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On tlaneltocaquej xquintocarohua nochicoitasquej sequimej ihuan ocsequimej

Nocnihuan, nemejhuamej yejhuan nenquineltocaj tohueyiTeco Jesucristo, ma ca xchicoitacan se tlacatl ihuan ocse. Ma ticonijtocan ica se tlacatl yejhuan rico oncalaqui ne campa nosentlaliaj on tlaneltocaquej. Yejhua sa majpilpetlantiu ican anillos tlachijchiutin ican oro niman no quitlalijtiu itlaquen yejhuan patioj. Niman no ma ticonijtocan ica se mayanquitzin no oncalaqui, pero yejhua ican itlaquen sosoltzin. Niman aman ma ticonijtocan ica nemejhuamej nenquitlacaitaj on yejhuan notlaquentia ican itlaquen patioj niman nenquijliaj: “Xmotlali nican ipan in cuajli sieta”, pero no nenquijliaj on mayanquitzin: “Tejhua xmotelquetza ne”, noso nenquijliaj: “Xmotlali ne ipan tlajli.” Aman, tej, tla ijcon nenquichicoitaj se tlacatl itech ocse. Nenteixtlalohuaj ican xcuajli nemoyojlo.

Xcaquican in, notlajsojcaicnihuan. Dios oquintlapejpenij on yejhuan mayanquej ipan in tlalticpactli para ma ricojtican ican tlaneltoctli, niman para nemisquej ne campa Dios tlamandarohua ijcon quen oquitlalij ipan ipromesa para on yejhuan quitlajsojtlaj. Yejhua ica, ¿tlica nemejhuamej xnenquintlacaitaj on mayanquej? Xquelnamiquican ica on yejhuan ricos mechtequitiltiaj niman no mechtilanaj intech on tequihuajquej. Niman no xquelnamiquican ica on ricos quitenehuiliaj on tlen xcuajli on itocatzin Cristo yejhuan nochimej nonequi quitlacaitasquej niman no san ipampa mechtocayotiaj cristianos.

On tlanahuatijli yejhuan más hueyi quijtosnequi ipan on Yectlajcuilojli sa no yejhua in: “Xquintlajsojtla ocsequimej ijcon quen tejhua timotlajsojtla.” Tla melahuac nenquichihuaj on tlen quijtohua in tlanahuatijli, cuajli nenquichihuaj. Pero tla nenquichicoitaj se tlacatl ihuan ocse, nentlajtlacohuaj, niman Dios mechtlajtlacolmacas pampa xnenquitlacamatij itlanahuatil. 10 Xquelnamiquican yejhua in. Tla se tlacatl san se tlanahuatijli xquitlacamati, yejhua oc tlajtlacolej masqui quintlacamatisquia nochimej on ocsequimej tlanahuatiltin. 11 Dios yejhuan oquijtoj: “Ma ca xsihuapajpatlacan nion xtlacapajpatlacan”, no oquijtoj: “Ma ca xtemictican.” Ijcon, tej, tla yacaj xosihuapajpatlac noso xotlacapajpatlac, pero otemictij, tla ijcon yejhua tlajtlacolej. 12 Nemejhuamej xtlajtocan niman xmohuicacan cuajli sa xcomatztiacan ica mechyolcuitisquej niman mechtlaxtlahuilisquej ica on tlanahuajtijli yejhuan temanahuia. 13 Ijcon xchihuacan pampa on yejhuan xquitemaca on teicnelilistli, Dios no xquimacas iteicnelilis. Pero on yejhuan quitemaca on teicnelilistli, quiselis cuajli tlaxtlahuijli.

