ABP - James - 2

2:1  My brethren, [2no 4in 3discrimination 1have] the belief of our Lord Jesus Christ of the glory!

2:2  For if [2should enter 3into 4your gathering 1a man] wearing gold rings in [2attire 1bright], and there should enter also a poor man in filthy attire,

2:3  and you should look unto the one wearing the [2attire 1bright], and should say to him, You sit down here, well! And to the poor man you should say, You stand there! or, Sit down here under my footstool!

2:4  Then did you not discriminate among yourselves, and became judges [2thoughts 1of evil]?

2:5  Hearken, [3brethren 1my 2beloved]! Did not God choose the poor of this world, rich in belief, and heirs of the kingdom of which he promised to the ones loving him?

2:6  But you dishonored the poor. Do not the rich tyrannize over you, and they draw you to judgment seats?

2:7  [3not 2they 1Do] blaspheme the good name, the one [2are called 3by 1you]?

2:8  If however [3law 1you fulfill 2the royal] according to the scripture -- You shall love your neighbor as yourself; [2well 1you do].

2:9  But if you discriminate because of appearance, [2sin 1you practice], being reproved by the law as violators.

2:10  For whoever [2the entire 3law 1shall give heed to], but shall be at fault in one thing, he has become liable of all.

2:11  For the one having said, You shall not commit adultery, said also, You shall not murder. But if you shall not commit adultery, but shall murder, you have become a violator of the law.

2:12  So speak and so do as by the law of freedom! being about to be judged.

2:13  For judgment is merciless to the one not having mercy, and [2glories over 1mercy] judgment.

2:14  What is the benefit, my brethren, if [4belief 2should say 1anyone 3to have], [5works 1but 3not 2should 4have]? Shall [3be able 1the 2belief] to deliver him?

2:15  And if a brother or sister [2naked 1should be], and should be forsaken of the daily nourishment,

2:16  and [4should say 1anyone 5to them 2among 3you], Go in peace, be warmed and filled! [2does not 3give 1but] to them the things needful of the body, what is the benefit?

2:17  So also the belief, if [2not 4works 1it should 3have] it is dead by itself.

2:18  But one shall say, You [2belief 1have], and I [2works 1have]. Show to me the belief of yours from out of your works! and I will show to you from out of my works the belief of mine.

2:19  You believe that God is one. [2well 1You do], even the demons believe and shudder.

2:20  But you want to know, O [2man 1vain], that the belief separate from works is dead?

2:21  [3Abraham 4our Father 2not 6by 7works 1Was 5justified], having offered Isaac his son upon the altar?

2:22  Do you see that the belief was working together with his works, and by the works the belief was perfected?

2:23  And [3was fulfilled 1the 2scripture], the one saying, [3believed 1And 2Abraham] in God, and it was imputed to him for righteousness; and [2friend 3of God 1he was called].

2:24  See therefore that by works [2is justified 1a man], and not by belief only!

2:25  And in like manner also Rahab the harlot -- [2not 4by 5works 1was she 3justified], welcoming the messengers and [2by another 3way 1putting them out]?

2:26  For as the body separate from spirit is dead, so also the belief separate from the works is dead.