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1 My brothers, don’t hold the faith of our Lord of
glory Jesus Christ with partiality. 2 For if a man with a gold ring, in
fine clothing, comes into your meeting, and a poor man in filthy clothing also
comes in; 3 and you pay special attention to him who wears the fine
clothing, and say, “Sit here in a good place;” and you tell the poor man,
“Stand there,” or “Sit by my footstool;” 4 haven’t you shown partiality
among yourselves, and become judges with evil thoughts?
5 Listen, my beloved brothers. Didn’t God choose
those who are poor in 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. Don’t the rich oppress you, and personally drag you before the
courts? 7 Don’t they blaspheme the honorable name by which you are called?
8 However, if you fulfill the royal law,
according to the Scripture, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself,” Leviticus 19:18
you do well. 9 But if you show partiality, you commit sin, being 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,” Exodus 20:14; Deuteronomy 5:18 also
said, “Do not commit murder.” Exodus 20:13; Deuteronomy 5:17 Now if you
do not commit adultery, but murder, you have become a transgressor of the law. 12 So
speak, and so do, as men who are to be judged by a law of freedom. 13 For
judgment is without mercy to him who has shown no mercy. Mercy triumphs over
judgment.
14 What good is it, my brothers, if a man says he
has faith, but has no works? Can faith save him? 15 And if a brother or
sister is naked and in lack of daily food, 16 and one of you tells them,
“Go in peace, be warmed and filled;” and yet you didn’t give them the things
the body needs, what good is it? 17 Even so faith, if it has no works, is
dead in itself. 18 Yes, a man will say, “You have faith, and I have
works.” Show me your faith without works, and I by my works will show you my
faith.
19 You believe that God is one. You do well. The
demons also believe, and shudder. 20 But do you want to know, vain man,
that faith apart from works is dead? 21 Wasn’t Abraham our father
justified by works, in that he offered up Isaac his son on the altar? 22 You
see that faith worked with his works, and by works faith was perfected; 23 and
the Scripture was fulfilled which says, “Abraham believed God, and it was accounted
to him as righteousness” Genesis 15:6; and he was called the
friend of God. 24 You see then that by works, a man is justified, and not
only by faith. 25 In the same way, wasn’t Rahab the prostitute also
justified by works, in that she received the messengers, and sent them out
another way? 26 For as the body apart from the spirit is dead, even so
faith apart from works is dead.
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