Verse
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
WEB
World English Bible
My brothers, as
you
hold out
your
faith in
our glorious
Lord Jesus Christ ,
do
not
show
favoritism
.
My brothers, don't
hold the
faith of
our Lord Jesus Christ of
glory
with
partiality
.
Suppose
a man comes
into
your
meeting
wearing
a gold ring and
fine clothes
, and a poor man in shabby
clothes
also comes in .
For
if
a man with
a gold ring ,
in
fine clothing
, comes
into
your
assembly,
and a poor man in filthy
clothing
also comes in ;
If
you lavish
attention on
the man
in
fine clothes
and say, “
Here is
a seat
of
honor,”
but
say
to
the poor man, “You
must
stand ”
or “
Sit at
my feet,”
and
you pay
special
attention to
him
who
wears
the fine clothing,
and say, "Sit
here in
a good
place;"
and
you
tell
the poor man, "
Stand there,"
or "
Sit by
my footstool;"
have
you not
discriminated
among yourselves and become judges with evil thoughts?
haven't
you shown
partiality
among yourselves ,
and become judges with evil thoughts?
Listen, my beloved brothers :
Has
not
God chosen
the
poor of
this world to be rich in faith and to
inherit
the kingdom He promised those who love Him?
Listen, my beloved brothers .
Didn't
God choose
those
who
are
poor in
this world to be rich in faith ,
and heirs
of
the Kingdom which
he promised to
those who love him?
But you have dishonored the poor. Is
it
not
the rich who
oppress you and drag you into
court
?
But you have dishonored the poor man
. Don't
the rich oppress you ,
and personally
drag you before
the
courts
?
Are
they not
the
ones
who
blaspheme the noble
name by which you have
been
called?
Don't
they blaspheme the honorable
name by which you are
called?
If you really
fulfill the royal law stated
in
Scripture, “
Love your neighbor as yourself, ”
you are
doing
well.
However,
if you fulfill the royal law ,
according
to
the
Scripture, "You
shall
love your neighbor as yourself, "
you do
well.
But if you show favoritism
, you sin and
are
convicted by the law as transgressors.
But if you show partiality
, you commit
sin ,
being
convicted by the law as transgressors.
Whoever keeps
the whole law but
stumbles
at
just
one point is
guilty of breaking
all of
it
.
For
whoever shall
keep
the whole law ,
and
yet
stumble
in
one point ,
he
has
become
guilty of all.
For He who said, “
Do not commit adultery, ”
also
said, “
Do not murder. ”
If you do not commit adultery, but do
commit
murder, you have become a lawbreaker
.
For he who said, "
Do not commit adultery, "
said also
, "
Do not commit
murder. "
Now
if you do not commit adultery, but murder, you have become a transgressor
of
the
law
.
Speak and act
as those
who are going
to be judged by the
law that
gives
freedom.
So
speak ,
and so
do,
as men
who are to be judged by a
law of
freedom.
For judgment without mercy will
be
shown
to anyone
who has not
been
merciful
. Mercy triumphs over judgment.
For judgment is
without mercy to him
who has shown
no
mercy
. Mercy triumphs over judgment.
What good is it, my brothers, if someone
claims
to
have
faith, but has no deeds
? Can such
faith save him?
What good is it, my brothers, if a
man
says
he
has
faith, but has no works
? Can faith save him?
Suppose
a brother or sister is without
clothes
and daily food .
And
if
a brother or sister is naked
and in
lack
of
daily food ,
If
one of you tells him
, “
Go in peace; stay
warm
and well
fed,”
but
does
not
provide
for
his
physical
needs, what good is that
?
and
one of you tells them
, "
Go in peace ,
be
warmed
and
filled
; "
and yet
you
didn't
give
them
the
things
the
body
needs, what good is it
?
So too,
faith by
itself
, if it does
not
result
in
action
, is dead.
Even
so faith, if it has
no
works
, is dead in
itself
.
But
someone
will say, “
You have faith and I have deeds
. ”
Show me your faith without
deeds
, and I will show you my faith by
my
deeds
.
Yes,
a
man
will say, "
You have faith ,
and I have works
. "
Show me your faith from
your
works
, and I by
my
works
will show you my faith.
You believe that God is one. Good
for
you !
Even
the demons believe that—
and shudder.
You believe that God is one. You do
well.
The demons also
believe ,
and shudder.
O
foolish
man,
do you want evidence
that faith without
deeds
is worthless
?
But
do you want to
know,
vain
man,
that faith apart
from
works
is dead
?
Was
not
our father Abraham
justified by what
he
did
when
he offered his son Isaac
on the altar?
Wasn't
Abraham
our father justified by works,
in
that
he offered up
Isaac
his son on the altar?
You see that his
faith was
working
with his actions
, and his
faith was perfected by
what
he
did.
You see that faith worked
with his works
, and by
works
faith was perfected ;
And the Scripture was fulfilled that
says, “
Abraham believed God, and it was credited
to him as righteousness ,”
and he was called a
friend of God.
and the Scripture was fulfilled which
says, "
Abraham believed God, and it was accounted
to him as righteousness ;"
and he was called the
friend of God.
As
you can
see, a man is justified by
his
deeds
and not by faith alone
.
You see then
that
by
works
, a man is justified ,
and not only
by faith.
In the
same
way,
was
not
even
Rahab the prostitute justified by her
actions
when
she welcomed
the spies
and sent them off
on
another route
?
In like
manner
wasn't
Rahab the prostitute also
justified by works,
in
that
she received
the messengers,
and sent them out
another way
?
As the body without
the spirit is dead, so faith without
deeds
is dead.
For
as the body apart
from
the spirit is dead, even
so faith apart
from
works
is dead.
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