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The Book of James, Chapter 1, Verse 18

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Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.
King James Version
Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:
American Standard Version
Ye know [this], my beloved brethren. But let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:
New English Translation
But if you show prejudice, you are committing sin and are convicted by the law as violators.
World English Bible
Of his own will he brought us forth by the word of truth, that we should be a kind of first fruits of his creatures.
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For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God.
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Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls.
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But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.
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For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass:
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For he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was.
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But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth [therein], he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.
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If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion [is] vain.
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Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, [and] to keep himself unspotted from the world.
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My brethren, have not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, [the Lord] of glory, with respect of persons.
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For if there come unto your assembly a man with a gold ring, in goodly apparel, and there come in also a poor man in vile raiment;