God hath chosen the poor of this world rich in faith—Salvation gained by keeping the whole law—Faith without works is dead.

 MY brethren, ^ahave^• not the faith of our ^bLord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory, with respect of persons.

 For if there come unto your assembly a man with a gold ring, in goodly apparel, and there come in also a ^apoor man in ^bvile^• raiment;

 And ye have respect to him that weareth the ^agay^• clothing, and say unto him, Sit thou here in a good place; and say to the poor, Stand thou there, or sit here under my footstool:

 ^aAre^• ye not then partial in yourselves, and are become judges of evil thoughts?

 Hearken, my beloved brethren, Hath not God chosen the ^apoor^• of this world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he hath promised to them that love him?

 But ye have despised the poor. Do not rich men ^aoppress you, and draw you before the judgment seats?

 Do not they blaspheme that worthy ^aname by the which ye are called?

 If ye fulfil the royal law according to the scripture, Thou shalt ^alove thy ^bneighbour as thyself, ye do well:

 But if ye have ^arespect^• to persons, ye commit sin, and are convinced of the law as transgressors.

 For whosoever shall keep the ^awhole^• law, and yet ^boffend^• in one point, he is ^cguilty of all.

 For he that said, Do not commit ^aadultery, said also, Do not kill. Now if thou commit no adultery, yet if thou kill, thou art become a transgressor of the law.

 So speak ye, and so do, as they that shall be judged by the law of ^aliberty.

 For he shall have ^ajudgment^• without ^bmercy, that hath shewed no mercy; and mercy rejoiceth against judgment.

 ^aWhat^• doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath ^bfaith^•, and have not works? can faith save him?

 If a brother or ^asister be naked, and destitute of daily ^bfood,

 And one of you say unto them, Depart in peace, be ye warmed and filled; notwithstanding ye ^agive^• them not those things which are needful to the body; what doth it profit?

 Even so ^afaith^•, if it hath not ^bworks, is dead, being alone.

 Yea, a man may say, Thou hast faith, and I have works: shew me thy faith without thy works, and I will shew thee my ^afaith by my ^bworks^•.

 Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the ^adevils^• also ^bbelieve^•, and tremble.

 But wilt thou know, O vain man, that ^afaith without ^bworks^• is dead?

 Was not Abraham our father ^ajustified^• by works, when he had ^boffered^• Isaac his son upon the altar?

 Seest thou how faith wrought with his works, and by ^aworks was faith made ^bperfect?

 And the scripture was fulfilled which saith, Abraham ^abelieved^• God, and it was imputed unto him for ^brighteousness: and he was called the ^cFriend^• of God.

 Ye see then how that by ^aworks^• a man is ^bjustified, and not by faith only.

 Likewise also was not ^aRahab^• the harlot ^bjustified^• by works, when she had received the messengers, and had sent them out another way?

 For as the body without the ^aspirit is ^bdead, so faith without ^cworks is dead also.