James:2

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* My brethren , do not have the faith of our Lord Jesus , the glorious Christ , with respect of persons . * For if a man with a gold ring and in precious apparel comes into your synagogue and a poor person in vile raiment also comes in , * and ye have respect to him that wears the precious clothing and say unto him , Sit thou here in a good place ; and say to the poor , Stand thou there or sit here under my footstool : * Are ye not then judging in yourselves and are become judges of evil thoughts ? * Hearken , my beloved brethren , Has not God chosen the poor of this world [that they might be ] rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom which he has promised to those that love him ? * But ye have despised the poor . Do not the rich oppress you with tyranny and draw you [with violence ] to the courts ? * Do they not blaspheme that worthy name by which ye are called ? * If ye truly fulfil the royal law according to the scripture , Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself , ye do well ; * but if ye have respect to persons , ye commit sin and are accused of the law as rebels . * For whosoever shall have kept the whole law , and then offends in one [point ] is made guilty of all . * For he that said , Thou shalt not commit adultery , said also , Thou shalt not murder . Now if thou commit no adultery , yet if thou [commit ] murder , thou art become a transgressor of the law . * So speak ye and so do as those that shall be judged by the law of liberty . * For judgment without mercy shall be done unto the one that has showed no mercy ; and mercy boasts against judgment . * My brethren , What shall it profit though someone says [that ] they have faith and do not have works ? Shall this type of faith be able to save them ? * If a brother or sister is naked and destitute of daily food , * and one of you says unto them , Depart in peace ; be [ye ] warmed and filled ; but ye do not give them those things which are needful for the body ; what [shall it ] profit them ? * Even so faith , if it does not have works , is dead in and of itself . * But someone may say , Thou hast faith , and I have works ; show me thy faith without thy works , and I will show thee my faith by my works . * Thou believest that God is one ; thou doest well ; the demons also believe and tremble . * But , O vain man , dost thou desire to know that faith without works is dead ? * Was not Abraham our father justified by works when he offered his son Isaac upon the altar ? * Dost thou not see how the faith worked together with his works , and the faith was complete by the works ? * And that the scripture was fulfilled which saith , Abraham believed God , and it was imputed unto him for righteousness , and he was called the Friend of God . * Ye see then how that by works a man is justified , and not only by faith . * Likewise also was not Rahab the harlot justified by works , when she received the messengers and sent [them ] out another way ? * For as the body without the spirit is dead , so faith without works is dead also .:

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