James 2 New American Standard Bible

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<span class="reftext"><a href="/james/2-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Listen<MG191>, my beloved<MG27> brothers<MG80> <i>and sisters:</i> did God<MG2316> not choose<MG1586> the poor<MG4434> <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[d]</a></span>of this<MG3588> world<MG2889> <i>to be</i> rich<MG4145> in faith<MG4102> and heirs<MG2818> of the kingdom<MG932> which<MG3739> He promised<MG1861> to those<MG3588> who love<MG25> Him? <span class="reftext"><a href="/james/2-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>But you have dishonored<MG818> the poor<MG4434> man<MG4434>. Is it not the rich<MG4145> who oppress<MG2616a> you and <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[e]</a></span>personally<MG846> drag<MG1670> you into <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[f]</a></span>court<MG2922>? <span class="reftext"><a href="/james/2-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Do they not blaspheme<MG987> the good<MG2570> name<MG3686> <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[g]</a></span>by which you have been called<MG1941>? <p class="paragraph"><span class="reftext"><a href="/james/2-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>If<MG1487>, however<MG3305>, you are fulfilling<MG5055> the <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[h]</a></span>royal<MG937> law<MG3551> according<MG2596> to the Scripture<MG1124>, “YOU SHALL LOVE<MG25> YOUR NEIGHBOR<MG4139> AS YOURSELF<MG4572>,” you are doing<MG4160> well<MG2573>. <span class="reftext"><a href="/james/2-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>But if<MG1487> you show<MG4380> partiality<MG4380>, you are committing<MG2038b> sin<MG266> <i>and</i> are convicted<MG1651> by the Law<MG3551> as violators<MG3848>. <span class="reftext"><a href="/james/2-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>For whoever<MG3748> keeps<MG5083> the whole<MG3650> Law<MG3551>, yet<MG1161> stumbles<MG4417> in one<MG1520> <i>point,</i> has become<MG1096> guilty<MG1777> of all<MG3956>. <span class="reftext"><a href="/james/2-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>For He who said<MG3004>, “DO NOT COMMIT<MG3431> ADULTERY<MG3431>,” also<MG2532> said<MG3004>, “DO NOT MURDER<MG5407>.” Now<MG1161> if<MG1487> you do not commit<MG3431> adultery<MG3431>, but do murder<MG5407>, you have become<MG1096> a violator<MG3848> of the Law<MG3551>. <span class="reftext"><a href="/james/2-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>So<MG3779> speak<MG2980>, and so<MG3779> act<MG4160>, as those who are to be judged<MG2919> by <i>the</i> law<MG3551> of freedom<MG1657>. <span class="reftext"><a href="/james/2-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>For judgment<MG2920> <i>will be</i> merciless<MG415b> to one who has shown<MG4160> no<MG3361> mercy<MG1656>; mercy<MG1656> <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[i]</a></span>triumphs<MG2620> over<MG2620> judgment<MG2920>. <p class="hdg">Faith and Works</p><p class="paragraph"><span class="reftext"><a href="/james/2-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>What<MG5101> use<MG3786> is it, my brothers<MG80> <i>and sisters,</i> if<MG1437> someone<MG5100> says<MG3004> he has<MG2192> faith<MG4102>, but he has<MG2192> no<MG3361> works<MG2041>? Can<MG1410> <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[j]</a></span>that faith<MG4102> save<MG4982> him? <span class="reftext"><a href="/james/2-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>If<MG1437> a brother<MG80> or<MG2228> sister<MG79> is without<MG1131> clothing<MG1131> and in<MG3007> need<MG3007> of daily<MG2184> food<MG5160>, <span class="reftext"><a href="/james/2-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>and one<MG5100> of you says<MG3004> to them, “Go<MG5217> in peace<MG1515>, <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[k]</a></span>be warmed<MG2328> and be filled<MG5526>,” yet<MG1161> you do not give<MG1325> them what<MG3588> is necessary<MG2006> for <i>their</i> body<MG4983>, what<MG5101> use<MG3786> is that? <span class="reftext"><a href="/james/2-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>In<MG3779> the<MG3779> same<MG3779> way<MG3779>, faith<MG4102> also<MG2532>, if<MG1437> it has<MG2192> no<MG3361> works<MG2041>, is <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[l]</a></span>dead<MG3498>, <i>being</i> by itself<MG1438>. <p class="paragraph"><span class="reftext"><a