go to all translations

Thematic Bible

Themes in James 2
Goodspeed

Themes in James 2

James 2:1

My brothers, do you try to combine faith in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ with acts of partiality?

James 2:2

For if a finely dressed man with a gold ring comes into a meeting, and a poor man in shabby clothes comes in also,

James 2:3

and you pay attention to the man in the fine clothes and say to him, "Sit here; this is a good place!" and say to the poor man, "Stand up, or sit on the floor at my feet,"

James 2:4

have you not wavered and shown that your judgments are guided by base motives?

James 2:5

Listen, my dear brothers. Has not God chosen the world's poor to be rich in faith, and to possess the kingdom that he promised to those who love him?

James 2:6

But you humiliate the poor. Are not the rich your oppressors? Is it not they who drag you into court?

James 2:7

Is it not they who slander the noble name you bear?

James 2:8

If you really obey the supreme law where the Scripture says, "You must love your neighbor as you do yourself," you are doing right,

James 2:9

but if you show partiality, you are committing a sin, and stand convicted before the Law as lawbreakers.

James 2:10

For anyone who obeys the whole of the Law but makes one single slip is guilty of breaking it all.

James 2:11

For he who said, "You must not commit adultery," said also, "You must not commit murder." Now if you abstain from adultery, but commit murder, you are still a violator of the Law.

James 2:12

You must talk and act like men who expect to be judged by the law that treats men as free.

James 2:13

For the merciless will be mercilessly judged; but mercy will triumph over judgment.

James 2:14

My brothers, what is the good of a man's saying he has faith, if he has no good deeds to show? Can faith save him?

James 2:15

If some brother or sister has no clothes and has not food enough for a day,

James 2:16

and one of you says to them, "Goodbye, keep warm and have plenty to eat," without giving them the necessaries of life, what good does it do?

James 2:17

So faith by itself, if it has no good deeds to show, is dead.

James 2:18

But someone may say, "You have faith, and I good deeds." Show me your faith without any good deeds, and I will show you my faith by my good deeds.

James 2:19

Do you believe in one God? Very well! So do the demons, and they shudder.

James 2:20

But do you want proof, my senseless friend, that faith without good deeds amounts to nothing?

James 2:21

Was not our forefather Abraham made upright for his good deeds, for offering his son Isaac on the altar?

James 2:22

You see that in his case faith and good deeds worked together; faith found its highest expression in good deeds,

James 2:23

and so the Scripture came true that says, "Abraham had faith in God, and it was credited to him as uprightness, and he was called God's friend."

James 2:24

You see a man is made upright by his good deeds and not simply by having faith.

James 2:25

Was not even Rahab the prostitute made upright for her good deeds, in entertaining the scouts and sending them off by a different road?

James 2:26

Just as the body without the spirit is dead, faith is dead without good deeds.
Doctrinal Statement / Privacy Policy / Use of Pictures / Donate / Contact Us
© Copyright [2011 - 2026] Knowing-Jesus.com - All Rights Reserved