James
James 2 ©
1 It is not agreeable to the Christian profession to regard the rich, and despise the poor. 10 The guilt of any one breach of the law. 13 The obligation to mercy. 14 Faith without works is dead. 20 We are justified, as Abraham and Rahab were, by works, and not by faith only.
For if there come unto your 1assembly a man with a gold ring, in goodly *apparel, and there come in also a poor man in *vile raiment;
eAre ye not then partial in yourselves, and are become judges of evil thoughts?
Hearken, fmy beloved brethren, gHath not God chosen the poor of this world hrich in faith, and iheirs of 3the kingdom which he hath promised to them that love him?
But jye have despised the poor. Do not rich men oppress you, and draw you before the judgment seats?
If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food,
Was not Abraham our father djustified by works, when he had offered Isaac his son upon the altar?
Likewise also was not Rahab the harlot jjustified by works, kwhen she had received the messengers, and had sent them out another way?