WPNT(i)
16 Do not be deceived, my beloved brothers:
17 every good giving and every perfect gift is from Above, coming down from the Father of the lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow of turning.
18 Having willed it, He brought us forth by a word of truth, so that we might be a sort of first fruits of His products.
19 So then, my beloved brothers, let every man be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger;
20 because a man’s anger does not achieve God’s righteousness.
21 Therefore, laying aside all filthiness and overflow of evil, receive with meekness the implanted Word which is able to save your souls.
22 Further, become word doers and not just hearers, deceiving yourselves.
23 Because if anyone is a law hearer and not a doer, the same is like a man observing his physical face in a mirror;
24 for he observes himself, then goes away and promptly forgets what he’s like.
25 But he who looks carefully into the perfect law of liberty and continues in it, he—not being a forgetful hearer but a work doer—he will be blessed in what he does.
26 If anyone among you thinks he is religious, not bridling his tongue but deceiving his heart, his religion is useless.
27 Pure and undefiled religion before God and Father is this: to care for orphans and widows in their adversity; to keep oneself unspotted from the world.