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   3 and you have respect for him who wears the fine clothing and say to him,   
   "Sit here in a good place," and say to the poor, "Stand there,"   
   or "Sit here under my footstool,"   
   4 (Jn 7:24) have you not then become partial among yourselves   
   and become judges with evil thoughts?   
   5 (Mt 5:3; Lk 6:20; 12:21) Listen, my beloved brothers. Has God not chosen   
   the poor of this world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom   
   which He has promised to those who love Him?   
   6 (1Co 11:22; Ac 8:3) But you have despised the poor.   
   Do not rich men oppress you and drag you before the judgment seats?   
   7 (Ac 11:26) Do they not blaspheme that worthy name by which you are called?   
   8 (Lev 19:18) If you fulfill the royal law according to the Scripture,   
   "You shall love your neighbor as yourself,"(Lev 19:18.) you are doing well.   
   9 But if you show partiality, you are committing sin and are convicted   
   by the law as sinners.   
   10 (Gal 3:10) For whoever shall keep the whole law and yet offend   
   in one point is guilty of breaking the whole law.   
   11 (Ex 20:13-14; Dt 5:17-18) For He who said,   
   "Do not commit adultery,"(Ex 20:14; Dt 5:18.)   
   also said, "Do not kill."(Ex 20:13; Dt 5:17.)   
   Now if you do not commit adultery, yet you kill,   
   you have become a lawbreaker.   
   12 (Jas 1:25) So speak and so do as those who will be judged   
   by the law of liberty.   
   13 (Pr 21:13; Mt 5:7) For he who has shown no mercy will   
   have judgment without mercy, for mercy triumphs over judgment.   
      
   [1] My brethren, have not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of   
   glory, with respect of persons.   
   [2] 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;   
   [3] 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:   
   [4] Are ye not then partial in yourselves, and are become judges of evil   
   thoughts?   
   [5] 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?   
   [6] But ye have despised the poor. Do not rich men oppress you, and draw you   
   before the judgment seats?   
   [7] Do not they blaspheme that worthy name by the which ye are called?   
   [8] If ye fulfil the royal law according to the scripture, Thou shalt love   
   thy neighbour as thyself, ye do well:   
   [9] But if ye have respect to persons, ye commit sin, and are convinced of   
   the law as transgressors.   
   [10] For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he   
   is guilty of all.   
   [11] 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.   
   [12] So speak ye, and so do, as they that shall be judged by the law of   
   liberty.   
   [13] For he shall have judgment without mercy, that hath shewed no mercy;   
   and mercy rejoiceth against judgment.   
      
   Faith and Works   
      
   14 (Jas 1:22-25; Gal 5:6) What does it profit, my brothers,   
   if a man says he has faith but has no works? Can faith save him?   
   15 (Lk 3:11) If a brother or sister is naked and lacking daily food,   
   16 and one of you says to them, "Depart in peace, be warmed and filled,"   
   and yet you give them nothing that the body needs, what does it profit?   
   17 (Jas 2:14; 2:26) So faith by itself, if it has no works, is dead.   
   18 (Gal 5:6; Jas 3:13) But a man may say, "You have faith and I have works."   
   Show me your faith without your works,   
   and I will show you my faith by my works.   
   19 (Dt 6:4; Mt 8:29) You believe that there is one God; you do well.   
   The demons also believe and tremble.   
   20 (Jas 2:26) But do you want to be shown, O foolish man,   
   that faith without works is dead?   
   21 (Ge 22:16-18) Was not Abraham our father justified by works   
   when he offered his son Isaac on the altar?   
   22 (1Th 1:3) Do you see how faith worked with his works,   
   and by works faith was made perfect?   
   23 (Ge 15:6; 2Ch 20:7) The Scripture was fulfilled which says,   
   "Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned to him as righteousness,"   
   (Ge 15:6.) and he was called the friend of God.   
   24 You see then how by works a man is justified, and not by faith only.   
   25 (Heb 11:31; Jos 2:1; 2:19-21) Likewise, was not Rahab the prostitute   
   justified by works when she received the messengers and sent them out   
   another way?   
   26 (Jas 2:20; 2:17) As the body without the spirit is dead,   
   so faith without works is dead.   
      
   [14] What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and   
   have not works? can faith save him?   
   [15] If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food,   
   [16] 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?   
   [17] Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone.   
   [18] 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.   
   [19] Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the devils also   
   believe, and tremble.   
   [20] But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead?   
   [21] Was not Abraham our father justified by works, when he had offered   
   Isaac his son upon the altar?   
   [22] Seest thou how faith wrought with his works, and by works was faith   
   made perfect?   
   [23] 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.   
   [24] Ye see then how that by works a man is justified, and not by faith   
   only.   
   [25] Likewise also was not Rahab the harlot justified by works, when she had   
   received the messengers, and had sent them out another way?   
   [26] For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is   
   dead also.   
      
   James 3   
   The Tongue   
      
   1 (Mt 23:13; Ro 2:20-21) My brothers, not many of you should become teachers,   
   knowing that we shall receive the greater judgment.   
   2 (Mt 12:37; Jas 1:26) We all err in many ways. But if any man does not err   
   in word, he is a perfect man and able also to control the whole body.   
   3 (Ps 32:9) See how we put bits in the mouths of horses that they may obey   
   us, and we control their whole bodies.   
   4 And observe ships. Though they are so great and are driven by fierce winds,   
   yet they are directed with a very small rudder wherever the captain pleases.   
   5 (Ps 73:8-9) Even so, the tongue is a little part of the body   
   and boasts great things. See how great a forest a little fire kindles.   
   6 (Pr 16:27) The tongue is a fire, a world of evil. The tongue is among   
   the parts of the body, defiling the whole body,   
   and setting the course of nature on fire, and it is set on fire by hell.   
   7 All kinds of beasts, and birds, and serpents, and things in the sea   
   are tamed or have been tamed by mankind.   
   8 (Ps 140:3; Ro 3:13) But no man can tame the tongue.   
   It is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.   
   9 (1Co 11:7; Ge 1:26-27) With it we bless the Lord and Father,   
   and with it we curse men, who are made in the image of God.   
   10 Out of the same mouth proceed blessing and cursing.   
   My brothers, these things ought not to be so.   
   11 Does a spring yield at the same opening sweet and bitter water?   
   12 Can the fig tree, my brothers, bear olives, or a vine, figs?   
   So no spring can yield both salt water and fresh water.   
      
   [1] My brethren, be not many masters, knowing that we shall receive the   
   greater condemnation.   
      
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