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1 My brothers, do not hold your faith in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ with partiality.
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1 My brothers, as believers in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ, don't show favoritism.
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2 For if someone enters into your assembly in fine clothing with a gold ring on his finger, and a poor person in filthy clothing also enters,
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2 Suppose a man comes into your meeting wearing a gold ring and fine clothes, and a poor man in shabby clothes also comes in.
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3 and you look favorably on the one wearing the fine clothing and you say, "Be seated here in a good place," and to the poor person you say, "You stand or be seated there by my footstool,"
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3 If you show special attention to the man wearing fine clothes and say, "Here's a good seat for you," but say to the poor man, "You stand there" or "Sit on the floor by my feet,"
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4 have you not made distinctions among yourselves and become judges with evil thoughts?
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4 have you not discriminated among yourselves and become judges with evil thoughts?
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5 Listen, my dear brothers! Did not God choose the poor of the world [to be] rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom that he has promised to those who love him?
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5 Listen, my dear brothers: Has not God chosen those who are poor in the eyes of the world to be rich in faith and to inherit the kingdom he promised those who love him?
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6 But you have dishonored the poor! Are not the rich exploiting you and they themselves dragging you into the courts?
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6 But you have insulted the poor. Is it not the rich who are exploiting you? Are they not the ones who are dragging you into court?
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7 Do they themselves not blaspheme the good name {of the one to whom you belong}?
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7 Are they not the ones who are slandering the noble name of him to whom you belong?
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8 However, if you carry out the royal law according to the scripture, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself," you are doing well.
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8 If you really keep the royal law found in Scripture, "Love your neighbor as yourself," you are doing right.
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9 But if you show partiality, you commit sin, [and thus] are convicted by the law as transgressors.
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9 But if you show favoritism, you sin and are convicted by the law as lawbreakers.
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10 For whoever keeps the whole law but stumbles in one [point only] has become guilty of all [of it].
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10 For whoever keeps the whole law and yet stumbles at just one point is guilty of breaking all of it.
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11 For the one who said "Do not commit adultery" also said "Do not murder." Now if you do not commit adultery but you do murder, you have become a transgressor of the law.
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11 For he who said, "Do not commit adultery," also said, "Do not murder." If you do not commit adultery but do commit murder, you have become a lawbreaker.
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12 Thus speak and thus act as those who are going to be judged by the law of liberty.
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12 Speak and act as those who are going to be judged by the law that gives freedom,
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13 For judgment [is] merciless to the one who has not practiced mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment.
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13 because judgment without mercy will be shown to anyone who has not been merciful. Mercy triumphs over judgment!
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14 What [is] the benefit, my brothers, if someone says [that he] has faith but does not have works? That faith [is] not able to save him, [is it]?
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14 What good is it, my brothers, if a man claims to have faith but has no deeds? Can such faith save him?
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15 If a brother or a sister is poorly clothed and lacking food for the day,
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15 Suppose a brother or sister is without clothes and daily food.
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16 and one of you should say to them, "Go in peace, keep warm and {eat well}," but does not give them what is necessary for the body, what [is] the benefit?
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16 If one of you says to him, "Go, I wish you well; keep warm and well fed," but does nothing about his physical needs, what good is it?
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17 Thus also faith, if it does not have works, is dead by itself.
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17 In the same way, faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is dead.
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18 But someone will say, "You have faith and I have works." Show me your faith apart from your works, and I will show you my faith by my works.
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18 But someone will say, "You have faith; I have deeds." Show me your faith without deeds, and I will show you my faith by what I do.
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19 You believe that God is one; you do well. Even the demons believe, and shudder!
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19 You believe that there is one God. Good! Even the demons believe that--and shudder.
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20 But do you want to know, O foolish person, that faith apart from works is useless?
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20 You foolish man, do you want evidence that faith without deeds is useless ?
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21 Was not Abraham our father justified by works [when he] offered up his son Isaac on the altar?
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21 Was not our ancestor Abraham considered righteous for what he did when he offered his son Isaac on the altar?
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22 You see that faith was working together with his works, and by the works the faith was perfected.
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22 You see that his faith and his actions were working together, and his faith was made complete by what he did.
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23 And the scripture was fulfilled that says, "And Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him for righteousness," and he was called God's friend.
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23 And the scripture was fulfilled that says, "Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness," and he was called God's friend.
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24 You see that a person is justified by works and not by faith alone.
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24 You see that a person is justified by what he does and not by faith alone.
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25 And likewise was not Rahab the prostitute also justified by works [when she] welcomed the messengers and sent [them] out by a different route?
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25 In the same way, was not even Rahab the prostitute considered righteous for what she did when she gave lodging to the spies and sent them off in a different direction?
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26 For just as the body without the spirit is dead, so also faith without works is dead.
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26 As the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without deeds is dead.
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