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James 2:2-26

2For ifG1437 a manG435 comesG1525 into your 1assemblyG4864 with a goldG5554 ringG5554 and dressed in 23fineG2986 clothesG2066, and there alsoG2532 comesG1525 in a poorG4434 manG4434 in 4dirtyG4508 clothesG2066, 3and you 5payG1914 specialG1914 attentionG1914 to the one who is wearingG5409 the 6fineG2986 clothesG2066, and sayG3004, “You sitG2521 hereG5602 in a goodG2573 place,” and you sayG3004 to the poorG4434 manG4434, “You standG2476 overG1563 thereG1563, orG2228 sitG2521 downG2521 by my footstoolG5286,” 4have you not madeG1252 distinctionsG1252 amongG1722 yourselvesG1438, and becomeG1096 judgesG2923 7with evilG4190 8motivesG1261? 5ListenG191, 9my belovedG27 brethrenG80: did not 10GodG2316 chooseG1586 the poorG4434 11of thisG3588 worldG2889 to be 12richG4145 in faithG4102 and 13heirsG2818 of the kingdomG932 whichG3739 He 14promisedG1861 to thoseG3588 who loveG25 Him? 6But you have dishonoredG818 the poorG4434 manG4434. Is it not the richG4145 who oppressG2616 you and 15personallyG846 16dragG1670 you into 17courtG2922? 718Do they not blasphemeG987 the fairG2570 nameG3686 19by which you have been calledG1941?

8IfG1487, howeverG3305, you 20are fulfillingG5055 the 21royalG937 lawG3551 accordingG2596 to the ScriptureG1124, “22You shall loveG25 your neighborG4139 as yourselfG4572,” you are doingG4160 wellG2573. 9But ifG1487 you 23showG4380 partialityG4380, you are committingG2038 sinG266 and are convictedG1651 by the 24lawG3551 as transgressorsG3848. 10For whoeverG3748 keepsG5083 the wholeG3650 25lawG3551 and yetG1161 26stumblesG4417 in oneG1520 point, he has becomeG1096 27guiltyG1777 of allG3956. 11For He who saidG3004, “28Do not commitG3431 adulteryG3431,” alsoG2532 saidG3004, “29Do not commitG5407 murderG5407.” NowG1161 ifG1487 you do not commitG3431 adulteryG3431, but do commitG5407 murderG5407, you have becomeG1096 a transgressorG3848 of the 30lawG3551. 12SoG3779 speakG2980 and soG3779 actG4160 as those who are to be judgedG2919 by 31the lawG3551 of libertyG1657. 13For 32judgmentG2920 will be mercilessG415 to one who has shownG4160 noG3361 mercyG1656; mercyG1656 33triumphsG2620 overG2620 judgmentG2920.

1434WhatG5101 useG3786 is it, 35my brethrenG80, ifG1437 someoneG5100 saysG3004 he hasG2192 faithG4102 but he hasG2192 noG3361 worksG2041? CanG1410 36that faithG4102 saveG4982 him? 1537IfG1437 a brotherG80 orG2228 sisterG79 is withoutG1131 clothingG1131 and in needG3007 of dailyG2184 foodG5160, 16and oneG5100 of you saysG3004 to them, “38GoG5217 in peaceG1515, 39be warmedG2328 and be filledG5526,” and yetG1161 you do not giveG1325 them whatG2006 is necessaryG2006 for their bodyG4983, whatG5101 useG3786 is that? 17EvenG2532 soG3779 40faithG4102, ifG1437 it hasG2192 noG3361 worksG2041, is 41deadG3498, being by itselfG1438.

1842But someoneG5100 43may well sayG3004, “You haveG2192 faithG4102 and I haveG2192 worksG2041; showG1166 me your 44faithG4102 withoutG5565 the worksG2041, and I will 45showG1166 you my faithG4102 46by my worksG2041.” 19You believeG4100 that 4748GodG2316 is oneG1520. 49You doG4160 wellG2573; 50the demonsG1140 alsoG2532 believeG4100, and shudderG5425. 20But are you willingG2309 to recognizeG1097, 51you foolishG2756 fellowG444, that 52faithG4102 withoutG5565 worksG2041 is uselessG692? 2153Was not AbrahamG11 our fatherG3962 justifiedG1344 by worksG2041 when he offeredG399 up IsaacG2464 his sonG5207 on the altarG2379? 22You seeG991 that 54faithG4102 was workingG4903 with his worksG2041, and 55as a resultG1537 of the 56worksG2041, faithG4102 was 57perfectedG5048; 23and the ScriptureG1124 was fulfilledG4137 which saysG3004, “58And AbrahamG11 believedG4100 GodG2316, and it was reckonedG3049 to him as righteousnessG1343,” and he was calledG2564 59the friendG5384 of GodG2316. 24You seeG3708 that a manG444 is justifiedG1344 by worksG2041 and not by faithG4102 aloneG3441. 25In the sameG3668 wayG3668, was not 60RahabG4460 the harlotG4204 alsoG2532 justifiedG1344 by worksG2041 61when she receivedG5264 the messengersG32 and sentG1544 them out by anotherG2087 wayG3668? 26For justG5618 as the bodyG4983 withoutG5565 the spiritG4151 is deadG3498, soG3779 alsoG2532 62faithG4102 withoutG5565 worksG2041 is deadG3498.

