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World English Bible

James 2 (WEBP)

[1] My brothers, don’t hold the faith of our glorious Lord Jesus Christ with partiality.
[2] For if a man with a gold ring, in fine clothing, comes into your synagogue, and a poor man in filthy clothing also comes in,
[3] and you pay special attention to him who wears the fine clothing and say, “Sit here in a good place;” and you tell the poor man, “Stand there,” or “Sit by my footstool”
[4] haven’t you shown partiality among yourselves, and become judges with evil thoughts?
[5] Listen, my beloved brothers. Didn’t God choose those who are poor in this world to be rich in faith and heirs of the Kingdom which he promised to those who love him?
[6] But you have dishonored the poor man. Don’t the rich oppress you and personally drag you before the courts?
[7] Don’t they blaspheme the honorable name by which you are called?
[8] However, if you fulfill the royal law according to the Scripture, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself,” you do well.
[9] But if you show partiality, you commit sin, being convicted by the law as transgressors.
[10] For whoever keeps the whole law, and yet stumbles in one point, he has become guilty of all.
[11] For he who said, “Do not commit adultery,” also said, “Do not commit murder.” Now if you do not commit adultery but do murder, you have become a transgressor of the law.
[12] So speak and so do as men who are to be judged by the law of freedom.
[13] For judgment is without mercy to him who has shown no mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment.
[14] What good is it, my brothers, if a man says he has faith, but has no works? Can faith save him?
[15] And if a brother or sister is naked and in lack of daily food,
[16] and one of you tells them, “Go in peace. Be warmed and filled;” yet you didn’t give them the things the body needs, what good is it?
[17] Even so faith, if it has no works, is dead in itself.
[18] Yes, a man will say, “You have faith, and I have works.” Show me your faith without works, and I will show you my faith by my works.
[19] You believe that God is one. You do well. The demons also believe—and shudder.
[20] But do you want to know, vain man, that faith apart from works is dead?
[21] Wasn’t Abraham our father justified by works, in that he offered up Isaac his son on the altar?
[22] You see that faith worked with his works, and by works faith was perfected.
[23] So the Scripture was fulfilled which says, “Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him as righteousness,” and he was called the friend of God.
[24] You see then that by works a man is justified, and not only by faith.
[25] In the same way, wasn’t Rahab the prostitute also justified by works when she received the messengers and sent them out another way?
[26] For as the body apart from the spirit is dead, even so faith apart from works is dead.

James 2:2 or, meeting
James 2:8
James 2:11a ;
James 2:11b ;
James 2:23

Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.

King James w/Strong’s #s

James 2 (KJVS)

[1] My brethren, have not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory, with respect of persons.
[2] 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;
[3] 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:
[4] are ye not then partial in yourselves, and are become judges of evil thoughts?
[5] 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?
[6] But ye have despised the poor. Do not rich men oppress you, and draw you before the judgment seats?
[7] Do not they blaspheme that worthy name by the which ye are called?
[8] If ye fulfil the royal law according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself, ye do well:
[9] but if ye have respect to persons, ye commit sin, and are convinced of the law as transgressors.
[10] For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all.
[11] 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.
[12] So speak ye, and so do, as they that shall be judged by the law of liberty.
[13] For he shall have judgment without mercy, that hath shewed no mercy; and mercy rejoiceth against judgment.
[14] What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? can faith save him?
[15] If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food,
[16] 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?
[17] Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone.
[18] 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.
[19] Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the devils also believe, and tremble.
[20] But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead?
[21] Was not Abraham our father justified by works, when he had offered Isaac his son upon the altar?
[22] Seest thou how faith wrought with his works, and by works was faith made perfect?
[23] And the scripture was fulfilled which saith, Abraham believed God, and it was imputed unto him for righteousness: and he was called the Friend of God.
[24] Ye see then how that by works a man is justified, and not by faith only.
[25] Likewise also was not Rahab the harlot justified by works, when she had received the messengers, and had sent them out another way?
[26] For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.

James 2:2 Gr. synagogue
James 2:3 Or, well, or seemly
James 2:5 Or, that
James 2:11 Or, that Law which said
James 2:17 Gr. by itself
James 2:18 Some copies read, by thy works
James 2:22 Or, thou seest
James 2:26 Or, breath

Scripture quotations from The Authorized King James Version of the Holy Bible, using the standardized text of 1769. It is in the public domain.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ)

James 2 (BYZ)

