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ΙΑΚΩΒΟΥ |
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| 1 | Ἀδελφοί μου, μὴ ἐν προσωπολημψίαις ἐχετε τὴν πίστιν τοῦ κυρίου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ τῆς δόξης. |
My brethren, show no partiality as you hold the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory. | Warning against Partiality Jas.2.1-13
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| 2 | ἐὰν γὰρ εἰσέλθῃ εἰς συναγωγὴν ὑμῶν ἀνὴρ χρυσοδακτύλιος ἐν ἐσθῆτι λαμπρᾷ, εἰσέλθῃ δὲ καὶ πτωχὸς ἐν ῥυπαρᾷ ἐσθῆτι, |
For if a man with gold rings and in fine clothing comes into your assembly, and a poor man in shabby clothing also comes in, |
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| 3 | ἐπιβλέψητε δὲ ἐπὶ τὸν φοροῦντα τὴν ἐσθῆτα τὴν λαμπρὰν καὶ εἰπητε, σὺ κάθου ὧδε καλῶς, καὶ τῷ πτωχῷ εἰπητε, σὺ στῆθι ἐκεῖ ἢ κάθου ὑπὸ τὸ ὑποπόδιόν μου, |
and you pay attention to the one who wears the fine clothing and say, "Have a seat here, please," while you say to the poor man, "Stand there," or, "Sit at my feet," |
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| 4 | οὐ διεκρίθητε ἐν ἑαυτοῖς καὶ ἐγένεσθε κριταὶ διαλογισμῶν πονηρῶν; |
have you not made distinctions among yourselves, and become judges with evil thoughts? |
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| 5 | Ἀκούσατε, ἀδελφοί μου ἀγαπητοί. οὐχ ὁ θεὸς ἐξελέξατο τοὺς πτωχοὺς τῷ κόσμῳ πλουσίους ἐν πίστει καὶ κληρονόμους τῆς βασιλείας ἧς ἐπηγγείλατο τοῖς ἀγαπῶσιν αὐτόν; |
Listen, my beloved brethren. Has not God chosen those who are poor in the world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom which he has promised to those who love him? |
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| 6 | ὑμεῖς δὲ ἠτιμάσατε τὸν πτωχόν. οὐχ οἱ πλούσιοι καταδυναστεύουσιν ὑμῶν, καὶ αὐτοὶ ἑλκουσιν ὑμᾶς εἰς κριτήριὰ; |
But you have dishonoured the poor man. Is it not the rich who oppress you, is it not they who drag you into court? |
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| 7 | οὐκ αὐτοὶ βλασφημοῦσιν τὸ καλὸν ὀνομα τὸ ἐπικληθὲν ἐφ' ὑμᾶς; |
Is it not they who blaspheme that honourable name which was invoked over you? |
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| 8 | εἰ μέντοι νόμον τελεῖτε βασιλικὸν κατὰ τὴν γραφήν, Ἀγαπήσεις τὸν πλησίον σου ὡς σεαυτόν, καλῶς ποιεῖτε· |
If you really fulfil the royal law, according to the scripture, "You shall love your neighbour as yourself," you do well. | - You shall love your neighbour as yourself Jas.2.8 | Lv.19.18
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| 9 | εἰ δὲ προσωπολημπτεῖτε, ἀμαρτίαν ἐργάζεσθε, ἐλεγχόμενοι ὑπὸ τοῦ νόμου ὡς παραβάται. |
But if you show partiality, you commit sin, and are convicted by the law as transgressors. |
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| 10 | ὁστις γὰρ ὁλον τὸν νόμον τηρήσῃ, πταίσῃ δὲ ἐν ἑνί, γέγονεν πάντων ἐνοχος. |
For whoever keeps the whole law but fails in one point has become guilty of all of it. |
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| 11 | ὁ γὰρ εἰπών, Mὴ μοιχεύσῃς, εἶπεν καί, Mὴ φονεύσῃς· εἰ δὲ οὐ μοιχεύεις, φονεύεις δέ, γέγονας παραβάτης νόμου. |
For he who said, "Do not commit adultery," said also, "Do not kill." If you do not commit adultery but do kill, you have become a transgressor of the law. | - The commandments Jas.2.11 | Ex.20.14 | Dt.5.17
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| 12 | οὑτως λαλεῖτε καὶ οὑτως ποιεῖτε ὡς διὰ νόμου ἐλευθερίας μέλλοντες κρίνεσθαι. |
So speak and so act as those who are to be judged under the law of liberty. |
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| 13 | ἡ γὰρ κρίσις ἀνέλεος τῷ μὴ ποιήσαντι ἐλεος· κατακαυχᾶται ἐλεος κρίσεως. |
