James 2

2My brethren, have not ^athe faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, ^bthe Lord of glory, ^cwith respect of persons. ²For if there come unto your ^†assembly a man with a gold ring, in ^dgoodly apparel, and there come in also a poor man in vile raiment; ³And ye ^ehave respect to him that weareth the ^dgay clothing, and say unto him, Sit thou here ^||in a good place; and ^fsay to the poor, Stand thou there, or sit here under my footstool: ⁴Are ye not then ^gipartial in yourselves, and are become judges of ^hievil thoughts? ⁵Hearken, my beloved brethren, Hath not God ^klchosen the poor of this world ^mrich in faith, and ⁿheirs of ^||othe kingdom ^pwhich he hath promised to ^qthem that love him? ⁶But ye have ^rdespised the poor. Do not rich men ^soppress you, and ^tdraw you ^ubefore the judgment seats? ⁷Do not they ^vblaspheme that worthy name ^wby the which ye are called? ⁸If ye fulfil ^xthe royal law according to ^xxthe scripture, ^yThou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself, ye do well: ⁹But ^cif ye have respect to persons, ye commit sin, and are ^zconvinced of the law as transgressors. ¹⁰For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet ^aoffend in one point, ^bhe is ^cguilty of all. ¹¹For ^||he that said, ^dDo not commit adultery, said also, ^dDo not kill. Now if thou commit no adultery, yet if thou kill, thou art become a transgressor of the law. ¹²So speak ye, and so do, as they that shall be judged by ^ethe law of liberty. ¹³For ^fhe shall have judgment without mercy, that hath shewed no mercy; and ^gmercy ^||rejoiceth against judgment.

^14hWhat doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? can faith save him? ^15jIf a brother or sister be ^knaked, and destitute of daily food, ¹⁶And ^lone of you say unto them, Depart in peace, be ye warmed and filled; ^mnotwithstanding ye give them not those things which are needful to the body; ^hwhat doth it profit? ¹⁷Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being ^†alone. ¹⁸Yea, a man may say, Thou hast faith, and I have works: shew me thy faith ^||without thy works, and I will ⁿshew thee ^omy faith by my works. ^19pThou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: ^qthe devils also ^rbelieve, and tremble. ²⁰But wilt thou know, O ^svain man, that faith ^twithout works is dead? ²¹Was not Abraham our father justified by works, ^uwhen he had offered Isaac his son upon the altar? ^22||Seest thou ^vhow faith wrought with his works, and ^wby works was faith made perfect? ²³And ^xthe scripture was fulfilled which saith, ^yAbraham believed God, and it was imputed unto him for righteousness: and he was called ^zthe Friend of God. ²⁴Ye see then how that ^aby works a man is justified, and ^anot by faith only. ²⁵Likewise also ^bwas not Rahab the harlot justified by works, when she had ^creceived the messengers, and had sent them out another way? ²⁶For as the body ^dwithout the ^||spirit is dead, so faith ^dwithout works is dead also.