[1] Ἀδελφοί () μου, () μὴ () ἐν () προσωποληψίαις () ἔχετε () τὴν () πίστιν () τοῦ () κυρίου () ἡμῶν () Ἰησοῦ () χριστοῦ () τῆς () δόξης. ()
[2] Ἐὰν () γὰρ () εἰσέλθῃ () εἰς () τὴν () συναγωγὴν () ὑμῶν () ἀνὴρ () χρυσοδακτύλιος () ἐν () ἐσθῆτι () λαμπρᾷ, () εἰσέλθῃ () δὲ () καὶ () πτωχὸς () ἐν () ῥυπαρᾷ () ἐσθῆτι, ()
[3] καὶ () ἐπιβλέψητε () ἐπὶ () τὸν () φοροῦντα () τὴν () ἐσθῆτα () τὴν () λαμπράν, () καὶ () εἴπητε () αὐτῷ, () Σὺ () κάθου () ὧδε () καλῶς, () καὶ () τῷ () πτωχῷ () εἴπητε, () Σὺ () στῆθι () ἐκεῖ, () ἢ () κάθου () ὧδε () ὑπὸ () τὸ () ὑποπόδιόν () μου· ()
[4] καὶ () οὐ () διεκρίθητε () ἐν () ἑαυτοῖς, () καὶ () ἐγένεσθε () κριταὶ () διαλογισμῶν () πονηρῶν; ()
[5] Ἀκούσατε, () ἀδελφοί () μου () ἀγαπητοί. () Οὐχ () ὁ () θεὸς () ἐξελέξατο () τοὺς () πτωχοὺς () τοῦ () κόσμου () πλουσίους () ἐν () πίστει, () καὶ () κληρονόμους () τῆς () βασιλείας () ἧς () ἐπηγγείλατο () τοῖς () ἀγαπῶσιν () αὐτόν; ()
[6] Ὑμεῖς () δὲ () ἠτιμάσατε () τὸν () πτωχόν. () Οὐχ () οἱ () πλούσιοι () καταδυναστεύουσιν () ὑμῶν, () καὶ () αὐτοὶ () ἕλκουσιν () ὑμᾶς () εἰς () κριτήρια; ()
[7] Οὐκ () αὐτοὶ () βλασφημοῦσιν () τὸ () καλὸν () ὄνομα () τὸ () ἐπικληθὲν () ἐφ’ () ὑμᾶς; ()
[8] Εἰ () μέντοι () νόμον () τελεῖτε () βασιλικόν, () κατὰ () τὴν () γραφήν, () Ἀγαπήσεις () τὸν () πλησίον () σου () ὡς () σεαυτόν, () καλῶς () ποιεῖτε· ()
[9] εἰ () δὲ () προσωποληπτεῖτε, () ἁμαρτίαν () ἐργάζεσθε, () ἐλεγχόμενοι () ὑπὸ () τοῦ () νόμου () ὡς () παραβάται. ()
[10] Ὅστις () γὰρ () ὅλον () τὸν () νόμον () τηρήσει, () πταίσει () δὲ () ἐν () ἑνί, () γέγονεν () πάντων () ἔνοχος. ()
[11] Ὁ () γὰρ () εἰπών, () Μὴ () μοιχεύσεις, () εἶπεν () καί, () Μὴ () φονεύσεις· () εἰ () δὲ () οὐ () μοιχεύσεις, () φονεύσεις () δέ, () γέγονας () παραβάτης () νόμου. ()
[12] Οὕτως () λαλεῖτε () καὶ () οὕτως () ποιεῖτε, () ὡς () διὰ () νόμου () ἐλευθερίας () μέλλοντες () κρίνεσθαι. ()
[13] Ἡ () γὰρ () κρίσις () ἀνέλεος () τῷ () μὴ () ποιήσαντι () ἔλεος· () κατακαυχᾶται () ἔλεον () κρίσεως. ()
[14] Τί () τὸ () ὄφελος, () ἀδελφοί () μου, () ἐὰν () πίστιν () λέγῃ () τις () ἔχειν, () ἔργα () δὲ () μὴ () ἔχῃ; () Μὴ () δύναται () ἡ () πίστις () σῶσαι () αὐτόν; ()
[15] Ἐὰν () δὲ () ἀδελφὸς () ἢ () ἀδελφὴ () γυμνοὶ () ὑπάρχωσιν () καὶ () λειπόμενοι () ὦσιν () τῆς () ἐφημέρου () τροφῆς, ()
[16] εἴπῃ () δέ () τις () αὐτοῖς () ἐξ () ὑμῶν, () Ὑπάγετε () ἐν () εἰρήνῃ, () θερμαίνεσθε () καὶ () χορτάζεσθε, () μὴ () δῶτε () δὲ () αὐτοῖς () τὰ () ἐπιτήδεια () τοῦ () σώματος, () τί () τὸ () ὄφελος; ()
[17] Οὕτως () καὶ () ἡ () πίστις, () ἐὰν () μὴ () ἔργα () ἔχῃ, () νεκρά () ἐστιν () καθ’ () ἑαυτήν. ()
[18] Ἀλλ’ () ἐρεῖ () τις, () Σὺ () πίστιν () ἔχεις, () κἀγὼ () ἔργα () ἔχω· () δεῖξόν () μοι () τὴν () πίστιν () σου () ἐκ () τῶν () ἔργων () σου, () κἀγὼ () δείξω () σοι () ἐκ () τῶν () ἔργων () μου () τὴν () πίστιν () μου. ()
[19] Σὺ () πιστεύεις () ὅτι () ὁ () θεὸς () εἷς () ἐστίν· () καλῶς () ποιεῖς· () καὶ () τὰ () δαιμόνια () πιστεύουσιν, () καὶ () φρίσσουσιν. ()
[20] Θέλεις () δὲ () γνῶναι, () ὦ () ἄνθρωπε () κενέ, () ὅτι () ἡ () πίστις () χωρὶς () τῶν () ἔργων () νεκρά () ἐστιν; ()
[21] Ἀβραὰμ () ὁ () πατὴρ () ἡμῶν () οὐκ () ἐξ () ἔργων () ἐδικαιώθη, () ἀνενέγκας () Ἰσαὰκ () τὸν () υἱὸν () αὐτοῦ () ἐπὶ () τὸ () θυσιαστήριον; ()
[22] Βλέπεις () ὅτι () ἡ () πίστις () συνήργει () τοῖς () ἔργοις () αὐτοῦ, () καὶ () ἐκ () τῶν () ἔργων () ἡ () πίστις () ἐτελειώθη; ()
[23] Καὶ () ἐπληρώθη () ἡ () γραφὴ () ἡ () λέγουσα, () Ἐπίστευσεν () δὲ () Ἀβραὰμ () τῷ () θεῷ, () καὶ () ἐλογίσθη () αὐτῷ () εἰς () δικαιοσύνην, () καὶ () φίλος () θεοῦ () ἐκλήθη. ()
[24] Ὁρᾶτε () () τοίνυν () ὅτι () ἐξ () ἔργων () δικαιοῦται () ἄνθρωπος, () καὶ () οὐκ () ἐκ () πίστεως () μόνον. ()
[25] Ὁμοίως () δὲ () καὶ () Ῥαὰβ () ἡ () πόρνη () οὐκ () ἐξ () ἔργων () ἐδικαιώθη, () ὑποδεξαμένη () τοὺς () ἀγγέλους, () καὶ () ἑτέρᾳ () ὁδῷ () ἐκβαλοῦσα; ()
[26] Ὥσπερ () γὰρ () τὸ () σῶμα () χωρὶς () πνεύματος () νεκρόν () ἐστιν, () οὕτως () καὶ () ἡ () πίστις () χωρὶς () τῶν () ἔργων () νεκρά () ἐστιν. ()

