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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 Lamsa Bible</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> <script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-LR4HSKRP2H"></script> <script> window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-LR4HSKRP2H'); </script><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="../">Lamsa</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">Lamsa Bible</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"><span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/james/2-1.htm#aramaic"><b>1</b></a></span>MY brethren, do not, with hypocrisy, uphold the glorious faith of our LORD Jesus Christ. <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/james/2-2.htm#aramaic"><b>2</b></a></span>For if there should enter into your synagogue a man with gold rings and costly garments, and there should also enter a poor man in soiled clothing; <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/james/2-3.htm#aramaic"><b>3</b></a></span>And you should attend to the one who wears the beautiful clothing, and say to him, Sit here in a good place; and say to the poor man, Stand up there, or sit here before our footstool; <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/james/2-4.htm#aramaic"><b>4</b></a></span>Are you not then showing partiality, and thereby give preference to evil thoughts? <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/james/2-5.htm#aramaic"><b>5</b></a></span>Hear this, my beloved brethren, Has not God chosen the poor of the world who are rich in faith, to be heirs of the kingdom which God has promised to those who love him? <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/james/2-6.htm#aramaic"><b>6</b></a></span>But you have despised the poor. Do not rich men exalt themselves over you and drag you before the judgment seat? <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/james/2-7.htm#aramaic"><b>7</b></a></span>Do not they blaspheme against that good name by which you are called?<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/james/2-8.htm#aramaic"><b>8</b></a></span>If you fulfil the law of God by this, as it is written, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself, you do well: <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/james/2-9.htm#aramaic"><b>9</b></a></span>But if you discriminate among men, you commit sin and you will be condemned by the law as transgressors of the law. <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/james/2-10.htm#aramaic"><b>10</b></a></span>For whoever shall keep the whole law, except that he fail in but one statute, he is guilty as to the whole law. <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/james/2-11.htm#aramaic"><b>11</b></a></span>For he who said, Thou shalt not commit adultery, said also, Thou shalt not kill. Now if you do not commit adultery, but you kill, you have become a transgressor of the law. <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/james/2-12.htm#aramaic"><b>12</b></a></span>So speak and so act, as men who are to be judged by the law of liberty. <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/james/2-13.htm#aramaic"><b>13</b></a></span>For a judgment without mercy will be on him, who does not show mercy; for you exalt yourselves by having mercy over judgment.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/james/2-14.htm#aramaic"><b>14</b></a></span>Though a man say he has faith, what profit is it, my brethren, if he does not have works? Can faith save him? <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/james/2-15.htm#aramaic"><b>15</b></a></span>If a brother or sister be naked, and lacking of daily food, <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/james/2-16.htm#aramaic"><b>16</b></a></span>And one of you say to them, Depart in peace, be warmed, and be filled; yet you do not give to them those things which are needed for the body, what does it profit? <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/james/2-17.htm#aramaic"><b>17</b></a></span>Even so faith, without works, is dead, by itself.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/james/2-18.htm#aramaic"><b>18</b></a></span>For a man may say, You have faith, and I have works: show me your faith without your works, and I will show you my faith by my works. <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/james/2-19.htm#aramaic"><b>19</b></a></span>You believe that there is one God; you do well. The devils also believe, and they tremble. <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/james/2-20.htm#aramaic"><b>20</b></a></span>Would you know, O weak man, that faith without works is dead? <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/james/2-21.htm#aramaic"><b>21</b></a></span>Was not our father Abraham justified by works, when he raised Isaac his son upon the altar? <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/james/2-22.htm#aramaic"><b>22</b></a></span>You can see, how his faith helped his works, and how by works his faith was made perfect. <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/james/2-23.htm#aramaic"><b>23</b></a></span>And the scripture was fulfilled which said, Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness: and he was called the Friend of God. <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/james/2-24.htm#aramaic"><b>24</b></a></span>You see then, how a man by works becomes righteous, and not by faith only. <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/james/2-25.htm#aramaic"><b>25</b></a></span>Likewise also was not Rahab the harlot, justified by works, when she welcomed the spies, and sent them out another way? <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/james/2-26.htm#aramaic"><b>26</b></a></span>For as the body without the spirit is dead, so also faith without works is dead.<p><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Holy Bible From The Ancient Eastern Texts: Aramaic Of The Peshitta by George M. 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