ACC ~ James 3 v16

FILTH AND AMBITION BLIND. CHRYSOSTOM: Let us cleanse the eyes of our souls of all filth. For just as filth and mud blind the eyes of the flesh, so too worldly concerns and discussions about moneymaking can dull the hearing of our minds more effectively than any filth, and not only corrupt them but do wicked things as well. CATENA.

JEALOUSY TAINTS EVERYTHING IT TOUCHES. BEDE: The heart is like a root and contains within itself all the fruit of the action which proceeds from it. Someone who operates from a spirit of jealousy and strife will do nothing which is not tainted with evil, however good it may appear to others. CONCERNING THE EPISTLE OF ST. JAMES.

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