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| | The Young's Literal Translation Online Bible (YLT) | The Basic English Online Bible (BAS) | The Weymouth New Testament Online Bible (WEY) |
| James 2:1 | My brethren, hold not, in respect of persons, the faith of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ, | My brothers, if you have the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ of glory, do not take a man's position into account. | My brethren, you must not make distinctions between one man and another while you are striving to maintain faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, who is our glory. |
| James 2:2 | for if there may come into your synagogue a man with gold ring, in gay raiment, and there may come in also a poor man in vile raiment, | For if a man comes into your Synagogue in fair clothing and with a gold ring, and a poor man comes in with dirty clothing, | For suppose a man comes into one of your meetings wearing gold rings and fine clothes, and there also comes in a poor man wearing shabby clothes, |
| James 2:3 | and ye may look upon him bearing the gay raiment, and may say to him, `Thou sit thou here well,` and to the poor man may say, `Thou stand thou there, or, Sit thou here under my footstool,` | And you do honour to the man in fair clothing and say, Come here and take this good place; and you say to the poor man, Take up your position there, or be seated at my feet; | and you pay court to the one who wears the fine clothes, and say, "Sit here; this is a good place;" while to the poor man you say, "Stand there, or sit on the floor at my feet;" |
| James 2:4 | ye did not judge fully in yourselves, and did become ill-reasoning judges. | Is there not a division in your minds? have you not become judges with evil thoughts? | is it not plain that in your hearts you have little faith, seeing that you have become judges full of wrong thoughts? |
| James 2:5 | Hearken, my brethren beloved, did not God choose the poor of this world, rich in faith, and heirs of the reign that He promised to those loving Him? | Give ear, my dear brothers; are not those who are poor in the things of this world marked out by God to have faith as their wealth, and for their heritage the kingdom which he has said he will give to those who have love for him? | Listen, my dearly-loved brethren. Has not God chosen those whom the world regards as poor to be rich in faith and heirs of the Kingdom which He has promised to those that love Him? |
| James 2:6 | and ye did dishonour the poor one; do not the rich oppress you and themselves draw you to judgment-seats; | But you have put the poor man to shame. Are not the men of wealth rulers over you? do they not take you by force before their judges? | But *you* have put dishonour upon the poor man. Yet is it not the rich who grind you down? Are not they the very people who drag you into the Law courts? |
| James 2:7 | do they not themselves speak evil of the good name that was called upon you? | Do they not say evil of the holy name which was given to you? | and the very people who speak evil of the noble Name by which you are called? |
| James 2:8 | If, indeed, royal law ye complete, according to the Writing, `Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself,` ye do well; | But if you keep the greatest law of all, as it is given in the holy Writings, Have love for your neighbour as for yourself, you do well: | If, however, you are keeping the Law as supreme, in obedience to the Commandment which says "You are to love your fellow man just as you love yourself," you are acting rightly. |
| James 2:9 | and if ye accept persons, sin ye do work, being convicted by the law as transgressors; | But if you take a man's position into account, you do evil, and are judged as evil-doers by the law. | But if you are making distinctions between one man and another, you are guilty of sin, and are convicted by the Law as offenders. |
| James 2:10 | for whoever the whole law shall keep, and shall stumble in one [point], he hath become guilty of all; | For anyone who keeps all the law, but makes a slip in one point, is judged to have gone against it all. | A man who has kept the Law as a whole, but has failed to keep some one command, has become guilty of violating all. |
| James 2:11 | for He who is saying, `Thou mayest not commit adultery,` said also, `Thou mayest do no murder;` and if thou shalt not commit adultery, and shalt commit murder, thou hast become a transgressor of law; | For he who said, Do not be untrue in married life, is the same who said, Put no man to death. Now if you are not untrue in married life, but you put a man to death, the law is broken. | For He who said, "Do not commit adultery," also said, "Do not commit murder," and if you are a murderer, although not an adulterer, you have become an offender against the Law. |
| James 2:12 | so speak ye and so do, as about by a law of liberty to be judged, | Let your words and your acts be those of men who are to be judged by the law which makes free. | Speak and act as those should who are expecting to be judged by the Law of freedom. |
