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Text -- James 2:7-26 (NET)
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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 ,
2:16 and 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?
2:17 So also faith , if it does not have works , is dead being by itself .
2:18 But 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 .
2:19 You believe that God is one ; well and good. Even the demons believe that– and tremble with fear .
2:20 But would you like evidence , you empty fellow , that faith without works is useless ?
2:21 Was not Abraham our father justified by works when he offered Isaac his son on the altar ?
2:22 You see that his faith was working together with his works and his faith was perfected by works .
2:23 And 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 .
2:24 You see that a person is justified by works and not by faith alone.
2:25 And similarly , was not Rahab the prostitute also justified by works when she welcomed the messengers and sent them out by another way ?
2:26 For just as the body without the spirit is dead , so also faith without works is dead .
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Abraham |
Commandments |
Obedience |
Respect of Persons |
Isaac |
Neighbor |
Quotations and Allusions |
God |
INSPIRATION, 1-7 |
Selfishness |
Judgment |
Blasphemy |
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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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NET Notes: Jam 2:15 It is important to note that the words ἀδελφός (adelfos) and ἀδελφή (adelfh) both ...
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NET Notes: Jam 2:20 Most witnesses, including several important ones (א A C2 P Ψ 33 Ï sy bo), have νεκρά (nekra, “dead̶...
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