James 2:1 προσωποληψίαις ¦ CT προσωπολημψίαις
James 2:2 τὴν ¦ CT om.
James 2:3a καὶ ἐπιβλέψητε ¦ ECM NA SBL WH ἐπιβλέψητε δὲ
James 2:3b ἐσθῆτα τὴν λαμπράν ¦ PCK λαμπρὰν ἐσθῆτα
James 2:3c αὐτῷ ¦ CT om.
James 2:3d ἐκεῖ ἢ κάθου ὧδε ¦ NA27 TH ἐκεῖ ἢ κάθου ¦ ECM NA28 SBL WH ἢ κάθου ἐκεῖ
James 2:4 καὶ ¦ NA27 PCK SBL TH WH om.
James 2:5 τοῦ κόσμου ¦ TR τοῦ κόσμου τούτου ¦ CT τῷ κόσμῳ
James 2:9 προσωποληπτεῖτε ¦ CT προσωπολημπτεῖτε
James 2:10 τηρήσει πταίσει ¦ CT PT τηρήσῃ πταίσῃ
James 2:11a μοιχεύσεις ¦ CT PCK PT TR μοιχεύσῃς
James 2:11b φονεύσεις ¦ CT PCK PT TR φονεύσῃς
James 2:11c μοιχεύσεις φονεύσεις ¦ ECM† txt ¦ CT† μοιχεύεις φονεύεις
James 2:13a ἀνέλεος ¦ PCK ἀνήλεος ¦ TR ἀνίλεως
James 2:13b ἔλεος ¦ TR ἔλεος καί
James 2:13c ἔλεον ¦ CT PT TR ἔλεος
James 2:14a τὸ ¦ SBL WH om.
James 2:14b ἔχῃ ¦ PCK ἔχει
James 2:15a δὲ ¦ CT om.
James 2:15b ὦσιν ¦ PT [ὦσι] ¦ NA27 SBL TH WH om.
James 2:16 τὸ ¦ SBL WH om.
James 2:17 ἔργα ἔχῃ ¦ CT ἔχῃ ἔργα
James 2:18a ἐκ ¦ CT SCR χωρὶς
James 2:18b σου ¦ CT om.
James 2:18c δείξω σοι ¦ CT σοι δείξω
James 2:18d μου ¦ CT om.
James 2:19 ὁ θεὸς εἷς ἐστίν ¦ ECM NA SBL TH εἷς ἐστιν ὁ θεός ¦ WH εἷς θεός ἐστίν
James 2:20 νεκρά ¦ CT ἀργή
James 2:24 τοίνυν ¦ CT om.
James 2:26a γὰρ ¦ WH om.
James 2:26b τῶν ¦ CT om.

Old Testament scripture quotations and versification from Septuaginta, edited by Alfred Rahlfs (Stuttgart: Württembergische Bibelanstalt, 1935). New Testament quotations are from the Byzantine Text (Guardian Press, LLC, Robinson-Pierpont Byzantine Textform, 2026). Both are in the public domain.