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1 My brothers, as you hold out your faith in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ, do not show favoritism. | C | TOSK |
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. | C | TOSK |
3 If you lavish attention on the man in fine clothes and say, “Here is a seat of honor,” but say to the poor man, “You must stand” or “Sit at my feet,” | C | TOSK |
4 have you not discriminated among yourselves and become judges with evil thoughts? | C | TOSK |
5 Listen, my beloved brothers: Has not God chosen the poor of this world to be rich in faith and to inherit the kingdom He promised those who love Him? | C | TOSK |
6 But you have dishonored the poor. Is it not the rich who oppress you and drag you into court? | C | TOSK |
7 Are they not the ones who blaspheme the noble name by which you have been called? | C | TOSK |
8 If you really fulfill the royal law stated in Scripture, "Love your neighbor as yourself," you are doing well. | IP¹ | IP² | C | TOSK |
9 But if you show favoritism, you sin and are convicted by the law as transgressors. | C | TOSK |
10 Whoever keeps the whole law but stumbles at just one point is guilty of breaking all of it. | C | TOSK |
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. | IP¹ | IP² | C | TOSK |
12 Speak and act as those who are going to be judged by the law that gives freedom. | C | TOSK |
13 For judgment without mercy will be shown to anyone who has not been merciful. Mercy triumphs over judgment. | IP | C | TOSK |
14 What good is it, my brothers, if someone claims to have faith, but has no deeds? Can such faith save him? | C | TOSK |
15 Suppose a brother or sister is without clothes and daily food. | C | TOSK |
16 If one of you tells him, “Go in peace; stay warm and well fed,” but does not provide for his physical needs, what good is that? | C | TOSK |
17 So too, faith by itself, if it does not result in action, is dead. | C¹ | C² | TOSK |
18 But someone will say, “You have faith and I have deeds.” Show me your faith without deeds, and I will show you my faith by my deeds. | C | TOSK |
19 You believe that God is one. Good for you! Even the demons believe that—and shudder. | IP | C | TOSK |
20 O foolish man, do you want evidence that faith without deeds is worthless? | C | TOSK |
21 Was not our father Abraham justified by what he did when he offered his son Isaac on the altar? | C | TOSK |
22 You see that his faith was working with his actions, and his faith was perfected by what he did. | C | TOSK |
23 And the Scripture was fulfilled that says, "Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness," and he was called a friend of God. | IP¹ | IP² | IP³ | C | TOSK | TT |
24 As you can see, a man is justified by his deeds and not by faith alone. | C | TOSK |
25 In the same way, was not even Rahab the prostitute justified by her actions when she welcomed the spies and sent them off on another route? | IP | C | TOSK | TT |
26 As the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without deeds is dead. | C | TOSK |