Dual Panel1My <3450> brothers and sisters <80>, do not <3361> show prejudice <4382> if you possess <2192> faith <4102> in our <2257> glorious <1391> Lord <2962> Jesus <2424> Christ <5547>.
2For <1063> if <1437> someone <435> comes <1525> into <1519> your <5216> assembly <4864> wearing a gold ring <5554> and <1161> fine <2986> clothing <2066>, and <2532> a poor person <4434> enters <1525> in <1722> filthy <4508> clothes <2066>,
3do you pay attention <1914> to <1909> the one who is finely <2986> dressed <5409> <2066> and <2532> say <2036>, “You <4771> sit <2521> here <5602> in a good place <2573>,” and <2532> to the poor person <4434>, “You <4771> stand over <2476> there <1563>,” or <2228> “Sit <2521> on <5259> the floor <5286> <3450>”?
4If so, have you <1252> not <3756> made distinctions <1252> among <1722> yourselves <1438> and <2532> become <1096> judges <2923> with evil <4190> motives <1261>?
5Listen <191>, my <3450> dear <27> brothers and sisters <80>! Did <1586> not <3756> God <2316> choose <1586> the poor <4434> in the world <2889> to be rich <4145> in <1722> faith <4102> and <2532> heirs <2818> of the kingdom <932> that <3739> he promised <1861> to those who love <25> him <846>?
6But <1161> you <5210> have dishonored <818> the poor <4434>! Are <2616> not <3756> the rich <4145> oppressing <2616> you <5216> and <2532> dragging <1670> you <5209> into <1519> the courts <2922>?
7Do <987> they <846> not <3756> blaspheme <987> the good <2570> name <3686> of the one you <5209> belong <1941> to <1909>?
8But <3305> if <1487> you fulfill <5055> the royal <937> law <3551> as expressed in <2596> this scripture <1124>, “You shall love <25> your <4675> neighbor <4139> as <5613> yourself <4572>,” you are doing <4160> well <2573>.
9But <1161> if <1487> you show prejudice <4380>, you are committing <2038> sin <266> and are convicted <1651> by <5259> the law <3551> as <5613> violators <3848>.
10For <1063> the one who <3748> obeys <5083> the whole <3650> law <3551> but <1161> fails <4417> in <1722> one point <1520> has become <1096> guilty <1777> of all <3956> of it.
11For <1063> he who said <2036>, “Do <3431> not <3361> commit adultery <3431>,” also <2532> said <3004>, “Do <5407> not <3361> murder <5407>.” Now if <1487> you do <3431> not <3756> commit adultery <3431> but <1161> do commit murder <5407>, you have become <1096> a violator <3848> of the law <3551>.
12Speak <2980> and <2532> act <4160> as <5613> those who will <3195> be judged <2919> by <1223> a law <3551> that gives freedom <1657>.
13For <1063> judgment <2920> is merciless <448> for the one who has shown <4160> no <3361> mercy <1656>. But mercy <1656> triumphs over <2620> judgment <2920>.
14What <5101> good <3786> is it, my <3450> brothers and sisters <80>, if <1437> someone <5100> claims <3004> to have <2192> faith <4102> but <1161> does <2192> not <3361> have <2192> works <2041>? Can <1410> this kind of faith <4102> save <4982> him <846>?
15If <1437> a brother <80> or <2228> sister <79> is <5225> poorly clothed <1131> and <2532> lacks <3007> daily <2184> food <5160>,
16and <1161> one <5100> of <1537> you <5216> says <2036> to them <846>, “Go <5217> in <1722> peace <1515>, keep warm <2328> and <2532> eat well <5526>,” but <1161> you do <1325> not <3361> give <1325> them <846> what the body <4983> needs <2006>, what <5101> good <3786> is it?
17So <3779> also <2532> faith <4102>, if <1437> it does <2192> not <3361> have <2192> works <2041>, is <1510> dead <3498> being <1510> by <2596> itself <1438>.
18But <235> someone <5100> will say <2046>, “You <4771> have <2192> faith <4102> and I <2504> have <2192> works <2041>.” Show <1166> me <3427> your <4675> faith <4102> without <5565> works <2041> and I <2504> will show <1166> you <4671> faith <4102> by <1537> my <3450> works <2041>.
19You <4771> believe <4100> that <3754> God <2316> is <1510> one <1520>; well <2573> and <2532> good. Even the demons <1140> believe <4100> that– and <2532> tremble with fear <5425>.
20But <1161> would you <2309> like evidence <1097>, you empty <2756> fellow <444>, that <3754> faith <4102> without <5565> works <2041> is <1510> useless <692>?
21Was <1344> not <3756> Abraham <11> our <2257> father <3962> justified <1344> by <1537> works <2041> when <399> he offered <399> Isaac <2464> his <846> son <5207> on <1909> the altar <2379>?
22You see <991> that <3754> his faith <4102> was working together <4903> with his <846> works <2041> and <2532> his faith <4102> was perfected <5048> by <1537> works <2041>.
23And <2532> the scripture <1124> was fulfilled <4137> that says <3004>, “Now <1161> Abraham <11> believed <4100> God <2316> and <2532> it was counted <3049> to him <846> for <1519> righteousness <1343>,” and <2532> he was called <2564> God’s <2316> friend <5384>.
24You see <3708> that <3754> a person <444> is justified <1344> by <1537> works <2041> and <2532> not <3756> by <1537> faith <4102> alone.
25And <1161> similarly <3668>, was <1344> not <3756> Rahab <4460> the prostitute <4204> also justified <1344> by <1537> works <2041> when <5264> she welcomed <5264> the messengers <32> and <2532> sent <1544> them out <1544> by another <2087> way <3598>?
26For just as <5618> the body <4983> without <5565> the spirit <4151> is <1510> dead <3498>, so <3779> also <2532> faith <4102> without <5565> works <2041> is <1510> dead <3498>.