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Notes

  1. 1. James 2:2 Or synagogue ↩
  2. 2. James 2:2 Or bright ↩
  3. 3. James 2:2 Luke 23:11; James 2:3 ↩
  4. 4. James 2:2 Zech 3:3f ↩
  5. 5. James 2:3 Lit look at ↩
  6. 6. James 2:3 Luke 23:11 ↩
  7. 7. James 2:4 Luke 18:6; John 7:24 ↩
  8. 8. James 2:4 Lit reasonings ↩
  9. 9. James 2:5 James 1:16 ↩
  10. 10. James 2:5 Job 34:19; 1 Cor 1:27f ↩
  11. 11. James 2:5 Lit to the ↩
  12. 12. James 2:5 Luke 12:21; Rev 2:9 ↩
  13. 13. James 2:5 Matt 5:3; 25:34 ↩
  14. 14. James 2:5 James 1:12 ↩
  15. 15. James 2:6 Lit they themselves ↩
  16. 16. James 2:6 Acts 8:3; 16:19 ↩
  17. 17. James 2:6 Lit courts ↩
  18. 18. James 2:7 Acts 11:26; 1 Pet 4:16 ↩
  19. 19. James 2:7 Lit which has been called upon you ↩
  20. 20. James 2:8 Matt 7:12 ↩
  21. 21. James 2:8 Or law of our King ↩
  22. 22. James 2:8 Lev 19:18 ↩
  23. 23. James 2:9 Acts 10:34; James 2:1 ↩
  24. 24. James 2:9 Or Law ↩
  25. 25. James 2:10 Or Law ↩
  26. 26. James 2:10 James 3:2; 2 Pet 1:10; Jude 24 ↩
  27. 27. James 2:10 Matt 5:19; Gal 5:3 ↩
  28. 28. James 2:11 Ex 20:14; Deut 5:18 ↩
  29. 29. James 2:11 Ex 20:13; Deut 5:17 ↩
  30. 30. James 2:11 Or Law ↩
  31. 31. James 2:12 James 1:25 ↩
  32. 32. James 2:13 Prov 21:13; Matt 5:7; 18:32-35; Luke 6:37f ↩
  33. 33. James 2:13 Lit boasts against ↩
  34. 34. James 2:14 James 1:22ff ↩
  35. 35. James 2:14 James 1:16 ↩
  36. 36. James 2:14 Lit the ↩
  37. 37. James 2:15 Matt 25:35f; Luke 3:11 ↩
  38. 38. James 2:16 1 John 3:17f ↩
  39. 39. James 2:16 Or warm yourselves and fill yourselves ↩
  40. 40. James 2:17 Gal 5:6; James 2:20, 26 ↩
  41. 41. James 2:17 Or dead by its own standards ↩
  42. 42. James 2:18 Rom 9:19 ↩
  43. 43. James 2:18 Lit will ↩
  44. 44. James 2:18 Rom 3:28; 4:6; Heb 11:33 ↩
  45. 45. James 2:18 James 3:13 ↩
  46. 46. James 2:18 Matt 7:16f; Gal 5:6 ↩
  47. 47. James 2:19 One early ms reads there is one God ↩
  48. 48. James 2:19 Deut 6:4; Mark 12:29 ↩
  49. 49. James 2:19 James 2:8 ↩
  50. 50. James 2:19 Matt 8:29; Mark 1:24; 5:7; Luke 4:34; Acts 19:15 ↩
  51. 51. James 2:20 Rom 9:20; 1 Cor 15:36 ↩
  52. 52. James 2:20 Gal 5:6; James 2:17, 26 ↩
  53. 53. James 2:21 Gen 22:9, 10, 12, 16-18 ↩
  54. 54. James 2:22 John 6:29; Heb 11:17 ↩
  55. 55. James 2:22 Or by the deeds ↩
  56. 56. James 2:22 1 Thess 1:3 ↩
  57. 57. James 2:22 Or completed ↩
  58. 58. James 2:23 Gen 15:6; Rom 4:3 ↩
  59. 59. James 2:23 2 Chr 20:7; Is 41:8 ↩
  60. 60. James 2:25 Heb 11:31 ↩
  61. 61. James 2:25 Josh 2:4, 6, 15 ↩
  62. 62. James 2:26 Gal 5:6; James 2:17, 20 ↩

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