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2:1  Brethren, have not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory, in respect of persons.
2:2  If there comes into your company a man with a golden ring and in goodly apparel, and there comes in also a poor man in wretched clothing,
2:3  and you have a respect to him who wears the fine clothing, and say to him, Sit here in a good place, but say to the poor, Stand there, or, Sit here by my footstool,
2:4  are you not partial among yourselves, and have judged after evil thoughts?
2:5  Hearken, my dear beloved brethren. Has not God chosen the poor of this world, who are rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom that he promised to those who love him?
2:6  But you have dishonoured the poor. Are not the rich those who oppress you, and who draw you before judges?
2:7  Do they not speak evil of that good name after which you are named?
2:8  If you fulfil the royal law according to the scripture that says, You shall love your neighbour as yourself – you do well.
2:9  But if you regard one person more than another, you commit sin, and are rebuked by the law as transgressors.
2:10  Whoever keeps the whole law, and yet fails in one point, is guilty in all.
2:11  For he who said: You shall not commit adultery, said also: You shall not kill. Though you commit no adultery, yet if you kill, you are a transgressor of the law.
2:12  So speak and so do as those who will be judged by the law of liberty.
2:13  For there will be judgment merciless to him who shows no mercy. But mercy triumphs over judgment.
2:14  What avails it, my brethren, though a person say he has faith, when he has no deeds? Can faith save him?
2:15  If a brother or a sister is without proper clothing, or destitute of daily food,
2:16  and one of you says to them, Depart in peace; may God send you warmth and food – and notwithstanding, you do not give them those things that are needful to the body, what help is it?
2:17  Even so faith, if it has no deeds, is dead in itself.
2:18  Yea, and someone might say, You have faith, and I have deeds; show me your faith by your deeds, and I will show you my faith by my deeds.
2:19  Do you believe that there is one God? You do well. The devils also believe, and tremble.
2:20  Will you understand, O vain man, that faith without deeds is dead?
2:21  Was not Abraham our father justified through works when he offered Isaac his son upon the altar?
2:22  You see that faith operated with his deeds, and through the deeds, the faith was made perfect.
2:23  And the scripture was fulfilled that says: Abraham believed God, and it was reputed to him for righteousness. And he was called the friend of God.
2:24  You see then how by deeds a man is justified, and not by faith only.
2:25  Likewise also, was not Rahab the harlot justified through works when she received the messengers and sent them out another way?
2:26  For as the body without the spirit is dead, so also faith without deeds is dead.