RKJNT(i)
16 Do not be deceived, my beloved brethren.
17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shifting shadow.
18 By his own will he brought us forth with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of first-fruits of his creatures.
19 Therefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, and slow to anger:
20 For the anger of man does not promote the righteousness of God.
21 Therefore, lay aside all filthiness and the wickedness that is so abundant, and receive with humility the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.
22 But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.
23 For if anyone is a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like a man beholding his natural face in a mirror:
24 For he beholds himself, and goes his way, and immediately forgets what manner of man he was.
25 But whoever looks into the perfect law of liberty, and perseveres in it, not being a forgetful hearer, but an active doer, this man shall be blessed in what he does.
26 If any man among you thinks he is religious, but does not bridle his tongue, he deceives his own heart and his religion is in vain.
27 This is pure and undefiled religion before God the Father: To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unspotted by the world.