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James 2 :: American Standard Version (ASV)

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Unchecked Copy Box Jas 2:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 2:1 - My brethren, hold not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory, with respect of persons.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJas 2:2 - For if there come into your synagogue a man with a gold ring, in fine clothing, and there come in also a poor man in vile clothing;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJas 2:3 - and ye have regard to him that weareth the fine clothing, and say, Sit thou here in a good place; and ye say to the poor man, Stand thou there, or sit under my footstool;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJas 2:4 - do ye not make distinctions among yourselves, and become judges with evil thoughts?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJas 2:5 - Hearken, my beloved brethren; did not God choose them that are poor as to the world to be rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he promised to them that love him?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJas 2:6 - But ye have dishonored the poor man. Do not the rich oppress you, and themselves drag you before the judgment-seats?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJas 2:7 - Do not they blaspheme the honorable name by which ye are called?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJas 2:8 - Howbeit if ye fulfil the royal law, according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself, ye do well:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJas 2:9 - but if ye have respect of persons, ye commit sin, being convicted by the law as transgressors.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJas 2:10 - For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet stumble in one point, he is become guilty of all.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJas 2:11 - For he that said, Do not commit adultery, said also, Do not kill. Now if thou dost not commit adultery, but killest, thou art become a transgressor of the law.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJas 2:12 - So speak ye, and so do, as men that are to be judged by a law of liberty.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJas 2:13 - For judgment is without mercy to him that hath showed no mercy: mercy glorieth against judgment.

Faith and Works

(cf. Gen 22; Jos 2 )

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Unchecked Copy BoxJas 2:14 - What doth it profit, my brethren, if a man say he hath faith, but have not works? can that faith save him?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJas 2:15 - If a brother or sister be naked and in lack of daily food,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJas 2:16 - and one of you say unto them, Go in peace, be ye warmed and filled; and yet ye give them not the things needful to the body; what doth it profit?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJas 2:17 - Even so faith, if it have not works, is dead in itself.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJas 2:18 - Yea, a man will say, Thou hast faith, and I have works: show me thy faith apart from thy works, and I by my works will show thee my faith.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJas 2:19 - Thou believest that God is one; thou doest well: the demons also believe, and shudder.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJas 2:20 - But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith apart from works is barren?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJas 2:21 - Was not Abraham our father justified by works, in that he offered up Isaac his son upon the altar?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJas 2:22 - Thou seest that faith wrought with his works, and by works was faith made perfect;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJas 2:23 - and the scripture was fulfilled which saith, And Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned unto him for righteousness; and he was called the friend of God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJas 2:24 - Ye see that by works a man is justified, and not only by faith.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJas 2:25 - And in like manner was not also Rahab the harlot justified by works, in that she received the messengers, and sent them out another way?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJas 2:26 - For as the body apart from the spirit is dead, even so faith apart from works is dead.
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Thomas Nelson & Sons first published the American Standard Version in 1901. This translation of the Bible is in the public domain.

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James Chapter 2 — Additional Translations:

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