Ya‛aqoḇ (James) 2:1-26
[1] My brothers, do not hold the belief of our Master יהושע Messiah, the Master of esteem, with partiality. [2] For if there should come into your meeting place a man with gold rings, in a splendid robe, and there should also come in a poor one dressed in rags, [3] and you pay attention to the one wearing the splendid robe and say to him, “You sit here in a good place,” and say to the poor one, “You stand there,” or, “Sit here by my feet,”
[4] have you not discriminated among yourselves, and become judges with wicked thoughts? [5] Listen, my beloved brothers: Has Elohim not chosen the poor of this world, rich in belief and heirs of the reign which He promised to those who love Him? [6] But you have shown disrespect towards the poor man. Do not the rich oppress you and drag you into the courts?
[7] Do they not blaspheme that good Name by which you are called? [8] If you truly accomplish the sovereign law according to the Scripture, “You shall love your neighbour as yourself,” you do well, [9] but if you show partiality, you commit sin, being found guilty by the Torah as transgressors. [10] For whoever shall guard all the Torah, and yet stumble in one point, he is guilty of all. [11] For He who said, “Do not commit adultery,” also said, “Do not murder.” Now if you do not commit adultery, but you do murder, you have become a transgressor of Torah. [12] So speak and so do as those who are to be judged by a Torah of freedom. [13] For the judgment is without compassion to the one who has shown no compassion. And compassion boasts over judgment. [14] My brothers, what use is it for anyone to say he has belief but does not have works? This belief is unable to save him. [15] And if a brother or sister is naked and in need of daily food, [16] but one of you says to them, “Go in peace, be warmed and be filled,” but you do not give them the bodily needs, what use is it?
[17] So also belief, if it does not have works, is in itself dead. [18] But someone might say, “You have belief, and I have works.” Show me your belief without your works, and I shall show you my belief by my works. [19] You believe that Elohim is one. You do well. The demons also believe – and shudder! [20] But do you wish to know, O foolish man, that the belief without the works is dead? [21] Was not Aḇraham our father declared right by works when he offered Yitsḥaq his son on the slaughter-place? [22] Do you see that the belief was working with his works, and by the works the belief was perfected? [23] And the Scripture was filled which says, “Aḇraham believed Elohim, and it was reckoned to him for righteousness.” And He called him, “he who loves Elohim.” [24] You see, then, that a man is declared right by works, and not by belief alone. [25] In the same way, was not Raḥaḇ the whore also declared right by works when she received the messengers and sent them out another way? [26] For as the body without the spirit is dead, so also the belief is dead without the works.
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