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9 But if you show partiality, you are committing sin and are convicted by the law as transgressors.
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But if you show favoritism, you sin and are convicted by the law as lawbreakers.
10 For whoever keeps the whole law but fails in one point has become accountable for all of it.
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For whoever keeps the whole law and yet stumbles at just one point is guilty of breaking all of it.
11 For he who said, "Do not commit adultery," also said, "Do not murder." If you do not commit adultery but do murder, you have become a transgressor of the law.
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For he who said, “You shall not commit adultery,” also said, “You shall not murder.” If you do not commit adultery but do commit murder, you have become a lawbreaker.
12 So speak and so act as those who are to be judged under the law of liberty.
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Speak and act as those who are going to be judged by the law that gives freedom,
13 For judgment is without mercy to one who has shown no mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment.
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because judgment without mercy will be shown to anyone who has not been merciful. Mercy triumphs over judgment.
14 What good is it, my brothers, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can that faith save him?
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What good is it, my brothers and sisters, if someone claims to have faith but has no deeds? Can such faith save them?
15 If a brother or sister is poorly clothed and lacking in daily food,
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Suppose a brother or a sister is without clothes and daily food.
16 and one of you says to them, "Go in peace, be warmed and filled," without giving them the things needed for the body, what good is that?
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If one of you says to them, “Go in peace; keep warm and well fed,” but does nothing about their physical needs, what good is it?
17 So also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead.
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In the same way, faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is dead.
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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But someone will say, “You have faith; I have deeds.” Show me your faith without deeds, and I will show you my faith by my deeds.
19 You believe that God is one; you do well. Even the demons believe--and shudder!
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You believe that there is one God. Good! Even the demons believe that—and shudder.
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