^11 (A)Do not speak against one another, ^(B)brothers and sisters. The one who speaks against a brother or sister, or ^(C)judges his brother or sister, speaks against ^(D)the law and judges the law; but if you judge the law, you are not ^(E)a doer of the law but a judge of it. ¹² There is only one ^(F)Lawgiver and Judge, the One who is ^(G)able to save and to destroy; but ^(H)who are you, ^[a]judging your neighbor?

^13 (I)Come now, you who say, “^(J)Today or tomorrow we will go to such and such a city, and spend a year there and engage in business and make a profit.” ^14 [b]Yet you do not know ^[c]what your life will be like tomorrow. ^(K)For you are just a vapor that appears for a little while, and then vanishes away. ^15 [d]Instead, you ought to say, “^(L)If the Lord wills, we will live and also do this or that.” ¹⁶ But as it is, you boast in your ^[e]arrogance; ^(M)all such boasting is evil. ¹⁷ So ^(N)for one who knows the ^[f]right thing to do and does not do it, for him it is sin.

Misuse of Riches

5 ^(O)Come now, ^(P)you rich people, ^(Q)weep and howl for your miseries which are coming upon you. ^2 (R)Your riches have rotted and your garments have become moth-eaten. ³ Your gold and your silver have corroded, and their corrosion will ^[g]serve as a testimony against you and will consume your flesh like fire. It is ^(S)in the last days that you have stored up your treasure! ⁴ Behold, ^(T)the pay of the laborers who mowed your fields, and which has been withheld by you, cries out against you; and ^(U)the outcry of those who did the harvesting has reached the ears of ^(V)the Lord ^[h]of armies. ⁵ You have ^[i](W)lived for pleasure on the earth and lived luxuriously; you have ^[j]fattened your hearts in ^(X)a day of slaughter. ⁶ You have condemned and ^[k](Y)put to death ^(Z)the righteous person; he offers you no resistance.