James

Was not Abraham our father justified by works, when he had offered Isaac his son upon the altar?

But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead?

Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the devils also believe, and tremble.

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.

Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone.

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 doth it profit?

If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food,

What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? can faith save him?

For he shall have judgment without mercy, that hath shewed no mercy; and mercy rejoiceth against judgment.

So speak ye, and so do, as they that shall be judged by the law of liberty.

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.

For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all.

But if ye have respect to persons, ye commit sin, and are convinced of the law as transgressors.

If ye fulfil the royal law according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself, ye do well:

Do not they blaspheme that worthy name by the which ye are called?

But ye have despised the poor. Do not rich men oppress you, and draw you before the judgment seats?

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?

Are ye not then partial in yourselves, and are become judges of evil thoughts?

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:

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;

My brethren, have not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory, with respect of persons.

Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.

If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man"s religion is vain.

But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.

For he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was.

For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass:

But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.

Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls.

For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God.

Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath: