The Concordant Literal New Testament

James To The Twelve Tribes

Chapter 2

¹ My brethren, not with partialities be having the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ of glory.
² For if there should be entering into your synagogue a man with a gold ring, in splendid attire, yet there should be entering a poor man also, in filthy attire,
³ and you should be looking on the one wearing the splendid attire and be saying, "You sit ideally here," and to the poor one be saying, "You stand there," or, "Sit here under my footstool,"
⁴ were you not discriminating among yourselves, and did you not become judges with wicked reasonings?
⁵ Hear, my beloved brethren! Does not God choose the poor in the world, rich in faith and enjoyers of the allotment of the kingdom which He promises to those who are loving Him?
⁶ Yet you dishonor the poor one. Are not the rich tyrannizing over you? And they are drawing you to tribunals.
⁷ Are not they blaspheming the ideal name which is being invoked over you?
⁸ Howbeit, if you are discharging the royal law, according to the scripture, "You shall be loving your associate as yourself," you are doing ideally.
⁹ Yet if you are showing partiality, you are working sin, being exposed by the law as transgressors.
¹⁰ For anyone who should be keeping the whole law, yet should be tripping in one thing, has become liable for all.
¹¹ For He Who is saying, You should not be committing adultery, said, You should not be murdering, also. Now if you are not committing adultery, yet are murdering, you have become a transgressor of law.
¹² Thus be speaking and thus be doing, as those about to be judged by a law of freedom.
¹³ For the judging is merciless to him who does not exercise mercy. Vaunting is mercy against judging.
¹⁴ What is the benefit, my brethren, if anyone should be saying he has faith, yet may have no works? That faith can not save him.
¹⁵ If a brother or sister should be belonging to the naked, and lacking nourishment for the day,
¹⁶ yet someone from among you may be saying to them, "Go away in peace, be warmed and satisfied," yet you may not be giving them the requisites for the body, what is the benefit?
¹⁷ Thus, also, is faith, if it should not have works: it is dead by itself.
¹⁸ But someone will be declaring, "You have faith and I have works." Show me your faith apart from the works and I shall be showing you my faith by my works.
¹⁹ You are believing that God is one. Ideally are you doing. The demons also are believing and are shuddering.
²⁰ Now are you wanting to know, O empty man, that faith apart from works is dead?
²¹ Abraham, our father, was he not justified by works when offering up his son Isaac on the altar?
²² You are observing that faith worked together with his works, and by works was faith perfected.
²³ And fulfilled was the scripture which is saying, Now "Abraham believes God, and it is reckoned to him for righteousness," and he was called "the friend of God."
²⁴ You see that by works a man is being justified, and not by faith only.
²⁵ Now likewise, was not Rahab the prostitute also justified by works when entertaining the messengers and ejecting them by a different way?
²⁶ For even as the body apart from spirit is dead, thus also faith apart from works is dead.

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