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The
Sin of Partiality |
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James 2:1
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My brethren, do not hold your faith in our glorious
Lord Jesus Christ with an attitude of personal favoritism. |
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James 2:2
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For if a man comes into your assembly with a
gold ring and dressed in fine clothes, and there also comes in a poor man in dirty
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James 2:3
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and you pay special attention to the one who
is wearing the fine clothes, and say, "You sit here in a good place," and you
say to the poor man, "You stand over there, or sit down by my footstool," |
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James 2:4
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have you not made distinctions among yourselves,
and become judges with evil motives? |
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James 2:5
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Listen, my beloved brethren: did not God choose
the poor of this world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom which He promised
to those who love Him? |
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James 2:6
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But you have dishonored the poor man. Is it
not the rich who oppress you and personally drag you into court? |
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James 2:7
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Do they not blaspheme the fair name by which
you have been called? |
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James 2:8
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If, however, you are fulfilling the royal law
according to the Scripture, "YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF," you are
doing well. |
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James 2:9
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But if you show partiality, you are committing
sin and are convicted by the law as transgressors. |
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James 2:10
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For whoever keeps the whole law and yet stumbles
in one point, he has become guilty of all. |
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James 2:11
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For He who said, "DO NOT COMMIT ADULTERY," also
said, "DO NOT COMMIT MURDER." Now if you do not commit adultery, but do commit
murder, you have become a transgressor of the law. |
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James 2:12
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So speak and so act as those who are to be judged
by the law of liberty. |
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James 2:13
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For judgment will be merciless to one who has
shown no mercy; mercy triumphs over judgment. |
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Faith and Works |
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James 2:14
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What use is it, my brethren, if someone says
he has faith but he has no works? Can that faith save him? |
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James 2:15
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If a brother or sister is without clothing and
in need of daily food, |
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James 2:16
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and one of you says to them, "Go in peace, be
warmed and be filled," and yet you do not give them what is necessary for their
body, what use is that? |
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James 2:17
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Even so faith, if it has no works, is dead,
being by itself. |
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James 2:18
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But someone may well say, "You have faith and
I have works; show me your faith without the works, and I will show you my faith
by my works." |
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James 2:19
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You believe that God is one. You do well; the
demons also believe, and shudder. |
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James 2:20
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But are you willing to recognize, you foolish
fellow, that faith without works is useless? |
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James 2:21
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Was not Abraham our father justified by works
when he offered up Isaac his son on the altar? |
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James 2:22
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You see that faith was working with his works,
and as a result of the works, faith was perfected; |
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James 2:23
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and the Scripture was fulfilled which says,
"AND ABRAHAM BELIEVED GOD, AND IT WAS RECKONED TO HIM AS RIGHTEOUSNESS," and he
was called the friend of God. |
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James 2:24
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You see that a man is justified by works and
not by faith alone. |
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James 2:25
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In the same way, was not Rahab the harlot also
justified by works when she received the messengers and sent them out by another
way? |
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James 2:26
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For just as the body without the spirit is dead,
so also faith without works is dead. |
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