...swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath; for the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God. Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity...engrafted Word, which is able to save your souls. The Gospel. St. John xvi. 5. JESUS said unto his disciples, Now I go my way to him that sent me, and...

...of, and temptation to sin, is one step toward an amendment of life. This is St. James' instruction, " Lay apart all filthiness, and superfluity of naughtiness,...engrafted word, which is able to save your souls.'' — Thus you are to hope, that God, of his own grace, will beget you by the word of truth, that you...

...will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of first-fruits of his creatures. Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the ingrafted word, which is able to save your souls. But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only,...

...slow to speak, slow to wrath : SO For the wrath of man work- 1 eth not the righteousness of Got!. 21 Wherefore, lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the ingrafted word, which is able to save your souls: 22 But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only,...

...hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath. 20. For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God. 21. Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the ingrafted word, which is able to save your souls. [Epistle for the Day.] THE Scripture now before us,...

...your own intellectual endowments, and bring every thought into obedience to Christ : thus you will " receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls." It is the • Luke viii. 14. t Th«. ii. 13. testimony of the Great Founder of the gospel himself,...

..." Lay aside all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the ingrafted word, which is able to save your souls ; but be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves. For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he...

...described as the divine energizing force that works effectually and powerfully." It is seen in James 1:21, "Receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls." The Word is that divine energy that works effectually and powerfully: "For the Word of God is quick,...

...(James 2:17)." And if man is "justified by faith" and his faith is dead, then he is not justified. "Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity...not hearers only, deceiving your own selves (James 1:21-22)" I hope there is no one who believes that their deeds can earn them salvation; and if they...

...swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath: For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God. Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity...not hearers only, deceiving your own selves. (James 1:12-22) 14:5 And in their mouth was found no guile: for they are without fault before the throne of...