雅各書 2
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Traditional)
不可以貌取人
2 我的弟兄姊妹，你們既然信了我們榮耀的主耶穌基督，就不可以貌取人。 2 比方說，一個手戴金飾、衣著華麗的人來參加你們的聚會，一個衣衫襤褸的人也來參加， 3 你們就看重那衣著華麗的，對他說：「請上座。」卻對那窮人說：「你站在那邊。」或「坐在我的腳凳邊。」 4 你們這樣做難道不是偏心待人，心懷惡意地判斷人嗎？
5 我親愛的弟兄姊妹，請聽我說，上帝不是揀選了窮人，使他們在信心上富足，並承受祂應許賜給那些愛祂之人的國度嗎？ 6 你們反倒侮辱窮人。其實欺壓你們、抓你們上法庭的不是那些富人嗎？ 7 不正是他們褻瀆你們所敬奉的尊名嗎？
8 如果你們能切實行出聖經中「要愛鄰如己」這條至尊的律法，就好了。 9 如果你們偏待人，嫌貧愛富，便是犯罪，律法要將你們定罪。 10 人只要觸犯律法中的一條，就等於違犯了全部， 11 因為那位說「不可通姦」的，也說過「不可殺人」。如果你沒有犯通姦罪，卻殺了人，你仍違犯了律法。 12 既然你們要按使人自由的律法受審判，就應該按律法行事為人。 13 因為不憐憫人的會受到無情的審判，但憐憫勝過審判。
信心和行為
14 我的弟兄姊妹，如果有人自稱有信心，卻沒有行為來證實，有什麼用呢？這種信心能夠救他嗎？ 15 如果有弟兄姊妹缺衣少食， 16 你們只是對他們說：「安心走吧，願你們穿得暖，吃得飽」，卻不幫助他解決實際困難，這有什麼用呢？ 17 因此，信心若沒有行為，就是死的。
18 必有人說：「你有信心，我有行為。」請把你沒有行為的信心指給我看，我就藉著行為把我的信心顯給你看。 19 你相信上帝只有一位，你信得沒錯，鬼魔也相信，而且恐懼戰抖。
20 愚蠢的人啊，你們不知道沒有行為的信心是死的嗎？ 21 我們的祖先亞伯拉罕把兒子以撒獻在祭壇上的時候，難道不是因行為而被稱為義人嗎？ 22 可見他的信心和行為相稱，而且信心要有行為才是完全的。 23 這正應驗了聖經的記載：「亞伯拉罕信上帝，就被算為義人」，並且被稱為「上帝的朋友」。 24 可見人要被上帝算為義人必須有與信心相稱的行為，並非單有信心。 25 還有妓女喇合，她收留使者，把他們藏在家裡，又送他們從別的路逃生，不也是因行為而被稱為義人嗎？
26 身體沒有靈魂是死的，同樣，信心沒有行為也是死的。
James 2
Revised Geneva Translation
2 My brothers, do not hold the faith of our glorious Lord Jesus Christ with favoritism.
2 For if a man with a gold ring and fine clothing comes into your assembly. And then, also, a poor man in rags comes in—
3 and you have respect for the one wearing the fine clothing, saying to him, “Sit here in a good place”, yet you say to the poor, “Stand over there”, or “Sit here under my footstool” —
4 are you not partial among yourselves, becoming judges of evil thoughts?
5 Listen, my beloved brothers. Has not God chosen the poor of this world to be rich in faith and heirs of the Kingdom which He promised to those who love Him?
6 But you have despised the poor. Do not the rich oppress you by tyranny? And do they not draw you before the judgment seats?
7 Do they not blaspheme the worthy Name after which you are named?
8 But if you fulfill the royal law according to the Scripture, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself”, you do well.
9 But if you show favoritism, you commit sin and are rebuked by the Law as transgressors.
10 For whoever shall keep the whole Law, and yet fails in one point, he is guilty of all.
11 For He Who said, “You shall not commit adultery”, also said, “You shall not kill”. Now, though you do no adultery, if you kill you are still a transgressor of the Law.
12 So speak and so do as those who shall be judged by the Law of liberty.
13 For there shall be merciless condemnation for the one who does not show mercy. And mercy rejoices against condemnation.
14 What profit is it, my brothers, if someone says he has faith but has no works? Can faith save him?
15 For if a brother or a sister is naked and without daily food,
16 and one of you says to them, “Go in peace. Warm yourselves and fill your bellies”, what help is it if you don’t give them those things which the body needs?
17 Even so, faith - if it has no works - is dead by itself.
18 But someone might say, “You have faith, and I have works”. Show me your faith without your works, and I will show you my faith by my works.
19 You believe that there is one God. You do well. The demons also believe it, and tremble.
20 But will you understand, O foolish man, that faith without works is dead?
21 Was not our father Abraham justified through works when he offered his son Isaac upon the altar?
22 Do you not see that faith worked with his works? And through works was faith made perfect?
23 And the Scripture was fulfilled which says, “Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him for righteousness”. And he was called the friend of God.
24 You see then how a man is justified by works, and not by faith only.
25 Likewise, was not Rahab the harlot also justified through works when she had received the messengers and sent them out another way?
26 For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead.
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