[James 2]

 

             ^2:1 My brethren, do^° not have the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory, in favoritisms. ^2:2 For^* if a man should enter into your^° congregation with a gold ring, in bright apparel and if a poor person in filthy apparel also should enter, ^2:3 you^° might look upon the one wearing the bright apparel and might say to him, You, sit here in the good seat; and you^° might say to the poor person, You, stand there or sit here under my footstool. ^2:4 And have you^° not made distinction among yourselves and then became judges from evil reasonings?

             ^2:5 Listen^°, my beloved brethren. Did God not choose the poor of the world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom which he promised to the ones who love^* him? ^2:6 But you^° dishonored the poor. Are the rich not oppressing you^°? And are they themselves not dragging you^° into the courts? ^2:7 Are they themselves not blaspheming the good name, the name which was surnamed upon you^°? {Act 11:26} ^2:8 Nevertheless, if you^° complete the royal law according-to the Scripture, ‘You will love^* your neighbor like yourself,’ you^° are doing^* well. {Lev 19:18} ^2:9 But if you^° are showing-favoritism, you^° are working sin, being convicted by the law as transgressors.

             ^2:10 For^* whoever will be keeping the whole law and but yet will trip in one point, he has become liable to all of it. ^2:11 For^* he who said, ‘Do not commit adultery,’ also said, ‘Do not murder.’ {Exo 20:13-14, Deu 5:17-18} But if you will not commit adultery, but yet you will commit murder, you have become a transgressor of the law. ^2:12 Speak^° so and practice^° so, as one being about to be judged through the law of freedom. ^2:13 For^* the judgment is merciless to the one who did not practice mercy; mercy wins over judgment.

 

             ^2:14 My brethren, what is the profit, if someone says he has faith, but does not have works? Is the faith able to save him? ^2:15 But if a brother or sister is naked and may be deficient of their daily nourishment, ^2:16 and anyone out-of you^° may say to them, Proceed-away^° in peace. Be^° warmed and be^° fully-fed, but do^° not give to them the requirements of the body, what is the profit? ^2:17 So also the faith, if it does not have works, is dead in itself.

             ^2:18 But someone will say, You have faith, and I have works. Show me your faith away from your works. I will also show you my faith from my works. ^2:19 You believe that God is one; you are doing^* well. The demons also believe and they are shuddering. ^2:20 But O vain man, are you willing to know that the faith is dead without works?

             ^2:21 Was not Abraham our father made righteous from works when he offered up Isaac his son upon the altar? ^2:22 Do you see that the faith was working together-with his works and his faith was completed from his works? ^2:23 And the Scripture was fulfilled the one which says, ‘And Abraham believed God and it was counted to him ^*for righteousness,’ and he was called the friend of God. {Gen 15:6} ^2:24 Now-then, are you^° seeing that a man is made righteous from works and not from faith only?

            ^2:25 Now likewise, was not Rahab the prostitute also made righteous from works, after she accepted the messengers and put them forth a different way? {Jos 2:1, 6:17, 23} ^2:26 For^* just-like the body without a spirit is dead, so the faith without works is also dead.