeps looking, so that he does not just listen and forget, but obeys and acts upon it, will be blessed in what he does.
26 If anyone thinks he is religious, and does not bridle his tongue, but deceives himself, his religious observances are of no account.
27 A religious observance that is pure and stainless in the sight of God the Father is this: to look after orphans and widows in their trouble, and keep one's self unstained by the world.