James 2

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1 - My brothers, as believers in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ, don't show favoritism.
2 - Suppose a man comes into your meeting wearing a gold ring and fine clothes, and a poor man in shabby clothes also comes in.
3 - If you show special attention to the man wearing fine clothes and say, "Here's a good seat for you," but say to the poor man, "You stand there" or "Sit on the floor by my feet,"
4 - have you not discriminated among yourselves and become judges with evil thoughts?
5 - Listen, my dear brothers: Has not God chosen those who are poor in the eyes of the world to be rich in faith and to inherit the kingdom he promised those who love him?
6 - But you have insulted the poor. Is it not the rich who are exploiting you? Are they not the ones who are dragging you into court?
7 - Are they not the ones who are slandering the noble name of him to whom you belong?
8 - If you really keep the royal law found in Scripture, "Love your neighbor as yourself," you are doing right.
9 - But if you show favoritism, you sin and are convicted by the law as lawbreakers.
10 - For whoever keeps the whole law and yet stumbles at just one point is guilty of breaking all of it.
11 - For he who said, "Do not commit adultery," also said, "Do not murder." If you do not commit adultery but do commit murder, you have become a lawbreaker.
12 - Speak and act as those who are going to be judged by the law that gives freedom,
13 - because judgment without mercy will be shown to anyone who has not been merciful. Mercy triumphs over judgment!
14 - What good is it, my brothers, if a man claims to have faith but has no deeds? Can such faith save him?
15 - Suppose a brother or sister is without clothes and daily food.
16 - If one of you says to him, "Go, I wish you well; keep warm and well fed," but does nothing about his physical needs, what good is it?
17 - In the same way, faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is dead.
18 - But someone will say, "You have faith; I have deeds." Show me your faith without deeds, and I will show you my faith by what I do.
19 - You believe that there is one God. Good! Even the demons believe that--and shudder.
20 - You foolish man, do you want evidence that faith without deeds is useless?
21 - Was not our ancestor Abraham considered righteous for what he did when he offered his son Isaac on the altar?
22 - You see that his faith and his actions were working together, and his faith was made complete by what he did.
23 - And the scripture was fulfilled that says, "Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness," and he was called God's friend.
24 - You see that a person is justified by what he does and not by faith alone.
25 - In the same way, was not even Rahab the prostitute considered righteous for what she did when she gave lodging to the spies and sent them off in a different direction?
26 - As the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without deeds is dead.

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James 2 NIV - English Bible Online

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