Tlaneltoctli yejhuan melahuac quichihualtia se tlacatl ma quichihua on tlajtlamach yejhuan cuajli

14 Nocnihuan, ¿tlinon ica quipalehuis se tlacatl tla notenehua ica quineltoca Cristo, pero xquichihua on tlen cuajli? ¿Huelis quimaquixtis itlaneltoc in tlacatl tla ijquin tlaneltoca? ¡Ca! 15 Ma ticonijtocan ica se tocniu tlacatl noso tocniu yejhuan sihuatl quipolohua itlaquen noso on tlen quicuas. 16 Niman no ma ticonijtocan ica se de on yejhuan notenehua tlaneltoca quijlis: “Cuajli xnemi. Xmotlaquenti para ma ca tisecuis, niman xtlacua”, pero xquimaca on tlen quipolojticaj para itlalnacayo. ¿Tlinon ica quipalehuis on tlinon quijlia? 17 Yejhua ica tla se tlacatl notenehua quipia tlaneltoctli niman itlaneltoc xquichihualtia para quichihuas on tlajtlamach yejhuan cuajli, tla ijcon itlaneltoc xitlaj quijtosnequi. Yejhua quen on yejhuan mictoc.

18 Pero cas yacaj nechijlis: “Sequimej quipiaj tlaneltoctli niman ocsequimej quichihuaj tlajtlamach yejhuan cuajli.” Tla yacaj nechijlis ijquin, niquijlis: “Xnechititi motlaneltoc xihuan on tlen cuajli yejhuan tlajtlamach ticchihua, niman nejhua nimitzititis notlaneltoc itechcopa on cuajli tlajtlamach yejhuan nicchihua. 19 Tejhua ticneltoca ica nemi san se Dios. On tlen ticneltoca cuajli, pero xmatztia ica on xcuajcualtin espíritus no quineltocaj yejhua on, niman pampa tlaneltocaj cuecuetlacaj ican nemojtijli.”

20 No niquijlis on tlacatl: “¿Hasta canon tajsi ica xhueli titlanemilia? ¿Ticnequi ticmatis ica on tlaneltoctli yejhuan xnopanextia ica on tlen cuajli se quichihua, yejhua se tlaneltoctli yejhuan sanencaj? 21 Tla ijcon, xquelnamiqui toachtojta Abraham. Dios oquijtoj ica itlajtlacolhuan yoquintlaxtlau ipampa on tlen oquichiu ijcuac ocuentij iconeu Isaac ne tlaixpan. 22 Aman, tej, ticmati ica itlaneltoc Abraham niman on tlen oquichiu tequitiyaj san secan. Niman no ticmati ica itlaneltoc onaxitij ica on tlen oquichiu. 23 Ijcon cuajli onochiu on tlen quijtohua on Yectlajcuilojli yejhuan quijtohua: “Abraham oquineltocac Dios, niman ipampa itlaneltoc Dios oquiselij quen se yolmelajqui tlacatl.” Niman Abraham oquitocayotijquej itetlajsojcau Dios.

24 Nemejhuamej nenquimatij ica Dios quijtohua ica itlajtlacolhuan se tlacatl yoquintlaxtlau ipampa on tlen cuajli quichihua, niman xsan yejhua ica on itlaneltoc. 25 No ijqui onochiu itech on sihuatl itoca Rahab, on yejhuan tlacapajpatlatinemiya. Yejhua cuajli oquinselij on yejhuan Josué oquintitlan para quitasquej quen ijqui tlaojoncaj ne hueyican Jericó, niman no yejhua oquimpalehuij para ocholojquej ijcuac hualajticatcaj intlahuelicnihuan. Yejhua ica Dios oquijtoj ica itlajtlacolhuan yoquintlaxtlau. 26 Ijcon quen xoc itlaj quijtosnequi on tlalnacayotl ijcuac xquipia ialma, no ijqui xitlaj quijtosnequi itlaneltoc se tlacatl tla xquichihua tlajtlamach tlen cuajli.

Favoritism Forbidden

My brothers and sisters, believers in our glorious(A) Lord Jesus Christ must not show favoritism.(B) Suppose a man comes into your meeting wearing a gold ring and fine clothes, and a poor man in filthy old clothes also comes in. If you show special attention to the man wearing fine clothes and say, “Here’s a good seat for you,” but say to the poor man, “You stand there” or “Sit on the floor by my feet,” have you not discriminated among yourselves and become judges(C) with evil thoughts?

