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The Sin of Partiality
My brethren, do not hold your faith in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ with an attitude of personal favoritism.
My brethren, do not hold your faith in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ with an attitude of personal favoritism.
For if a man comes into your assembly with a gold ring and dressed in fine clothes, and there also comes in a poor man in dirty clothes,
For if a man wearing a gold ring and fine clothing comes into your assembly, and a poor man in shabby clothing also comes in,
and you pay special attention to the one who is wearing the fine clothes, and say, “You sit here in a good place,” and you say to the poor man, “You stand over there, or sit down by my footstool,”
and if you pay attention to the one who wears the fine clothing and say, “You sit here in a good place,” while you say to the poor man, “You stand over there,” or, “Sit down at my feet,”
have you not made distinctions among yourselves, and become judges with evil motives?
have you not then made distinctions among yourselves and become judges with evil thoughts?
Listen, my beloved brethren: did not God choose the poor of this world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom which He promised to those who love Him?
Listen, my beloved brothers, has not God chosen those who are poor in the world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom, which he has promised to those who love him?
But you have dishonored the poor man. Is it not the rich who oppress you and personally drag you into court?
But you have dishonored the poor man. Are not the rich the ones who oppress you, and the ones who drag you into court?
Do they not blaspheme the fair name by which you have been called?
Are they not the ones who blaspheme the honorable name by which you were called?
If, however, you are fulfilling the royal law according to the Scripture, “YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF,” you are doing well.
If you really fulfill the royal law according to the Scripture, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself,” you are doing well.
But if you show partiality, you are committing sin and are convicted by the law as transgressors.
But if you show partiality, you are committing sin and are convicted by the law as transgressors.
For whoever keeps the whole law and yet stumbles in one point, he has become guilty of all.
For whoever keeps the whole law but fails in one point has become guilty of all of it.
For He who said, “DO NOT COMMIT ADULTERY,” also said, “DO NOT COMMIT MURDER.” Now if you do not commit adultery, but do commit murder, you have become a transgressor of the law.
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.
So speak and so act as those who are to be judged by the law of liberty.
So speak and so act as those who are to be judged under the law of liberty.
For judgment will be merciless to one who has shown no mercy; mercy triumphs over judgment.
For judgment is without mercy to one who has shown no mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment.
Faith and Works
What use is it, my brethren, if someone says he has faith but he has no works? Can that faith save him?
Faith Without Works Is Dead
What good is it, my brothers, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can that faith save him?
What good is it, my brothers, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can that faith save him?
If a brother or sister is without clothing and in need of daily food,
If a brother or sister is poorly clothed and lacking in daily food,
and one of you says to them, “Go in peace, be warmed and be filled,” and yet you do not give them what is necessary for their body, what use is that?
Even so faith, if it has no works, is dead, being by itself.
So also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead.
But someone may well say, “You have faith and I have works; show me your faith without the works, and I will show you my faith by my works.”
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.
You believe that God is one. You do well; the demons also believe, and shudder.
You believe that God is one; you do well. Even the demons believe — and shudder!
But are you willing to recognize, you foolish fellow, that faith without works is useless?
Do you want to be shown, you foolish person, that faith apart from works is useless?
Was not Abraham our father justified by works when he offered up Isaac his son on the altar?
Was not Abraham our father justified by works when he offered up his son Isaac on the altar?
You see that faith was working with his works, and as a result of the works, faith was perfected;
You see that faith was active along with his works, and faith was completed by his works;
and the Scripture was fulfilled which says, “AND ABRAHAM BELIEVED GOD, AND IT WAS RECKONED TO HIM AS RIGHTEOUSNESS,” and he was called the friend of God.
and the Scripture was fulfilled that says, “Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness” — and he was called a friend of God.
You see that a man is justified by works and not by faith alone.
You see that a person is justified by works and not by faith alone.
In the same way, was not Rahab the harlot also justified by works when she received the messengers and sent them out by another way?
And in the same way was not also Rahab the prostitute justified by works when she received the messengers and sent them out by another way?