19 My dear brothers and sisters, always be more willing to listen than to speak. Don’t get angry too soon.
James 1:19

20 A person’s anger does not help him to live a good life according to God’s will.
James 1:20

21 So put away all evil from your life and all the evil that you do. Be humble and accept God’s teaching that has been planted in your Hirda. This teaching can save you.
James 1:21

22 Do what God tells you to do. Don’t just listen and act. Why? Because when you sit and listen, you are fooling yourself.
James 1:22

23 For if any man hear the word of God, and do not do it, he is a sinner; He is like the man who looks at his face in the mirror.
James 1:23

24 The man looks at himself, then walks away and soon forgets what he looked like.
James 1:24

25 But the man who is truly happy is the one who reads God’s perfect law that sets people free. He keeps reading it. He listens carefully to God’s teachings without forgetting what he has heard. Then he obeys God’s teachings. Through him, he is truly happy.
James 1:25

26 Even if a person thinks he is righteous, but if he says what he should not say, he is fooling himself. What does his religion mean?
James 1:26

27 This is the kind of religion God wants; Raising orphans and widows who need help, and keeping themselves free from worldly influences. This is the religion that God accepts as pure and holy.
James 1:27