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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>James 2 Haweis New Testament</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/james/2.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/james/2-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">Haweis</a> > James 2</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="../menu.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../james/1.htm" title="James 1">◄</a> James 2 <a href="../james/3.htm" title="James 3">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">Haweis New Testament</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/parallel/james/2-1.htm" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Verses"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><A name="2"></a><p class="hdg">A Warning against Favoritism<p><span class="reftext"><a href="/james/2-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>MY brethren, hold not the faith of our glorious Lord Jesus shewing a respect for persons. <A name="3"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/james/2-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>For if there come into your congregation a man with a gold ring, and in splendid apparel, and there come in also a poor man in a sordid garb; <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/james/2-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>and ye fix your eyes upon him who bears the splendid robe, and say to him, Sit thou here in an honourable place; and ye say to the poor man, Stand thou there, or sit here under my footstool: <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/james/2-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>are you not thus partial among yourselves, and form your decision from bad reasonings? <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/james/2-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Hear me, my beloved brethren. Hath not God elected the poor of this world to be rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which God hath promised to those who love him; <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/james/2-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>but ye have put contempt on the poor man? Do not the rich men tyrannize over you? and they drag you to the tribunals. <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/james/2-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Do they not blaspheme that honourable name by which ye are called?<p> <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/james/2-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>If indeed ye fulfil the royal law according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself, ye do well: <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/james/2-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>but if ye have respect of persons, ye commit sin, and are convicted by the law as transgressors. <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/james/2-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>For whosoever shall keep the whole law, but offendeth in a single particular, he is chargeable with the breach of all. <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/james/2-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>For he that said, Thou shalt not commit adultery, said also, Thou shalt not commit murder. Now if thou dost not commit adultery, yet dost commit murder, thou art a transgressor of the law.<CM> <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/james/2-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>So speak, and so act, as those who shall be judged by the law of liberty. <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/james/2-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>For judgment without mercy shall be on him who shewed no mercy, and mercy glorieth against judgment.<CM><p> <A name="15"></a><p class="hdg">Faith and Works<br /><span class="cross">(<a href ="../galatians/3.htm">Galatians 3:1–9</a>)</span><p><span class="reftext"><a href="/james/2-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>What is the advantage, my brethren, if a man profess to have faith, but hath not works; can faith save him? <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/james/2-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Now if a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food, <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/james/2-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>and should one of you say to them, Go in peace, be warm, be replenished with food: yet if ye give them not the necessaries for their body; what doth it avail? <A name="18"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/james/2-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>So also faith, if it hath not works, is dead itself.<CM><p> <A name="19"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/james/2-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Perhaps a man will say, Thou hast faith, and I have works: shew me thy faith by thy works, and I will shew thee by my works my faith. <A name="20"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/james/2-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the devils also believe and tremble. <A name="21"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/james/2-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead? <A name="22"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/james/2-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>Was not our father Abraham justified by works, when he offered up Isaac his son upon the altar? <A name="23"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/james/2-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>Thou seest that faith wrought with his works, and by works was faith consummated. <A name="24"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/james/2-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>And the scripture was fulfilled, which saith, ?Abraham believed God, and it was imputed to him for righteousness;?<RX 1.15.6> and he was called ?the friend of God.?<RX 23.41.8> <A name="25"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/james/2-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>Observe therefore that by works a man is justified, and not by faith merely. <A name="26"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/james/2-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>But was not Rahab the harlot in like manner justified by works, when she entertained the messengers, and sent them away by a different road? <span class="reftext"><a href="/james/2-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>For as the body without breath is dead, so faith without works is dead also.<CM><p><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">A Translation of the New Testament from the original Greek<br>Thomas Haweis 1795<br><br>Digital Text Courtesy <a href="https://theword.net">TheWord.net Bible Software</a>.<br><br>Section Headings Courtesy <a href="https://berean.bible">Berean Bible</a>.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../james/1.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="James 1"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="James 1" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../james/3.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="James 3"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="James 3" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchapnoad.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>