| James 2:1 |
My brothers, do not hold the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ of glory with respect of persons. |
| James 2:2 |
For if there comes into your synagogue a man with gold rings in splendid clothing, and there also comes in a poor man in filthy clothing, |
| James 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 |
Have you not made distinctions among yourselves and become judges with evil reasonings? |
| James 2:5 |
Listen, my beloved brothers: Did not God choose the poor in the world [to be] rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom, which He promised to those who love Him? |
| James 2:6 |
But you have dishonored the poor. [Is it] not the rich [who] oppress you and [is it not] they [who] drag you to the courts? |
| James 2:7 |
[Is it] not they [who] blaspheme the honorable name by which you are called? |
| James 2:8 |
If indeed you are fulfilling the royal law according to the Scripture, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself," you do well; |
| James 2:9 |
But if you respect persons, you commit sin, being convicted by the law as transgressors. |
| James 2:10 |
For whoever keeps the whole law yet stumbles in one [point] has become guilty of all. |
| James 2:11 |
For He who said, Do not commit adultery, 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 |
So speak and so do as those who are to be judged by the law of freedom. |
| James 2:13 |
For the judgment is without mercy to him who has shown no mercy; mercy triumphs over judgment. |
| James 2:14 |
What is the profit, my brothers, if anyone says he has faith but does not have works? Can that faith save him? |
| James 2:15 |
If a brother or sister is without clothing and lacks daily food, |
| James 2:16 |
And any one of you says to them, Go in peace, be warmed and filled, yet you do not give them the necessities of the body, what is the profit? |
| James 2:17 |
So also faith, if it does not have works, is dead in itself. |
| James 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 works. |
| James 2:19 |
You believe that God is one. You do well; the demons also believe and shudder. |
| James 2:20 |
But are you willing to know, O vain man, that faith without its works is useless? |
| James 2:21 |
Was not Abraham our father justified by works in that he offered up Isaac his son upon the altar? |
| James 2:22 |
You see that faith worked together with his works, and by these works faith was perfected. |
| James 2:23 |
And the Scripture was fulfilled which says, "And Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him as righteousness"; and he was called the friend of God. |
| James 2:24 |
You see that a man is justified by works and not by faith only. |
| James 2:25 |
And in like manner was not also Rahab the harlot justified by works in that she received the messengers and sent [them] out by a different way? |
| James 2:26 |
For just as the body without the spirit is dead, so also faith without works is dead. |