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<span class="reftext"><a href="/james/2-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>and ye did dishonour the poor one; do not the rich oppress you and themselves draw you to judgment-seats; <span class="reftext"><a href="/james/2-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>do they not themselves speak evil of the good name that was called upon you?</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/james/2-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>If, indeed, royal law ye complete, according to the Writing, ‘Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself,’ — ye do well; <span class="reftext"><a href="/james/2-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>and if ye accept persons, sin ye do work, being convicted by the law as transgressors; <span class="reftext"><a href="/james/2-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>for whoever the whole law shall keep, and shall stumble in one [point], he hath become guilty of all; <span class="reftext"><a href="/james/2-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>for He who is saying, ‘Thou mayest not commit adultery,’ said also, ‘Thou mayest do no murder;’ and if thou shalt not commit adultery, and shalt commit murder, thou hast become a transgressor of law; <span class="reftext"><a href="/james/2-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>so speak ye and so do, as about by a law of liberty to be judged, <span class="reftext"><a href="/james/2-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>for the judgment without kindness [is] to him not having done kindness, and exult doth kindness over judgment.</p> <a name="14" id="14"></a><p class="hdg">Faith and Works<br /><p class="cross">(<a href="../genesis/15.htm">Genesis 15:1-7</a>; <a href="../romans/4.htm">Romans 4:1-12</a>; <a href="../galatians/3.htm">Galatians 3:1-9</a>; <a href="../hebrews/11.htm#8">Hebrews 11:8-19</a>)</p></p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/james/2-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>What [is] the profit, my brethren, if faith, any one may speak of having, and works he may not have? is that faith able to save him? <span class="reftext"><a href="/james/2-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>and if a brother or sister may be naked, and may be destitute of the daily food, <span class="reftext"><a href="/james/2-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>and any one of you may say to them, ‘Depart ye in peace, be warmed, and be filled,’ and may not give to them the things needful for the body, what [is] the profit? <span class="reftext"><a href="/james/2-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>so also the faith, if it may not have works, is dead by itself.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/james/2-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>But say may some one, Thou hast faith, and I have works, shew me thy faith out of thy works, and I will shew thee out of my works my faith: <span class="reftext"><a href="/james/2-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>thou — thou dost believe that God is one; thou dost well, and the demons believe, and they shudder! <span class="reftext"><a href="/james/2-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>And dost thou wish to know, O vain man, that the faith apart from the works is dead? <span class="reftext"><a href="/james/2-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>Abraham our father — was not he declared righteous out of works, having brought up Isaac his son upon the altar? <span class="reftext"><a href="/james/2-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>dost thou see that the faith was working with his works, and out of the works the faith was perfected? <span class="reftext"><a href="/james/2-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>and fulfilled was the Writing that is saying, ‘And Abraham did believe God, and it was reckoned to him — to righteousness;’ and, ‘Friend of God’ he was called. <span class="reftext"><a href="/james/2-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>Ye see, then, that out of works is man declared righteous, and not out of faith only; <span class="reftext"><a href="/james/2-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>and in like manner also Rahab the harlot — was she not out of works declared righteous, having received the messengers, and by another way having sent forth? <span class="reftext"><a href="/james/2-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>for as the body apart from the spirit is dead, so also the faith apart from the works is dead.</p></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Young's Literal Translation<br /><br /><a href="//bereanbible.com">Section Headings Courtesy BereanBible.com<br />© 2013, 2014 Used by Permission</a><span class="p"><br /><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/">Bible Hub</a></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="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="//biblescan.com/mpad/james/2-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div></div><div id="rightbox4"><div class="padright2"><div id="spons1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="sp1"><iframe src="../sidemenu.htm" width="122" height="602" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe><br /><br /></td></tr></table></div></div></div> <br /><br /></div><div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></div><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhpar.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>