You have rebuked the proud; cursed are they that turn aside from Your commandments.

You have rejected all that depart from Your statutes; for their inner thoughts are unrighteousness.

A son who ceases to attend to the instruction of a father will cherish evil designs.

O My people, your exactors strip you, and extortioners rule over you; O My people, they that pronounce you blessed lead you astray, and pervert the path of your feet.

For the love of money is a root of all evils, of which some [by] aspiring have strayed away from the faith in their greediness, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.

which some, by professing [expertise], missed the mark concerning the faith. Grace be with you. Amen.

who have strayed concerning the truth, asserting that the resurrection has already occurred; and they overturn the faith of some.

You therefore, beloved, knowing this beforehand, be on guard, lest you also fall from your own steadfastness, being carried away by the error of the wicked;

Woe to them! For they have gone in the way of Cain, and in the error of Balaam they have rushed for profit, and have perished in the rebellion of Korah.

let him know that he who turns a sinner back from the error of his way will save a soul from death and will cover a multitude of sins.

The weak one you have not strengthened, and the sick you have not cherished, and the bruised you have not bound up, and the stray one you have not turned back, and the lost you have not sought; and the strong you have wearied with labor.

I will seek that which is lost, and I will recover the stray one, and will bind up that which was broken, and will strengthen the fainting, and will guard the strong, and will feed them with judgment.

"And if your brother sins against you, go and show him his fault between you and him alone. If he hears you, you have won your brother.

But I have prayed for you, that your faith should not fail; and when you have turned back, strengthen your brothers."

Brothers, if a man is overtaken in any trespass, you who are spiritual restore such a person in a spirit of gentleness, looking out for yourself lest you also be tempted.

Therefore strengthen the hands which are weakened, and the feeble knees,

and make straight paths for your feet, so that the lame may not be turned aside, but rather be healed.

And have mercy on some, making a distinction;

but others save with fear, snatching them out of the fire, hating even the garment having been stained by the flesh.