| New American Standard Bible 1995 | NET Bible |
| 1My brethren, do not hold your faith in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ with an attitude of personal favoritism. | 1My brothers and sisters, do not show prejudice if you possess faith in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ. |
| 2For if a man comes into your assembly with a gold ring and dressed in fine clothes, and there also comes in a poor man in dirty clothes, | 2For if someone comes into your assembly wearing a gold ring and fine clothing, and a poor person enters in filthy clothes, |
| 3and you pay special attention to the one who is wearing the fine clothes, and say, "You sit here in a good place," and you say to the poor man, "You stand over there, or sit down by my footstool," | 3do you pay attention to the one who is finely dressed and say, "You sit here in a good place," and to the poor person, "You stand over there," or "Sit on the floor"? |
| 4have you not made distinctions among yourselves, and become judges with evil motives? | 4If so, have you not made distinctions among yourselves and become judges with evil motives? |
| 5Listen, my beloved brethren: did not God choose the poor of this world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom which He promised to those who love Him? | 5Listen, my dear brothers and sisters! Did not God choose the poor in the world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom that he promised to those who love him? |
| 6But you have dishonored the poor man. Is it not the rich who oppress you and personally drag you into court? | 6But you have dishonored the poor! Are not the rich oppressing you and dragging you into the courts? |
| 7Do they not blaspheme the fair name by which you have been called? | 7Do they not blaspheme the good name of the one you belong to? |
| 8If, however, you are fulfilling the royal law according to the Scripture, "YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF," you are doing well. | 8But if you fulfill the royal law as expressed in this scripture, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself," you are doing well. |
| 9But if you show partiality, you are committing sin and are convicted by the law as transgressors. | 9But if you show prejudice, you are committing sin and are convicted by the law as violators. |
| 10For whoever keeps the whole law and yet stumbles in one point, he has become guilty of all. | 10For the one who obeys the whole law but fails in one point has become guilty of all of it. |
| 11For He who said, "DO NOT COMMIT ADULTERY," also said, "DO NOT COMMIT MURDER." Now if you do not commit adultery, but do commit murder, you have become a transgressor of the law. | 11For he who said, "Do not commit adultery," also said, "Do not murder." Now if you do not commit adultery but do commit murder, you have become a violator of the law. |
| 12So speak and so act as those who are to be judged by the law of liberty. | 12Speak and act as those who will be judged by a law that gives freedom. |
| 13For judgment will be merciless to one who has shown no mercy; mercy triumphs over judgment. | 13For judgment is merciless for the one who has shown no mercy. But mercy triumphs over judgment. |
| 14What use is it, my brethren, if someone says he has faith but he has no works? Can that faith save him? | 14What good is it, my brothers and sisters, if someone claims to have faith but does not have works? Can this kind of faith save him? |
| 15If a brother or sister is without clothing and in need of daily food, | 15If a brother or sister is poorly clothed and lacks daily food, |
| 16and one of you says to them, "Go in peace, be warmed and be filled," and yet you do not give them what is necessary for their body, what use is that? | 16and one of you says to them, "Go in peace, keep warm and eat well," but you do not give them what the body needs, what good is it? |
| 17Even so faith, if it has no works, is dead, being by itself. | 17So also faith, if it does not have works, is dead being by itself. |
| 18But someone may well say, "You have faith and I have works; show me your faith without the works, and I will show you my faith by my works." | 18But someone will say, "You have faith and I have works." Show me your faith without works and I will show you faith by my works. |
| 19You believe that God is one. You do well; the demons also believe, and shudder. | 19You believe that God is one; well and good. Even the demons believe that--and tremble with fear. |
| 20But are you willing to recognize, you foolish fellow, that faith without works is useless? | 20But would you like evidence, you empty fellow, that faith without works is useless? |
| 21Was not Abraham our father justified by works when he offered up Isaac his son on the altar? | 21Was not Abraham our father justified by works when he offered Isaac his son on the altar? |
| 22You see that faith was working with his works, and as a result of the works, faith was perfected; | 22You see that his faith was working together with his works and his faith was perfected by works. |
| 23and the Scripture was fulfilled which says, "AND ABRAHAM BELIEVED GOD, AND IT WAS RECKONED TO HIM AS RIGHTEOUSNESS," and he was called the friend of God. | 23And the scripture was fulfilled that says, "Now Abraham believed God and it was counted to him for righteousness," and he was called God's friend. |
| 24You see that a man is justified by works and not by faith alone. | 24You see that a person is justified by works and not by faith alone. |
| 25In the same way, was not Rahab the harlot also justified by works when she received the messengers and sent them out by another way? | 25And similarly, was not Rahab the prostitute also justified by works when she welcomed the messengers and sent them out by another way? |
| 26For just as the body without the spirit is dead, so also faith without works is dead. | 26For just as the body without the spirit is dead, so also faith without works is dead. |
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