| James 2:13 | for the judgment without kindness [is] to him not having done kindness, and exult doth kindness over judgment. | For the man who has had no mercy will be judged without mercy, but mercy takes pride in overcoming judging. | For he who shows no mercy will have judgement given against him without mercy; but mercy triumphs over judgement. |
| James 2:14 | What [is] the profit, my brethren, if faith, any one may speak of having, and works he may not have? is that faith able to save him? | What use is it, my brothers, for a man to say that he has faith, if he does nothing? will such a faith give him salvation? | What good is it, my brethren, if a man professes to have faith, and yet his actions do not correspond? Can such faith save him? |
| James 2:15 | and if a brother or sister may be naked, and may be destitute of the daily food, | If a brother or a sister is without clothing and in need of the day's food, | Suppose a Christian brother or sister is poorly clad or lacks daily food, |
| James 2:16 | and any one of you may say to them, `Depart ye in peace, be warmed, and be filled,` and may not give to them the things needful for the body, what [is] the profit? | And one of you says to them, Go in peace, be warm and full of food; but you do not give them the things of which their bodies have need, what profit is there in this? | and one of you says to them, "I wish you well; keep yourselves warm and well fed," and yet you do not give them what they need; what is the use of that? |
| James 2:17 | so also the faith, if it may not have works, is dead by itself. | Even so faith without works is dead. | So also faith, if it is unaccompanied by obedience, has no life in it so long as it stands alone. |
| James 2:18 | But say may some one, Thou hast faith, and I have works, shew me thy faith out of thy works, and I will shew thee out of my works my faith: | But a man may say, You have faith and I have works; let me see your faith without your works, and I will make my faith clear to you by my works. | Nay, some one will say, "You have faith, I have actions: prove to me your faith apart from corresponding actions and I will prove mine to you by my actions. |
| James 2:19 | thou thou dost believe that God is one; thou dost well, and the demons believe, and they shudder! | You have the belief that God is one, and you do well: the evil spirits have the same belief, shaking with fear. | You believe that God is one, and you are quite right: evil spirits also believe this, and shudder." |
| James 2:20 | And dost thou wish to know, O vain man, that the faith apart from the works is dead? | Do you not see, O foolish man, that faith without works is of no use? | But, idle boaster, are you willing to be taught how it is that faith apart from obedience is worthless? Take the case of Abraham our forefather. |
| James 2:21 | Abraham our father was not he declared righteous out of works, having brought up Isaac his son upon the altar? | Was not the righteousness of Abraham our father judged by his works, when he made an offering of Isaac his son on the altar? | Was it, or was it not, because of his actions that he was declared to be righteous as the result of his having offered up his son Isaac upon the altar? |
| James 2:22 | dost thou see that the faith was working with his works, and out of the works the faith was perfected? | You see that his faith was helping his works and was made complete by them; | You notice that his faith was co-operating with his actions, and that by his actions his faith was perfected; |
| James 2:23 | and fulfilled was the Writing that is saying, `And Abraham did believe God, and it was reckoned to him to righteousness;` and, `Friend of God` he was called. | And the holy Writings were put into effect which said, And Abraham had faith in God and it was put to his account as righteousness; and he was named the friend of God. | and the Scripture was fulfilled which says, "And Abraham believed God, and his faith was placed to his credit as righteousness," and he received the name of `God's friend.' |
| James 2:24 | Ye see, then, that out of works is man declared righteous, and not out of faith only; | You see that a man's righteousness is judged by his works and not by his faith only. | You all see that it is because of actions that a man is pronounced righteous, and not simply because of faith. |
| James 2:25 | and in like manner also Rahab the harlot was she not out of works declared righteous, having received the messengers, and by another way having sent forth? | And in the same way, was not the righteousness of Rahab, the loose woman, judged by her works, when she took into her house those who were sent and let them go out by another way? | In the same way also was not the notorious sinner Rahab declared to be righteous because of her actions when she welcomed the spies and hurriedly helped them to escape another way? |
| James 2:26 | for as the body apart from the spirit is dead, so also the faith apart from the works is dead. | For as the body without the spirit is dead even so faith without works is dead. | For just as a human body without a spirit is lifeless, so also faith is lifeless if it is unaccompanied by obedience. |
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