href="/james/2-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>But someone<MG5100> <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[m]</a></span>may <i>well</i> say<MG3004>, “You have<MG2192> faith<MG4102> and I have<MG2192> works<MG2041>; show<MG1166> me your faith<MG4102> without<MG5565> the works<MG2041>, and I will show<MG1166> you my faith<MG4102> by my works<MG2041>.” <span class="reftext"><a href="/james/2-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>You believe<MG4100> that <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[n]</a></span>God<MG2316> is one<MG1520>. You do<MG4160> well<MG2573>; the demons<MG1140> also<MG2532> believe<MG4100>, and shudder<MG5425>. <span class="reftext"><a href="/james/2-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>But are you willing<MG2309> to acknowledge<MG1097>, you foolish<MG2756> person<MG444>, that faith<MG4102> without<MG5565> works<MG2041> is useless<MG692>? <span class="reftext"><a href="/james/2-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>Was our father<MG3962> Abraham<MG11> not justified<MG1344> by works<MG2041> when he offered<MG399> up<MG399> his son<MG5207> Isaac<MG2464> on the altar<MG2379>? <span class="reftext"><a href="/james/2-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>You see<MG991> that faith<MG4102> was working<MG4903> with<MG4903> his works<MG2041>, and <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[o]</a></span>as a result<MG1537> of the works<MG2041>, faith<MG4102> was <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[p]</a></span>perfected<MG5048>; <span class="reftext"><a href="/james/2-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>and the Scripture<MG1124> was fulfilled<MG4137> which says<MG3004>, “AND ABRAHAM<MG11> BELIEVED<MG4100> GOD<MG2316>, AND IT WAS CREDITED<MG3049> TO HIM AS RIGHTEOUSNESS<MG1343>,” and he was called<MG2564> a friend<MG5384> of God<MG2316>. <span class="reftext"><a href="/james/2-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>You see<MG3708> that a person<MG444> is justified<MG1344> by works<MG2041> and not by faith<MG4102> alone<MG3441>. <span class="reftext"><a href="/james/2-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>In the same<MG3668> way<MG3668>, was Rahab<MG4460> the prostitute<MG4204> not justified<MG1344> by works<MG2041> also<MG2532> when she received<MG5264> the messengers<MG32a> and sent<MG1544b> them out<MG1544b> by another<MG2087> way<MG3598>? <span class="reftext"><a href="/james/2-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>For just<MG5618> as the body<MG4983> without<MG5565> <i>the</i> spirit<MG4151> is dead<MG3498>, so<MG3779> also<MG2532> faith<MG4102> without<MG5565> works<MG2041> is dead<MG3498>.<A name="fn"></a></p><br /><br /><span class="footnotesbot">[a]</span> <span class="fnverse">2</span> Or <i>synagogue</i><br><span class="footnotesbot">[b]</span> <span class="fnverse">3</span> Lit <i>look at</i><br><span class="footnotesbot">[c]</span> <span class="fnverse">4</span> Lit <i>reasonings</i><br><span class="footnotesbot">[d]</span> <span class="fnverse">5</span> Lit <i>to the</i><br><span class="footnotesbot">[e]</span> <span class="fnverse">6</span> Lit <i>they themselves</i><br><span class="footnotesbot">[f]</span> <span class="fnverse">6</span> Lit <i>courts</i><br><span class="footnotesbot">[g]</span> <span class="fnverse">7</span> Lit <i>which has been called upon you</i><br><span class="footnotesbot">[h]</span> <span class="fnverse">8</span> Or <i>law of</i> our <i>King</i><br><span class="footnotesbot">[i]</span> <span class="fnverse">13</span> Lit <i>boasts against</i><br><span class="footnotesbot">[j]</span> <span class="fnverse">14</span> Lit <i>the</i><br><span class="footnotesbot">[k]</span> <span class="fnverse">16</span> Or <i>warm yourselves and fill yourselves</i><br><span class="footnotesbot">[l]</span> <span class="fnverse">17</span> Or <i>dead by its own standards</i><br><span class="footnotesbot">[m]</span> <span class="fnverse">18</span> Lit <i>will</i><br><span class="footnotesbot">[n]</span> <span class="fnverse">19</span> One early ms <i>there is one God</i><br><span class="footnotesbot">[o]</span> <span class="fnverse">22</span> Or <i>by the deeds</i><br><span class="footnotesbot">[p]</span> <span class="fnverse">22</span> Or <i>completed</i><br></div><br /><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">New American Standard Bible<br>Copyright © 1960, 1971, 1977, 1995, 2020<br>by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, Calif. 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