Good News Translation w/ Apocrypha GNTA
New International Version NIV
6 But you dishonor the poor! Who are the ones who oppress you and drag you before the judges? The rich!
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But you have dishonored the poor. Is it not the rich who are exploiting you? Are they not the ones who are dragging you into court?
7 They are the ones who speak evil of that good name which has been given to you.
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Are they not the ones who are blaspheming the noble name of him to whom you belong?
8 You will be doing the right thing if you obey the law of the Kingdom, which is found in the scripture, "Love your neighbor as you love yourself."
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If you really keep the royal law found in Scripture, “Love your neighbor as yourself,” you are doing right.
9 But if you treat people according to their outward appearance, you are guilty of sin, and the Law condemns you as a lawbreaker.
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But if you show favoritism, you sin and are convicted by the law as lawbreakers.
10 Whoever breaks one commandment is guilty of breaking them all.
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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 the same one who said, "Do not commit adultery," also said, "Do not commit murder." Even if you do not commit adultery, you have become a lawbreaker if you commit murder.
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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 Speak and act as people who will be judged by the law that sets us free.
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Speak and act as those who are going to be judged by the law that gives freedom,
13 For God will not show mercy when he judges the person who has not been merciful; but 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 My friends, what good is it for one of you to say that you have faith if your actions do not prove it? Can that faith save you?
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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 Suppose there are brothers or sisters who need clothes and don't have enough to eat.
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Suppose a brother or a sister is without clothes and daily food.
16 What good is there in your saying to them, "God bless you! Keep warm and eat well!" - if you don't give them the necessities of life?
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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?
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.
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