James 2:1-26 MEV

[1] My brothers, have faith in our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory, without partiality. [2] For if a man with a gold ring, in fine clothing, comes into your assembly, and also a poor man in ragged clothing comes in, [3] and you have respect for him who wears the fine clothing and say to him, "Sit here in a good place," and say to the poor, "Stand there," or "Sit here under my footstool," [4] have you not then become partial among yourselves and become judges with evil thoughts? [5] Listen, my beloved brothers. Has God not chosen the poor of this world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom which He has promised to those who love Him? [6] But you have despised the poor. Do not rich men oppress you and drag you before the judgment seats? [7] Do they not blaspheme that worthy name by which you are called? [8] If you fulfill the royal law according to the Scripture, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself," you are doing well. [9] But if you show partiality, you are committing sin and are convicted by the law as sinners. [10] For whoever shall keep the whole law and yet offend in one point is guilty of breaking the whole law. [11] For He who said, "Do not commit adultery," also said, "Do not kill." Now if you do not commit adultery, yet you kill, you have become a lawbreaker. [12] So speak and so do as those who will be judged by the law of liberty. [13] For he who has shown no mercy will have judgment without mercy, for mercy triumphs over judgment. [14] What does it profit, my brothers, if a man says he has faith but has no works? Can faith save him? [15] If a brother or sister is naked and lacking daily food, [16] and one of you says to them, "Depart in peace, be warmed and filled," and yet you give them nothing that the body needs, what does it profit? [17] So faith by itself, if it has no works, is dead. [18] But a man may say, "You have faith and I have works." Show me your faith without your works, and I will show you my faith by my works. [19] You believe that there is one God; you do well. The demons also believe and tremble. [20] But do you want to be shown, O foolish man, that faith without works is dead? [21] Was not Abraham our father justified by works when he offered his son Isaac on the altar? [22] Do you see how faith worked with his works, and by works faith was made perfect? [23] The Scripture was fulfilled which says, "Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned to him as righteousness," and he was called the friend of God. [24] You see then how by works a man is justified, and not by faith only. [25] Likewise, was not Rahab the prostitute justified by works when she received the messengers and sent them out another way? [26] As the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead.