James 2:8-26 Parallel Bible Translations

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	STUDY Hebrew & Greek Study Bible	ESV English Standard Version	NIV New International Version
8	Εἰ μέντοι νόμον τελεῖτε βασιλικὸν κατὰ τὴν γραφήν Ἀγαπήσεις τὸν πλησίον σου ὡς σεαυτόν καλῶς ποιεῖτε	If you really fulfill the royal law according to the Scripture, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself,” you are doing well.	If you really keep the royal law found in Scripture, “Love your neighbor as yourself,” you are doing right.
9	εἰ δὲ προσωπολημπτεῖτε ἁμαρτίαν ἐργάζεσθε ἐλεγχόμενοι ὑπὸ τοῦ νόμου ὡς παραβάται	But if you show partiality, you are committing sin and are convicted by the law as transgressors.	But if you show favoritism, you sin and are convicted by the law as lawbreakers.
10	Ὅστις γὰρ ὅλον τὸν νόμον τηρήσῃ πταίσῃ δὲ ἐν ἑνί γέγονεν πάντων ἔνοχος	For whoever keeps the whole law but fails in one point has become guilty of all of it.	For whoever keeps the whole law and yet stumbles at just one point is guilty of breaking all of it.
11	ὁ γὰρ εἰπών Μὴ μοιχεύσῃς εἶπεν καί Μὴ φονεύσῃς εἰ δὲ οὐ μοιχεύεις φονεύεις δέ γέγονας παραβάτης νόμου	For he who said, “Do not commit adultery,” also said, “Do not murder.” If you do not commit adultery but do murder, you have become a transgressor of the law.	For he who said, “You shall not commit adultery,” also said, “You shall not murder.” If you do not commit adultery but do commit murder, you have become a lawbreaker.
12	Οὕτως λαλεῖτε καὶ οὕτως ποιεῖτε ὡς διὰ νόμου ἐλευθερίας μέλλοντες κρίνεσθαι	So speak and so act as those who are to be judged under the law of liberty.	Speak and act as those who are going to be judged by the law that gives freedom,
13	ἡ γὰρ κρίσις ἀνέλεος τῷ μὴ ποιήσαντι ἔλεος κατακαυχᾶται ἔλεος κρίσεως	For judgment is without mercy to one who has shown no mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment.	because judgment without mercy will be shown to anyone who has not been merciful. Mercy triumphs over judgment.
14	Τί τὸ ὄφελος ἀδελφοί μου ἐὰν πίστιν λέγῃ τις ἔχειν ἔργα δὲ μὴ ἔχῃ μὴ δύναται ἡ πίστις σῶσαι αὐτόν	What good is it, my brothers, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can that faith save him?	What good is it, my brothers and sisters, if someone claims to have faith but has no deeds? Can such faith save them?
15	ἐὰν ἀδελφὸς ἢ ἀδελφὴ γυμνοὶ ὑπάρχωσιν καὶ λειπόμενοι τῆς ἐφημέρου τροφῆς	If a brother or sister is poorly clothed and lacking in daily food,	Suppose a brother or a sister is without clothes and daily food.
16	εἴπῃ δέ τις αὐτοῖς ἐξ ὑμῶν Ὑπάγετε ἐν εἰρήνῃ θερμαίνεσθε καὶ χορτάζεσθε μὴ δῶτε δὲ αὐτοῖς τὰ ἐπιτήδεια τοῦ σώματος τί τὸ ὄφελος	and one of you says to them, “Go in peace, be warmed and filled,” without giving them the things needed for the body, what good is that?	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?
17	οὕτως καὶ ἡ πίστις ἐὰν μὴ ἔχῃ ἔργα νεκρά ἐστιν καθ’ ἑαυτήν	So also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead.	In the same way, faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is dead.
18	Ἀλλ’ ἐρεῖ τις Σὺ πίστιν ἔχεις κἀγὼ ἔργα ἔχω δεῖξόν μοι τὴν πίστιν σου χωρὶς τῶν ἔργων κἀγώ σοι δείξω ἐκ τῶν ἔργων μου τὴν πίστιν	But someone will say, “You have faith and I have works.” Show me your faith apart from your works, and I will show you my faith by my works.	But someone will say, “You have faith; I have deeds.” Show me your faith without deeds, and I will show you my faith by my deeds.
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!	You believe that there is one God. Good! Even the demons believe that—and shudder.
20	Θέλεις δὲ γνῶναι ὦ ἄνθρωπε κενέ ὅτι ἡ πίστις χωρὶς τῶν ἔργων ἀργή ἐστιν	Do you want to be shown, you foolish person, that faith apart from works is useless?	You foolish person, do you want evidence that faith without deeds is useless?
21	Ἀβραὰμ ὁ πατὴρ ἡμῶν οὐκ ἐξ ἔργων ἐδικαιώθη ἀνενέγκας Ἰσαὰκ τὸν υἱὸν αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ τὸ θυσιαστήριον	Was not Abraham our father justified by works when he offered up his son Isaac on the altar?	Was not our father Abraham considered righteous for what he did when he offered his son Isaac on the altar?
22	βλέπεις ὅτι ἡ πίστις συνήργει τοῖς ἔργοις αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐκ τῶν ἔργων ἡ πίστις ἐτελειώθη	You see that faith was active along with his works, and faith was completed by his works;	You see that his faith and his actions were working together, and his faith was made complete by what he did.
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 that says, “Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness”—and he was called a friend of God.	And the scripture was fulfilled that says, “Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness,” and he was called God’s friend.
24	ὁρᾶτε ὅτι ἐξ ἔργων δικαιοῦται ἄνθρωπος καὶ οὐκ ἐκ πίστεως μόνον	You see that a person is justified by works and not by faith alone.	You see that a person is considered righteous by what they do and not by faith alone.
25	Ὁμοίως δὲ καὶ Ῥαὰβ ἡ πόρνη οὐκ ἐξ ἔργων ἐδικαιώθη ὑποδεξαμένη τοὺς ἀγγέλους καὶ ἑτέρᾳ ὁδῷ ἐκβαλοῦσα	And in the same way was not also Rahab the prostitute justified by works when she received the messengers and sent them out by another way?	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?
26	ὥσπερ γὰρ τὸ σῶμα χωρὶς πνεύματος νεκρόν ἐστιν οὕτως καὶ ἡ πίστις χωρὶς ἔργων νεκρά ἐστιν	For as the body apart from the spirit is dead, so also faith apart from works is dead.	As the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without deeds is dead.
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