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Text -- James 2:1-15 (NET)
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Prejudice and the Law of Love
2:1 My brothers and sisters , do not show prejudice if you possess faith in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ .
2:2 For if someone comes into your assembly wearing a gold ring and fine clothing , and a poor person enters in filthy clothes ,
2:3 do 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 ”?
2:4 If so, have you not made distinctions among yourselves and become judges with evil motives ?
2:5 Listen , 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 ?
2:6 But you have dishonored the poor ! Are not the rich oppressing you and dragging you into the courts ?
2:7 Do they not blaspheme the good name of the one you belong to ?
2:8 But if you fulfill the royal law as expressed in this scripture , “You shall love your neighbor as yourself ,” you are doing well .
2:9 But if you show prejudice , you are committing sin and are convicted by the law as violators .
2:10 For the one who obeys the whole law but fails in one point has become guilty of all of it.
2:11 For 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 .
2:12 Speak and act as those who will be judged by a law that gives freedom .
2:13 For judgment is merciless for the one who has shown no mercy . But mercy triumphs over judgment .
Faith and Works Together
2:14 What 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 ?
2:15 If a brother or sister is poorly clothed and lacks daily food ,
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NET Notes: Jam 2:1 Grk “our Lord Jesus Christ of glory.” Here δόξης (doxhs) has been translated as an attributive genitive.
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NET Notes: Jam 2:2 Grk “synagogue.” Usually συναγωγή refers to Jewish places of worship (e.g., Matt 4:23, Mark 1:21,...
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NET Notes: Jam 2:3 Grk “sit under my footstool.” The words “on the floor” have been supplied in the translation to clarify for the modern reader ...
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NET Notes: Jam 2:6 This is singular: “the poor person,” perhaps referring to the hypothetical one described in vv. 2-3.
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NET Notes: Jam 2:7 Grk “that was invoked over you,” referring to their baptism in which they confessed their faith in Christ and were pronounced to be his ow...
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NET Notes: Jam 2:8 A quotation from Lev 19:18 (also quoted in Matt 19:19; 22:39; Mark 12:31; Luke 10:27; Rom 13:9; Gal 5:14).
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