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<A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/james/2-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Hear, my beloved brethren; hath not God chosen the poor of this world <i>who are</i> rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom, which He hath promised to them that love Him? but ye have slighted the poor. <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/james/2-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Do not the rich tyrannize over you; and drag you to <i>their</i> tribunals? <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/james/2-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Do they not blaspheme the glorious 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 ye fulfil the royal law, according to the scripture, <i>which saith,</i> 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 <i>partially</i> respect persons, ye commit sin, being 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 <i>besides,</i> but offend in one <i>point,</i> he is under the penalty of all: <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/james/2-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>for He that said, Do not commit adultery, said also, Do not kill. Now if thou do not commit adultery, but committest murder, thou art a transgressor of the law. <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 are to 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 he shall have judgement without mercy, that hath not shewn mercy: but mercy triumpheth over judgement.<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 <i>is</i> the advantage, my brethren, if any <i>one</i> say that he has faith, and he hath not works, can faith <i>alone</i> save him? <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/james/2-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>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 one of you say to them, Go in peace, be ye warmed and be ye filled: but ye give them not the necessaries of life, what profit <i>is it to them?</i> <A name="18"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/james/2-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>so faith, if it have not works, being alone, is dead.<p> <A name="19"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/james/2-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>But one may say, Thou hast faith, and I have works: shew me thy faith by thy works, and I will shew thee my faith by my works. <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 dost 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 desirest thou to 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><i>consider,</i> Was not our father Abraham justified by works, when he offered his son Isaac 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 co-operated with his works, and <i>that</i> by <i>his</i> works <i>his</i> faith was perfected. <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 counted to him for righteousness; and he was called the friend of God. <A name="25"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/james/2-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>Ye see then that a man is justified by works, and not by faith only. <A name="26"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/james/2-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>And in like manner also was not the harlot Rahab justified by works, when she entertained the spies, and let them out another way? <span class="reftext"><a href="/james/2-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.<p><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Worsley's New Testament (1770)<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>