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| 1 Salutation (1:1-18) 1:3 for you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance.(1:3) | Faith | 3 Warning against partiality (2:1-13) 2:5 Listen, my beloved brothers. Did not God choose those who are poor in the world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom that he promised to those who love him?(2:5) |
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| 4 Faith without works is dead (2:14-26) see 1-1 | see 1-1 | 6 Two kinds of wisdom (3:13-18) see 1-1 |
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| 7 Friendship with the world (4:1-12) Do not speak evil of one another, brothers. Whoever speaks evil of a brother or judges his brother speaks evil of the law and judges the law. (4:11) | Judgment | 9 Warning to rich oppressors (5:7-20) Do not complain, brothers, about one another, that you may not be judged. Behold, the Judge is standing before the gates. (5:9) |