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My brothers, don't hold the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, [the Lord] of glory, with respect of persons. 약 2:1

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Do Not Show Partiality

My brothers, don't hold the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, [the Lord] of glory, with respect of persons. 카드

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For if a man with a gold ring, in fine clothing, comes into your assembly, and there come in also a poor man in filthy clothing; 카드

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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;" 카드

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haven't you shown partiality among yourselves, and become judges with evil thoughts? 카드

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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? 카드

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But you have dishonored the poor man. Don't the rich oppress you, and personally drag you before the courts? 카드

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Don't they blaspheme the honorable name by which you are called? 카드

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Keep the Royal Law

However, if you fulfill the royal law, according to the Scripture, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself," you do well. 카드

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But if you show partiality, you commit sin, being convicted by the law as transgressors. 카드

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For whoever shall keep the whole law, and yet stumble in one point, he has become guilty of all. 카드

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For he who said, "Do not commit adultery," said also, "Do not commit murder." Now if you do not commit adultery, but murder, you have become a transgressor of the law. 카드

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So speak, and so do, as men who are to be judged by a law of freedom. 카드

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For judgment is without mercy to him who has shown no mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment. 카드

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Faith Without Works Is Dead

What good is it, my brothers, if a man says he has faith, but has no works? Can that faith save him? 카드

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And if a brother or sister is naked and in lack of daily food, 카드

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and one of you tells them, "Go in peace, be warmed and filled;" and yet you didn't give them the things the body needs, what good is it? 카드

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Even so faith, if it has no works, is dead in itself. 카드

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Yes, a man will say, "You have faith, and I have works." Show me your faith from your works, and I by my works will show you my faith. 카드

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You believe that God is one. You do well. The demons also believe, and shudder. 카드

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But do you want to know, vain man, that faith apart from works is dead? 카드

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The Works of Abraham and Rahab

Wasn't Abraham, our father, justified by works, in that he offered up Isaac his son on the altar? 카드

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You see that faith worked with his works, and by works faith was perfected; 카드

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and 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. 카드

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You see then that by works, a man is justified, and not only by faith. 카드

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In like manner wasn't Rahab the prostitute also justified by works, in that she received the messengers, and sent them out another way? 카드

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For as the body apart from the spirit is dead, even so faith apart from works is dead. 카드

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Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary · Matthew Henry (1714) Public domain (PD) Source

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