{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/asv/james/2","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-30T23:35:09.413Z"},"reference":{"translation":"ASV","book":"James","bookSlug":"james","chapter":2,"testament":"NEW"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":1,"nextChapter":3,"totalChapters":5,"totalVerses":26},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"My brethren, hold not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory, with respect of persons."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"For if there come into your synagogue a man with a gold ring, in fine clothing, and there come in also a poor man in vile clothing;"},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"and ye have regard to him that weareth the fine clothing, and say, Sit thou here in a good place; and ye say to the poor man, Stand thou there, or sit under my footstool;"},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"Do ye not make distinctions among yourselves, and become judges with evil thoughts?"},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"Hearken, my beloved brethren; did not God choose them that are poor as to the world to be rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he promised to them that love him?"},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"But ye have dishonored the poor man. Do not the rich oppress you, and themselves drag you before the judgment-seats?"},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"Do not they blaspheme the honorable name by which ye are called?"},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"Howbeit if ye fulfil the royal law, according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself, ye do well:"},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"but if ye have respect of persons, ye commit sin, being convicted by the law as transgressors."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet stumble in one point , he is become guilty of all."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"For he that said, Do not commit adultery, said also, Do not kill. Now if thou dost not commit adultery, but killest, thou art become a transgressor of the law."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"So speak ye, and so do, as men that are to be judged by a law of liberty."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"For judgment is without mercy to him that hath showed no mercy: mercy glorieth against judgment."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"What doth it profit, my brethren, if a man say he hath faith, but have not works? can that faith save him?"},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"If a brother or sister be naked and in lack of daily food,"},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"and one of you say unto them, Go in peace, be ye warmed and filled; and yet ye give them not the things needful to the body; what doth it profit?"},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"Even so faith, if it have not works, is dead in itself."},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"Yea, a man will say, Thou hast faith, and I have works: show me thy faith apart from thy works, and I by my works will show thee my faith."},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"Thou believest that God is one; thou doest well: the demons also believe, and shudder."},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith apart from works is barren?"},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"Was not Abraham our father justified by works, in that he offered up Isaac his son upon the altar?"},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"Thou seest that faith wrought with his works, and by works was faith made perfect;"},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"and the scripture was fulfilled which saith, And Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned unto him for righteousness; and he was called the friend of God."},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"Ye see that by works a man is justified, and not only by faith."},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"And in like manner was not also Rahab the harlot justified by works, in that she received the messengers, and sent them out another way?"},{"verseNumber":26,"text":"For as the body apart from the spirit is dead, even so faith apart from works is dead."}],"citation":{"inline":"James 2 (ASV)","markdown":"[James 2](https://primebible.com/asv/james/2)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* ASV. https://primebible.com/asv/james/2 (accessed 2026-05-30)."}}