001:024 for he sees himself, and goes away, and immediately forgets what kind of man he was. 001:025 But he who looks into the perfect law of freedom, and continues, not being a hearer who forgets, but a doer of the work, this man will be blessed in what he does. 001:026 If anyone among you thinks himself to be religious while he doesn't bridle his tongue, but deceives his heart, this man's religion is worthless. 001:027 Pure religion and undefiled before our God and Father is this: to visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained by the world. 002:001 My brothers, don't hold the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ of glory with partiality. 002:002 For if a man with a gold ring, in fine clothing, comes into your synagogue{or, meeting}, and a poor man in filthy clothing also comes in; 002:003 and you pay special attention to him who wears the fine clothing, and say, "Sit here in a good place;" and you tell the poor man, "Stand there," or "Sit by my footstool;" 002:004 haven't you shown partiality among yourselves, and become judges with evil thoughts? 002:005 Listen, my beloved brothers. Didn't God choose those who are poor in this world to be rich in faith, and heirs of the Kingdom which he promised to those who love him? 002:006 But you have dishonored the poor man. Don't the rich oppress you, and personally drag you before the courts? 002:007 Don't they blaspheme the honorable name by which you are called? 002:008 However, if you fulfill the royal law, according to the Scripture, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself,"{Leviticus 19:18} you do well. 002:009 But if you show partiality, you commit sin, being convicted by the law as transgressors. 002:010 For whoever keeps the whole law, and yet stumbles in one point, he has become guilty of all. 002:011 For he who said, "Do not commit adultery,"{Exodus 20:14; Deuteronomy 5:18} also said, "Do not commit murder."{Exodus 10:13; Deuteronomy 5:17} Now if you do not commit adultery, but murder, you have become a transgressor of the law. 002:012 So speak, and so do, as men who are to be judged by a law of freedom. 002:013 For judgment is without mercy to him who has shown no mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment. 002:014 What good is it, my brothers, if a man says he has faith, but has no works? Can faith save him? 002:015 And if a brother or sister is naked and in lack of daily food, 002:016 and one of you tells them, "Go in peace, be warmed and filled;" and yet you didn't give them the things the body needs, what good is it? 002:017 Even so faith, if it has no works, is dead in itself. 002:018 Yes, a man will say, "You have faith, and I have works." Show me your faith without works, and I by my works will show you my faith.