These words, which I am ordering you today, are to be on your heart; and you are to teach them carefully to your children. You are to talk about them when you sit at home, when you are traveling on the road, when you lie down and when you get up. (Deuteronomy 6:6-7)
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James 2
Brit Hadashah 26 verses
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My brethren, you must not make distinctions between one man and another while you are striving to maintain in the Lord the , who is our .
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Proverbs 24:23 Leviticus 19:15 James 2:9 Matthew 22:16 Deuteronomy 1:17 2 Chronicles 19:7 Deuteronomy 16:19 Proverbs 28:21 1 Corinthians 2:8 2 Peter 1:1 1 Timothy 1:19 Acts 7:2 Psalm 24:7-10 Titus 1:1 Revelation 14:12 Hebrews 1:3 Acts 20:21 Jude 1:16 Romans 1:11 Colossians 1:4 Titus 2:13 Acts 24:24 1 Timothy 5:21 -
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For suppose a man comes into one of your meetings wearing gold rings and fine clothes, and there also comes in a poor man wearing shabby clothes,
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and you pay court to the one who wears the fine clothes, and say, “Sit here; this is a good place;” while to the poor man you say, “Stand there, or sit on the floor at my feet;”
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is it not plain that in your hearts you have little , seeing that you have become judges full of wrong thoughts?
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Listen, my dearly-loved brethren. Has not chosen those whom the world regards as poor to be rich in and heirs of the Kingdom which He has promised to those that Him?
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Matthew 5:3 Luke 12:21 James 1:12 Luke 6:20 Luke 12:32 Revelation 2:9 1 Peter 1:4 Revelation 21:7 Revelation 3:18 Matthew 25:34 2 Corinthians 8:9 1 Timothy 6:18 1 Corinthians 1:26-28 Proverbs 8:17-21 1 Corinthians 2:9 2 Timothy 4:8 James 1:9 Mark 7:14 1 Samuel 2:30 2 Corinthians 4:15 Judges 9:7 2 Corinthians 6:10 James 1:16 1 Corinthians 3:21-23 Luke 16:25 John 7:48 Acts 7:2 Romans 8:17 Matthew 11:5 1 Thessalonians 2:12 Job 34:10 Job 38:14 2 Thessalonians 1:5 Ephesians 3:8 Exodus 20:6 Hebrews 11:26 Zephaniah 3:12 Luke 16:22 Isaiah 14:32 Proverbs 7:24 Zechariah 11:7 Ephesians 1:18 Luke 9:57-58 Zechariah 11:11 Proverbs 8:32 Luke 22:29 Isaiah 29:19 2 Timothy 4:18 Job 34:19 1 Kings 22:28 2 Peter 1:11 -
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But *you* have put dishonour upon the poor man. Yet is it not the rich who grind you down? Are not they the very people who drag you into the Law courts?—
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1 Corinthians 11:22 Acts 17:6 James 5:6 Acts 8:3 Acts 13:50 Psalm 14:6 Proverbs 14:31 Acts 18:12 Proverbs 17:5 Psalm 10:8 James 5:4 Acts 5:26-27 Amos 4:1 Isaiah 53:3 Amos 2:6-7 1 Kings 21:11-13 Psalm 10:14 Isaiah 3:14-15 Acts 4:1-3 Zechariah 7:10 Amos 8:4-6 Acts 16:19-20 Amos 5:11 Acts 5:17-18 Proverbs 22:16 Acts 4:26-28 Psalm 10:2 Psalm 10:10 Ecclesiastes 9:15-16 Psalm 12:5 Habakkuk 3:14 Ecclesiastes 5:8 James 2:3 Micah 6:11-12 Job 20:19 John 8:49 -
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and the very people who speak evil of the noble Name by which you are called?
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- 8 If, however, you are keeping the Law as supreme, in obedience to the Commandment which says “You are to your fellow man just as you yourself,” you are acting rightly.
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But if you are making distinctions between one man and another, you are guilty of sin, and are convicted by the Law as offenders.
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A man who has kept the Law as a whole, but has failed to keep some one command, has become guilty of violating all.
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- 11 For He who said, “Do not commit adultery,” also said, “Do not commit murder,” and if you are a murderer, although not an adulterer, you have become an offender against the Law.
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Speak and act as those should who are expecting to be judged by the Law of freedom.
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For he who shows no will have judgement given against him without ; but triumphs over judgement.
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What good is it, my brethren, if a man professes to have , and yet his actions do not correspond? Can such him?
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Matthew 7:26-27 Matthew 7:21-23 James 1:22-25 2 Peter 1:5 Hebrews 13:9 Hebrews 11:7-8 Titus 3:8 1 Corinthians 13:2-3 Acts 15:9 Acts 8:13 1 Corinthians 15:2 Matthew 5:20 Titus 1:16 Luke 6:49 Hebrews 11:17 Acts 8:21 Galatians 5:6 Ephesians 2:8-10 1 Thessalonians 1:3 1 Timothy 1:5 Galatians 5:13 1 John 5:4-5 James 2:26 James 2:18 Romans 2:25 1 Corinthians 16:22 1 Timothy 4:8 James 2:16 -
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Suppose a Messiahian brother or sister is poorly clad or lacks daily food,
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- 16 and one of you says to them, “I wish you well; keep yourselves warm and well fed,” and yet you do not give them what they need; what is the use of that?
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- 18 Nay, some one will say, “You have , I have actions: prove to me your apart from corresponding actions and I will prove mine to you by my actions.
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You believe that is one, and you are quite right: evil spirits also believe this, and shudder.”
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Luke 4:34 Acts 16:17 Mark 1:24 Matthew 8:29 Isaiah 46:9 Mark 5:7 Isaiah 43:10 Deuteronomy 6:4 Zechariah 14:9 Isaiah 44:8 Romans 3:30 Acts 19:15 Mark 12:29 1 Timothy 2:5 Isaiah 44:6 Galatians 3:20 1 Corinthians 8:6 Revelation 20:10 1 Corinthians 8:4 James 2:8 Ephesians 4:5-6 John 17:3 Jude 1:4 Revelation 20:2-3 Jude 1:6 Isaiah 45:6 - 20 But, idle boaster, are you willing to be taught how it is that apart from obedience is worthless? Take the case of our forefather.
- 21 Was it, or was it not, because of his actions that he was declared to be righteous as the result of his having offered up his son upon the ?
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You notice that his was co-operating with his actions, and that by his actions his was perfected;
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- 23 and the Scripture was fulfilled which says, “And believed , and his was placed to his credit as ,” and he received the of ‘Elohim’s friend.’
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You all see that it is because of actions that a man is pronounced righteous, and not simply because of .
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- 25 In the same way also was not the notorious sinner Rahab declared to be righteous because of her actions when she welcomed the spies and hurriedly helped them to escape another way?
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For just as a human body without a is lifeless, so also is lifeless if it is unaccompanied by obedience.
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