002:011 For He who said, "Do not commit adultery," also said, "Do not commit murder," and if you are a murderer, although not an adulterer, you have become an offender against the Law. 002:012 Speak and act as those should who are expecting to be judged by the Law of freedom. 002:013 For he who shows no mercy will have judgement given against him without mercy; but mercy triumphs over judgement. 002:014 What good is it, my brethren, if a man professes to have faith, and yet his actions do not correspond? Can such faith save him? 002:015 Suppose a Christian brother or sister is poorly clad or lacks daily food, 002:016 and one of you says to them, "I wish you well; keep yourselves warm and well fed," and yet you do not give them what they need; what is the use of that? 002:017 So also faith, if it is unaccompanied by obedience, has no life in it--so long as it stands alone. 002:018 Nay, some one will say, "You have faith, I have actions: prove to me your faith apart from corresponding actions and I will prove mine to you by my actions. 002:019 You believe that God is one, and you are quite right: evil spirits also believe this, and shudder." 002:020 But, idle boaster, are you willing to be taught how it is that faith apart from obedience is worthless? Take the case of Abraham our forefather. 002:021 Was it, or was it not, because of his actions that he was declared to be righteous as the result of his having offered up his son Isaac upon the altar? 002:022 You notice that his faith was co-operating with his actions, and that by his actions his faith was perfected; 002:023 and the Scripture was fulfilled which says, "And Abraham believed God, and his faith was placed to his credit as righteousness," and he received the name of `God's friend.' 002:024 You all see that it is because of actions that a man is pronounced righteous, and not simply because of faith. 002:025 In the same way also was not the notorious sinner Rahab declared to be righteous because of her actions when she welcomed the spies and hurriedly helped them to escape another way? 002:026 For just as a human body without a spirit is lifeless, so also faith is lifeless if it is unaccompanied by obedience. 003:001 Do not be eager, my brethren, for many among you to become teachers; for you know that we teachers shall undergo severer judgement. 003:002 For we often stumble and fall, all of us. If there is any one who never stumbles in speech, that man has reached maturity of character and is able to curb his whole nature. 003:003 Remember that we put the horses' bit into their mouths to make them obey us, and so we turn their whole bodies round.