James 2
Berean Standard BibleTranslation
Berean Standard Bible
Clementine Vulgate, 1598
1My brothers, as you hold out your faith in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ, do not show favoritism.
1Fratres mei, nolite in personarum acceptione habere fidem Domini nostri Jesu Christi gloriæ.
2Suppose a man comes into your meeting wearing a gold ring and fine clothes, and a poor man in shabby clothes also comes in.
2Etenim si introierit in conventum vestrum vir aureum annulum habens in veste candida, introierit autem et pauper in sordido habitu,
3If you lavish attention on the man in fine clothes and say, “Here is a seat of honor,” but say to the poor man, “You must stand” or “Sit at my feet,”
3et intendatis in eum qui indutus est veste præclara, et dixeritis ei: Tu sede hic bene: pauperi autem dicatis: Tu sta illic; aut sede sub scabello pedum meorum:
4have you not discriminated among yourselves and become judges with evil thoughts?
4nonne judicatis apud vosmetipsos, et facti estis judices cogitationum iniquarum?
5Listen, my beloved brothers: Has not God chosen the poor of this world to be rich in faith and to inherit the kingdom He promised those who love Him?
5Audite, fratres mei dilectissimi: nonne Deus elegit pauperes in hoc mundo, divites in fide, et hæredes regni, quod repromisit Deus diligentibus se?
6But you have dishonored the poor. Is it not the rich who oppress you and drag you into court?
6vos autem exhonorastis pauperem. Nonne divites per potentiam opprimunt vos, et ipsi trahunt vos ad judicia?
7Are they not the ones who blaspheme the noble name by which you have been called?
7nonne ipsi blasphemant bonum nomen, quod invocatum est super vos?
8If you really fulfill the royal law stated in Scripture, “Love your neighbor as yourself,” you are doing well.
8Si tamen legem perficitis regalem secundum Scripturas: Diliges proximum tuum sicut teipsum: bene facitis:
9But if you show favoritism, you sin and are convicted by the law as transgressors.
9si autem personas accipitis, peccatum operamini, redarguti a lege quasi transgressores.
10Whoever keeps the whole law but stumbles at just one point is guilty of breaking all of it.
10Quicumque autem totam legem servaverit, offendat autem in uno, factus est omnium reus.
11For He who said, “Do not commit adultery,” also said, “Do not murder.” If you do not commit adultery, but do commit murder, you have become a lawbreaker.
11Qui enim dixit: Non mœchaberis, dixit et: Non occides. Quod si non mœchaberis, occides autem, factus es transgressor legis.
12Speak and act as those who are going to be judged by the law that gives freedom.
12Sic loquimini, et sic facite sicut per legem libertatis incipientes judicari.
13For judgment without mercy will be shown to anyone who has not been merciful. Mercy triumphs over judgment.
13Judicium enim sine misericordia illi qui non fecit misericordiam: superexaltat autem misericordia judicium.
14What good is it, my brothers, if someone claims to have faith, but has no deeds? Can such faith save him?
14Quid proderit, fratres mei, si fidem quis dicat se habere, opera autem non habeat? numquid poterit fides salvare eum?
15Suppose a brother or sister is without clothes and daily food.
15Si autem frater et soror nudi sint, et indigeant victu quotidiano,
16If one of you tells him, “Go in peace; stay warm and well fed,” but does not provide for his physical needs, what good is that?
16dicat autem aliquis ex vobis illis: Ite in pace, calefacimini et saturamini: non dederitis autem eis quæ necessaria sunt corpori, quid proderit?
17So too, faith by itself, if it does not result in action, is dead.
17Sic et fides, si non habeat opera, mortua est in semetipsa.
18But someone will say, “You have faith and I have deeds.” Show me your faith without deeds, and I will show you my faith by my deeds.
18Sed dicet quis: Tu fidem habes, et ego opera habeo: ostende mihi fidem tuam sine operibus: et ego ostendam tibi ex operibus fidem meam.
19You believe that God is one. Good for you! Even the demons believe that—and shudder.
19Tu credis quoniam unus est Deus: bene facis: et dæmones credunt, et contremiscunt.
20O foolish man, do you want evidence that faith without deeds is worthless?
20Vis autem scire, o homo inanis, quoniam fides sine operibus mortua est?
21Was not our father Abraham justified by what he did when he offered his son Isaac on the altar?
21Abraham pater noster nonne ex operibus justificatus est, offerens Isaac filium suum super altare?
22You see that his faith was working with his actions, and his faith was perfected by what he did.
22Vides quoniam fides cooperabatur operibus illius: et ex operibus fides consummata est?
23And the Scripture was fulfilled that says, “Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness,” and he was called a friend of God.
23Et suppleta est Scriptura, dicens: Credidit Abraham Deo, et reputatum est illi ad justitiam, et amicus Dei appellatus est.
24As you can see, a man is justified by his deeds and not by faith alone.
24Videtis quoniam ex operibus justificatur homo, et non ex fide tantum?
25In the same way, was not even Rahab the prostitute justified by her actions when she welcomed the spies and sent them off on another route?
25Similiter et Rahab meretrix, nonne ex operibus justificata est, suscipiens nuntios, et alia via ejiciens?
26As the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without deeds is dead.
26Sicut enim corpus sine spiritu mortuum est, ita et fides sine operibus mortua est.
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