Listen, my dear brothers and sisters:(D) Has not God chosen those who are poor in the eyes of the world(E) to be rich in faith(F) and to inherit the kingdom(G) he promised those who love him?(H) But you have dishonored the poor.(I) Is it not the rich who are exploiting you? Are they not the ones who are dragging you into court?(J) Are they not the ones who are blaspheming the noble name of him to whom you belong?

If you really keep the royal law found in Scripture, “Love your neighbor as yourself,”[a](K) you are doing right. But if you show favoritism,(L) you sin and are convicted by the law as lawbreakers.(M) 10 For whoever keeps the whole law and yet stumbles(N) at just one point is guilty of breaking all of it.(O) 11 For he who said, “You shall not commit adultery,”[b](P) also said, “You shall not murder.”[c](Q) If you do not commit adultery but do commit murder, you have become a lawbreaker.

12 Speak and act as those who are going to be judged(R) by the law that gives freedom,(S) 13 because judgment without mercy will be shown to anyone who has not been merciful.(T) Mercy triumphs over judgment.

Faith and Deeds

14 What good is it, my brothers and sisters, if someone claims to have faith but has no deeds?(U) Can such faith save them? 15 Suppose a brother or a sister is without clothes and daily food.(V) 16 If one of you says to them, “Go in peace; keep warm and well fed,” but does nothing about their physical needs, what good is it?(W) 17 In the same way, faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is dead.(X)

18 But someone will say, “You have faith; I have deeds.”

Show me your faith without deeds,(Y) and I will show you my faith(Z) by my deeds.(AA) 19 You believe that there is one God.(AB) Good! Even the demons believe that(AC)—and shudder.

20 You foolish person, do you want evidence that faith without deeds is useless[d]?(AD) 21 Was not our father Abraham considered righteous for what he did when he offered his son Isaac on the altar?(AE) 22 You see that his faith and his actions were working together,(AF) and his faith was made complete by what he did.(AG) 23 And the scripture was fulfilled that says, “Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness,”[e](AH) and he was called God’s friend.(AI) 24 You see that a person is considered righteous by what they do and not by faith alone.

25 In the same way, was not even Rahab the prostitute considered righteous for what she did when she gave lodging to the spies and sent them off in a different direction?(AJ) 26 As the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without deeds is dead.(AK)

Footnotes

  1. James 2:8 Lev. 19:18
  2. James 2:11 Exodus 20:14; Deut. 5:18
  3. James 2:11 Exodus 20:13; Deut. 5:17
  4. James 2:20 Some early manuscripts dead
  5. James 2:23 Gen. 15:6

My brethren, have not the faith of our Lord 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 poor man in vile raiment;

And ye have respect to him that weareth the gay 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:

Are ye not then partial in yourselves, and are become judges of evil thoughts?

Hearken, my beloved brethren, Hath not God chosen the poor 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 oppress you, and draw you before the judgment seats?

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

If ye fulfil the royal law according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself, ye do well:

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

10 For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all.

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

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

13 For he shall have judgment without mercy, that hath shewed no mercy; and mercy rejoiceth against judgment.

14 What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? can faith save him?

15 If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food,

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

17 Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone.

18 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 faith by my works.

19 Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the devils also believe, and tremble.

20 But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead?

21 Was not Abraham our father justified by works, when he had offered Isaac his son upon the altar?

22 Seest thou how faith wrought with his works, and by works was faith made perfect?

23 And the scripture was fulfilled which saith, Abraham believed God, and it was imputed unto him for righteousness: and he was called the Friend of God.

24 Ye see then how that by works a man is justified, and not by faith only.

25 Likewise also was not Rahab the harlot justified by works, when she had received the messengers, and had sent them out another way?

26 For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.