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A Warning against Favoritism
My brethren, have not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory, with respect of persons.
My brethren, have not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory, with respect of persons.
For if there come unto your assembly a man with a gold ring, in goodly apparel, and there come in also a poor man in vile raiment;
If you give special attention and a good seat to the rich person, but you say to the poor one, “You can stand over there, or else sit on the floor” — well,
And ye have respect to him that weareth the gay clothing, and say unto him, Sit thou here in a good place; and say to the poor, Stand thou there, or sit here under my footstool:
doesn’t this discrimination show that your judgments are guided by evil motives?
Are ye not then partial in yourselves, and are become judges of evil thoughts?
Listen to me, dear brothers and sisters. Hasn’t God chosen the poor in this world to be rich in faith? Aren’t they the ones who will inherit the Kingdom he promised to those who love him?
Hearken, my beloved brethren, Hath not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he hath promised to them that love him?
But you dishonor the poor! Isn’t it the rich who oppress you and drag you into court?
But ye have despised the poor. Do not rich men oppress you, and draw you before the judgment seats?
Do not they blaspheme that worthy name by the which ye are called?
If ye fulfil the royal law according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself, ye do well:
But if you favor some people over others, you are committing a sin. You are guilty of breaking the law.
But if ye have respect to persons, ye commit sin, and are convinced of the law as transgressors.
For the person who keeps all of the laws except one is as guilty as a person who has broken all of God’s laws.
For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all.
For he that said, Do not commit adultery, said also, Do not kill. Now if thou commit no adultery, yet if thou kill, thou art become a transgressor of the law.
So whatever you say or whatever you do, remember that you will be judged by the law that sets you free.
So speak ye, and so do, as they that shall be judged by the law of liberty.
There will be no mercy for those who have not shown mercy to others. But if you have been merciful, God will be merciful when he judges you.
For he shall have judgment without mercy, that hath shewed no mercy; and mercy rejoiceth against judgment.
Faith without Good Deeds Is Dead
What good is it, dear brothers and sisters, if you say you have faith but don’t show it by your actions? Can that kind of faith save anyone?
Faith and Works
What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? can faith save him?
What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? can faith save him?
Suppose you see a brother or sister who has no food or clothing,
If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food,
and you say, “Good-bye and have a good day; stay warm and eat well” — but then you don’t give that person any food or clothing. What good does that do?
And one of you say unto them, Depart in peace, be ye warmed and filled; notwithstanding ye give them not those things which are needful to the body; what doth it profit?
So you see, faith by itself isn’t enough. Unless it produces good deeds, it is dead and useless.
Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone.
Now someone may argue, “Some people have faith; others have good deeds.” But I say, “How can you show me your faith if you don’t have good deeds? I will show you my faith by my good deeds.”
Yea, a man may say, Thou hast faith, and I have works: shew me thy faith without thy works, and I will shew thee my faith by my works.
Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the devils also believe, and tremble.
How foolish! Can’t you see that faith without good deeds is useless?
But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead?
Don’t you remember that our ancestor Abraham was shown to be right with God by his actions when he offered his son Isaac on the altar?
Was not Abraham our father justified by works, when he had offered Isaac his son upon the altar?
You see, his faith and his actions worked together. His actions made his faith complete.
Seest thou how faith wrought with his works, and by works was faith made perfect?
And the scripture was fulfilled which saith, Abraham believed God, and it was imputed unto him for righteousness: and he was called the Friend of God.
So you see, we are shown to be right with God by what we do, not by faith alone.
Ye see then how that by works a man is justified, and not by faith only.
Rahab the prostitute is another example. She was shown to be right with God by her actions when she hid those messengers and sent them safely away by a different road.
Likewise also was not Rahab the harlot justified by works, when she had received the messengers, and had sent them out another way?