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1
My brethren,
do not hold
your faith
in our glorious
Lord
Jesus
Christ
with an attitude of personal favoritism.
2
For if
a man
comes
into your assembly
with a gold ring
and dressed in fine
clothes,
and there also
comes
in a poor man
in dirty
clothes,
3
and you pay special attention
to the one who is wearing
the fine
clothes,
and say,
"You sit
here
in a good
place," and you say
to the poor man,
"You stand
over there,
or
sit down
by my footstool,"
4
have you not made distinctions
among
yourselves,
and become
judges
with evil
motives?
5
Listen,
my beloved
brethren:
did not God
choose
the poor
of this
world
to be rich
in faith
and heirs
of the kingdom
which
He promised
to those
who love
Him?
6
But you have dishonored
the poor man.
Is it not the rich
who oppress
you and personally
drag
you into court?
7
Do they not blaspheme
the fair
name
by which you have been called?
8
If,
however,
you are fulfilling
the royal
law
according
to the Scripture,
"YOU SHALL LOVE
YOUR NEIGHBOR
AS YOURSELF,"
you are doing
well.
9
But if
you show partiality,
you are committing
sin
and are convicted
by the law
as transgressors.
10
For whoever
keeps
the whole
law
and yet
stumbles
in one
point, he has become
guilty
of all.
11
For He who
said,
"DO NOT COMMIT
ADULTERY,"
also
said,
"DO NOT COMMIT
MURDER."
Now
if
you do not commit adultery,
but do commit murder,
you have become
a transgressor
of the law.
12
So
speak
and so
act
as those who are to be judged
by the law
of liberty.
13
For judgment
will be merciless
to one who has shown
no
mercy
;
mercy
triumphs over
judgment.
14
What
use
is it, my brethren,
if
someone
says
he has
faith
but
he has
no
works?
Can
that
faith
save
him?
15
If
a brother
or
sister
is without clothing
and in need
of daily
food,
16
and one
of you says
to them, "Go
in peace,
be warmed
and be filled,"
and yet
you do not give
them
what
is necessary
for their body,
what
use
is that?
17
Even
so
faith,
if
it has
no
works,
is dead,
being by itself.
18
But someone
may well say,
"You have
faith
and I have
works;
show
me your
faith
without
the works,
and I will
show
you my
faith
by my works."
19
You believe
that God
is one.
You do
well;
the demons
also
believe,
and shudder.
20
But are you willing
to recognize,
you foolish
fellow,
that faith
without
works
is useless?
21
Was not Abraham
our father
justified
by works
when he offered
up Isaac
his son
on the altar?
22
You see
that
faith
was working
with his works,
and as a result
of the works,
faith
was perfected;
23
and the Scripture
was fulfilled
which says,
"AND ABRAHAM
BELIEVED
GOD,
AND IT WAS RECKONED
TO HIM AS RIGHTEOUSNESS,"
and he was called
the friend
of God.
24
You see
that a man
is justified
by works
and not by faith
alone.
25
In the same way,
was not Rahab
the harlot
also
justified
by works
when she received
the messengers
and sent
them out by another
way?
26
For just
as the body
without
the spirit
is dead,
so
al
so
faith
without
works
is dead.
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