# James 2

- Translation: Berean Standard Bible
- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/james/2
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).

## Text

[1] My brothers, as you hold out your faith in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ, do not show favoritism. [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. [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,” [4] have you not discriminated among yourselves and become judges with evil thoughts? [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? [6] But you have dishonored the poor. Is it not the rich who oppress you and drag you into court? [7] Are they not the ones who blaspheme the noble name by which you have been called? [8] If you really fulfill the royal law stated in Scripture, “Love your neighbor as yourself,” you are doing well. [9] But if you show favoritism, you sin and are convicted by the law as transgressors. [10] Whoever keeps the whole law but stumbles at just one point is guilty of breaking all of it. [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. [12] Speak and act as those who are going to be judged by the law that gives freedom. [13] For judgment without mercy will be shown to anyone who has not been merciful. Mercy triumphs over judgment. [14] What good is it, my brothers, if someone claims to have faith, but has no deeds? Can such faith save him? [15] Suppose a brother or sister is without clothes and daily food. [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? [17] So too, faith by itself, if it does not result in action, is dead. [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. [19] You believe that God is one. Good for you! Even the demons believe that—and shudder. [20] O foolish man, do you want evidence that faith without deeds is worthless? [21] Was not our father Abraham justified by what he did when he offered his son Isaac on the altar? [22] You see that his faith was working with his actions, and his faith was perfected by what he did. [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. [24] As you can see, a man is justified by his deeds and not by faith alone. [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? [26] As the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without deeds is dead.

## Each verse

- James 2:1 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/james/2/1
- James 2:2 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/james/2/2
- James 2:3 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/james/2/3
- James 2:4 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/james/2/4
- James 2:5 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/james/2/5
- James 2:6 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/james/2/6
- James 2:7 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/james/2/7
- James 2:8 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/james/2/8
- James 2:9 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/james/2/9
- James 2:10 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/james/2/10
- James 2:11 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/james/2/11
- James 2:12 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/james/2/12
- James 2:13 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/james/2/13
- James 2:14 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/james/2/14
- James 2:15 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/james/2/15
- James 2:16 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/james/2/16
- James 2:17 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/james/2/17
- James 2:18 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/james/2/18
- James 2:19 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/james/2/19
- James 2:20 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/james/2/20
- James 2:21 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/james/2/21
- James 2:22 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/james/2/22
- James 2:23 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/james/2/23
- James 2:24 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/james/2/24
- James 2:25 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/james/2/25
- James 2:26 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/james/2/26