Do not fret because of evildoers;
do not be envious of doers of wickedness.
A heart of tranquility is life to the flesh,
but causes bones of passion to rot.
A hot-tempered person pays a penalty;
if you rescue him, you will do it yet again.
Do not be quick in your spirit to anger,
for anger lodges in the bosom of fools.
But I say to you that everyone who is angry at his brother will be subject to judgment, and whoever says to his brother, ‘Stupid fool!’ will be subject to the council, and whoever says, ‘Obstinate fool!’ will be subject to fiery hell.
And he said, “What comes out of a person, that defiles a person.
For from within, from the heart of people, come evil plans, sexual immoralities, thefts, murders,
adulteries, acts of greed, malicious deeds, deceit, licentiousness, envy, abusive speech, pride, foolishness.
All these evil things come from within and defile a person.”
being filled with all unrighteousness, wickedness, greediness, malice, full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, malevolence. They are gossipers,
For where there is jealousy and selfish ambition, there is disorder and every evil practice.
Therefore, ridding yourselves of all malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander,
Now the deeds of the flesh are evident, which are sexual immorality, impurity, licentiousness,
idolatry, sorcery, enmity, strife, jealousy, outbursts of anger, selfish ambition, dissension, factions,
Be angry and do not sin; do not let the sun set on your anger,
All bitterness, and rage, and wrath, and clamor, and abusive speech, must be removed from you, together with all wickedness.
But now you also lay aside all these things: anger, rage, wickedness, slander, abusive language from your mouth.