D.
Having no respect of persons among the brothers
2:1-13
James 2
:1
2:1
My abrothers, do not hold the
1bfaith of our Lord Jesus Christ
2of cglory with
drespect of persons.
James 2
:2
2:2
For if there comes into your
1synagogue a man with
agold rings in splendid clothing, and there also comes in a
bpoor man in filthy clothing,
James 2
:3
2:3
And you look upon the one wearing the splendid clothing and say, You sit here in a good place, and to the poor man you say, You stand there, or sit under my footstool;
James 2
:4
2:4
Have you not made
1adistinctions 2among yourselves and become judges with evil reasonings?
James 2
:5
2:5
Listen, my beloved brothers: Did not God
achoose the poor
1in the world
to be brich in faith and heirs of the
2ckingdom, which He
dpromised to those who
3elove Him?
James 2
:6
2:6
But you have
adishonored the poor. Is it not the
brich who oppress you and
is it not they
who cdrag you to the
1courts?
James 2
:7
2:7
Is it not they
who blaspheme the
1honorable aname 2by which you are called?
James 2
:8
2:8
If indeed you are fulfilling the
1royal law according to the Scripture,"You shall
2alove your neighbor as yourself,'' you do well;
James 2
:9
2:9
But if you
arespect persons, you
1commit sin, being convicted by the law as transgressors.
James 2
:10
2:10
For whoever
1keeps the whole
alaw yet stumbles in
bone point has become guilty of all.
James 2
:11
2:11
For He who said, Do not commit
aadultery, also said, Do not murder. Now if you do not commit adultery, but you murder, you have become a transgressor of the law.
James 2
:12
2:12
1So speak and so do as those who are to be
ajudged by the
2blaw of freedom.
James 2
:13
2:13
For the judgment is without
amercy to him who has shown no mercy; mercy
1triumphs over judgment.
E.
Being justified by works in relations with the believers
2:14-26
James 2
:14
2:14
What is the profit, my brothers, if anyone says he has faith but does not have works? Can that faith
1save him?
James 2
:15
2:15
If a brother or sister
1is awithout clothing and lacks daily food,
James 2
:16
2:16
And any one of you says to them,
1Go in peace, be warmed and filled, yet you do
anot give them the
2necessities of the body, what is the profit?
James 2
:17
2:17
So also
1faith, if it does not have works, is
adead 2in itself.
James 2
:18
2:18
But someone will say, You have faith, and I have works; show me your faith without the works, and I will show you my faith by my
aworks.
James 2
:19
2:19
You believe that God is
aone. You do well; the
bdemons also believe and shudder.
James 2
:20
2:20
But are you willing to know, O vain man, that faith without its works is
1useless?
James 2
:21
2:21
Was not Abraham our father justified by works in that he offered up
aIsaac his son upon the altar?
James 2
:22
2:22
You see that
afaith worked together with his works, and by these works faith was perfected.
James 2
:23
2:23
And the Scripture was fulfilled which says, "And Abraham
abelieved God, and it was
baccounted to him as righteousness"; and he was called the
cfriend of God.
James 2
:24
2:24
You see that a man is
1justified by
aworks and not by
bfaith only.
James 2
:25
2:25
And in like manner was not also
aRahab the harlot justified by works in that she received the messengers and
1sent them out by a different way?
James 2
:26
2:26
For just as the body without the
1spirit is dead, so also faith without works is
adead.
