{"id":2173,"date":"2014-11-03T02:21:01","date_gmt":"2014-11-03T02:21:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/jas02\/"},"modified":"2020-03-10T10:21:25","modified_gmt":"2020-03-10T14:21:25","slug":"jas02","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/jas02\/","title":{"rendered":"James 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"main\">\r\n <div class=\"chapterlabel\"><a name=\"V0\"> 2<\/a><\/div><div class=\"p\">\r\n <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V1\">1\u00a0<\/a><\/span>My brethren, have not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, <span class=\"add\">the Lord<\/span> of glory, with respect of persons.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V2\">2\u00a0<\/a><\/span>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;  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V3\">3\u00a0<\/a><\/span>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:  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V4\">4\u00a0<\/a><\/span>Are ye not then partial in yourselves, and are become judges of evil thoughts?  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V5\">5\u00a0<\/a><\/span>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?  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V6\">6\u00a0<\/a><\/span>But ye have despised the poor. Do not rich men oppress you, and draw you before the judgment seats?  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V7\">7\u00a0<\/a><\/span>Do not they blaspheme that worthy name by the which ye are called?  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V8\">8\u00a0<\/a><\/span>If ye fulfil the royal law according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself, ye do well:  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V9\">9\u00a0<\/a><\/span>But if ye have respect to persons, ye commit sin, and are convinced of the law as transgressors.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V10\">10\u00a0<\/a><\/span>For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one <span class=\"add\">point,<\/span> he is guilty of all.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V11\">11\u00a0<\/a><\/span>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.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V12\">12\u00a0<\/a><\/span>So speak ye, and so do, as they that shall be judged by the law of liberty.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V13\">13\u00a0<\/a><\/span>For he shall have judgment without mercy, that hath shewed no mercy; and mercy rejoiceth against judgment.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V14\">14\u00a0<\/a><\/span>What <span class=\"add\">doth it<\/span> profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? can faith save him?  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V15\">15\u00a0<\/a><\/span>If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food,  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V16\">16\u00a0<\/a><\/span>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 <span class=\"add\">doth it<\/span> profit?  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V17\">17\u00a0<\/a><\/span>Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V18\">18\u00a0<\/a><\/span>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.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V19\">19\u00a0<\/a><\/span>Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the devils also believe, and tremble.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V20\">20\u00a0<\/a><\/span>But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead?  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V21\">21\u00a0<\/a><\/span>Was not Abraham our father justified by works, when he had offered Isaac his son upon the altar?  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V22\">22\u00a0<\/a><\/span>Seest thou how faith wrought with his works, and by works was faith made perfect?  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V23\">23\u00a0<\/a><\/span>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.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V24\">24\u00a0<\/a><\/span>Ye see then how that by works a man is justified, and not by faith only.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V25\">25\u00a0<\/a><\/span>Likewise also was not Rahab the harlot justified by works, when she had received the messengers, and had sent <span class=\"add\">them<\/span> out another way?  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V26\">26\u00a0<\/a><\/span>For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also. <\/div><hr \/><\/div>\r\n\r\n  <div class=\"chapters\">\r\n    <h3>James Chapters<\/h3>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/jas01\">1<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/jas02\">2<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/jas03\">3<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/jas04\">4<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/jas05\">5<\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2 1\u00a0My brethren, have not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory, with respect of persons. 2\u00a0For 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\u00a0And 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\u00a0Are ye not then partial in yourselves, and are become judges of evil thoughts? 5\u00a0Hearken, 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\u00a0But ye have despised the poor. Do not rich men oppress you, and draw you before the judgment seats? 7\u00a0Do not they blaspheme that worthy name by the which ye are called? 8\u00a0If ye fulfil the royal law according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself, ye do well: 9\u00a0But if ye have respect to persons, ye commit sin, and are convinced of the law as transgressors. 10\u00a0For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all. 11\u00a0For 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\u00a0So speak ye, and so do, as they that shall be judged by the law of liberty. 13\u00a0For he shall have judgment without mercy, that hath shewed no mercy; and mercy rejoiceth against judgment. 14\u00a0What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? can faith save&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[54],"tags":[72],"class_list":["post-2173","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-newconvenant","tag-james"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2173","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2173"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2173\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4263,"href":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2173\/revisions\/4263"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2173"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2173"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2173"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}