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James 2
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2MY BRETHREN, pay no servile regard to people [show no prejudice, no partiality]. Do not [attempt to] hold {and} practice the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ [the Lord] of glory [together with snobbery]!G3450G80G2192G3361G4102G2257G2962G2424G5547G1391G1722G4382 2For if a person comes into your congregation whose hands are adorned with gold rings and who is wearing splendid apparel, and also a poor [man] in shabby clothes comes in,G1063G1437G1525G1519G5216G4864G435G5554G1722G2986G2066G1161G1525G2532G4434G1722G4508G2066 3And you pay special attention to the one who wears the splendid clothes and say to him, Sit here in this preferable seat! while you tell the poor [man], Stand there! or, Sit there on the floor at my feet!G2532G1914G1909G5409G2986G2066G2532G2036G846G2521G4771G5602G2573G2532G2036G4434G2476G4771G1563G2228G2521G5602G5259G3450G5286 4Are you not discriminating among your own and becoming critics {and} judges with wrong motives?G1252G3756G2532G1252G1722G1438G2532G1096G2923G4190G1261 5Listen, my beloved brethren: Has not God chosen those who are poor in the eyes of the world to be rich in faith {and} in their position as believers and to inherit the kingdom which He has promised to those who love Him?G191G3450G27G80G1586G3756G2316G1586G4434G5127G2889G4145G1722G4102G2532G2818G932G3739G1861G25G846 6But you [in contrast] have insulted (humiliated, dishonored, and shown your contempt for) the poor. Is it not the rich who domineer over you? Is it not they who drag you into the law courts?G1161G5210G818G4434G2616G3756G4145G2616G5216G2532G846G1670G5209G1519G2922 7Is it not they who slander {and} blaspheme that precious name by which you are distinguished {and} called [the name of Christ invoked in baptism]?G987G3756G846G987G2570G3686G1909G5209G1941 8If indeed you [really] fulfill the royal Law in accordance with the Scripture, You shall love your neighbor as [you love] yourself, you do well.G1487G3305G5055G937G3551G2596G1124G25G4675G4139G5613G4572G4160G2573 9But if you show servile regard (prejudice, favoritism) for people, you commit sin and are rebuked {and} convicted by the Law as violators {and} offenders.G1161G1487G4380G2038G266G1651G5259G3551G5613G3848 10For whosoever keeps the Law [as a] whole but stumbles {and} offends in one [single instance] has become guilty of [breaking] all of it.G1063G3748G5083G3650G3551G1161G4417G1722G1520G1096G1777G3956 11For He Who said, You shall not commit adultery, also said, You shall not kill. If you do not commit adultery but do kill, you have become guilty of transgressing the [whole] Law.G1063G2036G3431G3361G3431G2036G2532G5407G3361G5407G1161G1487G3431G3756G3431G1161G5407G1096G3848G3551 12So speak and so act as [people should] who are to be judged under the law of liberty [the moral instruction given by Christ, especially about love].G3779G2980G2532G3779G4160G5613G3195G2919G1223G3551G1657 13For to him who has shown no mercy the judgment [will be] merciless, but mercy [full of glad confidence] exults victoriously over judgment.G1063G2920G448G4160G3361G1656G2532G1656G2620G2920 14What is the use (profit), my brethren, for anyone to profess to have faith if he has no [good] works [to show for it]? Can [such] faith save [his soul]?G5101G3786G3450G80G1437G5100G3004G2192G4102G1161G2192G3361G2041G1410G3361G4102G4982G846 15If a brother or sister is poorly clad and lacks food for each day,G1437G1161G80G2228G79G5225G1131G2532G3007G5600G2184G5160 16And one of you says to him, Good-bye! Keep [yourself] warm and well fed, without giving him the necessities for the body, what good does that do?G1161G5100G1537G5216G2036G846G5217G1722G1515G2328G2532G5526G1161G1325G846G3361G2006G4983G5101G3786 17So also faith, if it does not have works (deeds and actions of obedience to back it up), by itself is destitute of power (inoperative, dead).G2532G3779G4102G3362G2192G3362G2041G2076G3498G2596G1438 18But someone will say [to you then], You [say you] have faith, and I have [good] works. Now you show me your [alleged] faith apart from any [good] works [if you can], and I by [good] works [of obedience] will show you my faith.G235G5100G2046G4771G2192G4102G2504G2192G2041G1166G3427G4675G4102G1537G4675G2041G2504G1166G4671G3450G4102G1537G3450G2041 19You believe that God is one; you do well. So do the demons believe and shudder [in terror and horror such as make a man's hair stand on end and contract the surface of his skin]!G4771G4100G3754G2076G1520G2316G4160G2573G1140G2532G4100G2532G5425 20Are you willing to be shown [proof], you foolish (unproductive, spiritually deficient) fellow, that faith apart from [good] works is inactive {and} ineffective {and} worthless?G1161G2309G1097G5599G2756G444G3754G4102G5565G2041G2076G3498 21Was not our forefather Abraham [shown to be] justified (made acceptable to God) by [his] works when he brought to the altar as an offering his [own] son Isaac?G1344G3756G11G2257G3962G1344G1537G2041G399G2464G846G5207G1909G2379 22You see that [his] faith was cooperating with his works, and [his] faith was completed {and} reached its supreme expression [when he implemented it] by [good] works.G991G3754G4102G4903G846G2041G2532G1537G2041G5048G4102G5048 23And [so] the Scripture was fulfilled that says, Abraham believed in (adhered to, trusted in, and relied on) God, and this was accounted to him as righteousness (as conformity to God's will in thought and deed), and he was called God's friend.G2532G1124G4137G3004G1161G11G4100G2316G2532G3049G846G1519G1343G2532G2564G5384G2316 24You see that a man is justified (pronounced righteous before God) through what he does and not alone through faith [through works of obedience as well as by what he believes].G3708G5106G3754G1537G2041G444G1344G2532G3756G1537G4102G3440 25So also with Rahab the harlot--was she not shown to be justified (pronounced righteous before God) by [good] deeds when she took in the scouts (spies) and sent them away by a different route?G3668G1161G2532G1344G3756G4460G4204G1344G1537G2041G5264G32G2532G1544G2087G3598 26For as the human body apart from the spirit is lifeless, so faith apart from [its] works of obedience is also dead.G1063G5618G4983G5565G4151G2076G3498G3779G4102G5565G2041G2076G3498G2532


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