For judgment is without mercy to one who has shown no mercy; yet mercy triumphs over judgment. |
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| 14 | Τί τὸ ὀφελος, ἀδελφοί μου, ἐὰν πίστιν λέγῃ τις ἐχειν, ἐργα δὲ μὴ ἐχῃ; μὴ δύναται ἡ πίστις σῶσαι αὐτόν; |
What does it profit, my brethren, if a man says he has faith but has not works? Can his faith save him? | Faith and Works Jas.2.14-26
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| 15 | ἐὰν ἀδελφὸς ἢ ἀδελφὴ γυμνοὶ ὑπάρχωσιν καὶ λειπόμενοι τῆς ἐφημέρου τροφῆς, |
If a brother or sister is ill-clad and in lack of daily food, |
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| 16 | εἰπῃ δέ τις αὐτοῖς ἐξ ὑμῶν, Ὑπάγετε ἐν εἰρήνῃ, θερμαίνεσθε καὶ χορτάζεσθε, μὴ δῶτε δὲ αὐτοῖς τὰ ἐπιτήδεια τοῦ σώματος, τί τὸ ὀφελος; |
and one of you says to them, "Go in peace, be warmed and filled," without giving them the things needed for the body, what does it profit? |
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| 17 | οὑτως καὶ ἡ πίστις, ἐὰν μὴ ἐχῃ ἐργα, νεκρά ἐστιν καθ' ἑαυτήν. |
So faith by itself, if it has no works, is dead. |
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| 18 | Ἀλλ' ἐρεῖ τις, Σὺ πίστιν ἐχεις κἀγὼ ἐργα ἐχω. δεῖξόν μοι τὴν πίστιν σου χωρὶς τῶν ἐργων, κἀγώ σοι δείξω ἐκ τῶν ἐργων μου τὴν πίστιν. |
But some one will say, "You have faith and I have works." Show me your faith apart from your works, and I by my works will show you my faith. |
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| 19 | σὺ πιστεύεις ὅτι εἷς ἐστιν ὁ θεός; καλῶς ποιεῖς· καὶ τὰ δαιμόνια πιστεύουσιν καὶ φρίσσουσιν. |
You believe that God is one; you do well. Even the demons believe -and shudder. |
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| 20 | θέλεις δὲ γνῶναι, ὦ ἄνθρωπε κενέ, ὅτι ἡ πίστις χωρὶς τῶν ἐργων ἀργή ἐστιν; |
Do you want to be shown, you shallow man, that faith apart from works is barren? |
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| 21 | Ἀβραὰμ ὁ πατὴρ ἡμῶν οὐκ ἐξ ἐργων ἐδικαιώθη, ἀνενέγκας Ἰσαὰκ τὸν υἱὸν αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ τὸ θυσιαστήριον; |
Was not Abraham our father justified by works, when he offered his son Isaac upon the altar? |
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| 22 | βλέπεις ὅτι ἡ πίστις συνήργει τοῖς ἐργοις αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐκ τῶν ἐργων ἡ πίστις ἐτελειώθη, |
You see that faith was active along with his works, and faith was completed by works, |
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| 23 | καὶ ἐπληρώθη ἡ γραφὴ ἡ λέγουσα, Ἐπίστευσεν δὲ Ἀβραὰμ τῷ θεῷ, καὶ ἐλογίσθη αὐτῷ εἰς δικαιοσύνην, καὶ φίλος θεοῦ ἐκλήθη. |
and the scripture was fulfilled which says, "Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned to him as righteousness"; and he was called the friend of God. | - Abraham believed God Jas.2.23 | Gn.15.6
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| 24 | ὁρᾶτε ὅτι ἐξ ἐργων δικαιοῦται ἄνθρωπος καὶ οὐκ ἐκ πίστεως μόνον. |
You see that a man is justified by works and not by faith alone. |
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| 25 | ὁμοίως δὲ καὶ Ῥαὰβ ἡ πόρνη οὐκ ἐξ ἐργων ἐδικαιώθη, ὑποδεξαμένη τοὺς ἀγγέλους καὶ ἑτέρᾳ ὁδῷ ἐκβαλοῦσὰ; |
And in the same way was not also Rahab the harlot justified by works when she received the messengers and sent them out another way? |
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| 26 | ὡσπερ γὰρ τὸ σῶμα χωρὶς πνεύματος νεκρόν ἐστιν, οὑτως καὶ ἡ πίστις χωρὶς ἐργων νεκρά ἐστιν. |
For as the body apart from the spirit is dead, so faith apart from works is dead. |
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