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雅各书 2
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不可偏待人

2 我的弟兄们，你们应当持守对我们荣耀的主耶稣基督的信仰，不要怀着偏待人的心。 2 如果有一个戴着金戒指、穿着华丽衣服的人进了你们的会堂，又有一个穿着肮脏衣服的穷人也进来了， 3 你们却看重那穿华丽衣服的人，对他说“请你坐在这好位子上”，而对那穷人说“你站在那里”，或说“坐在我的脚凳下边”； 4 难道你们中间不就有了歧视，而你们也成了心怀恶念的审判官吗？

5 我亲爱的弟兄们，请听！神难道不是拣选了世上的那些贫穷人，使他们在信仰上富有，并且做他[a]国度的继承人吗？这国度是他应许给爱他之人的。 6 但你们却侮辱了这贫穷人！那欺压你们、把你们拉上法庭的，难道不是那些富有的人吗？ 7 那亵渎你们所敬奉的美好之名的，难道不是他们吗？

8 不过，你们如果照着经上那条至尊的[b]律法“要爱邻如己”[c]完全实行，你们就做得很好了。 9 但如果你们偏待人，就是犯罪，并被律法指证是违犯律法的人。 10 因为那遵守整个律法的人，只在一条上跌倒，就成了干犯所有律法的了。 11 原来那位说过“不可通奸”[d]的，也说过“不可杀人”[e]。你即使不通奸，却杀人，你还是成了违犯律法的人。

12 既然你们将要照着那使人得自由的律法受审判，就应当照此说话、行事。 13 要知道，那不施怜悯的人，要受毫无怜悯的审判；怜悯胜过审判。

信仰和行为

14 我的弟兄们，如果有人说自己有信仰，但却没有行为，这有什么好处呢？难道这种信仰能救他吗？

15 如果有弟兄或姐妹衣不蔽体，又缺乏日用的食物， 16 而你们当中有人对他们说：“平平安安地去吧！愿你们穿得暖、吃得饱！”，却不给他们身体所需要的，这有什么好处呢？ 17 信仰也是这样：如果没有行为，这信仰就是死的。

18 不过有人会说：“你有信仰；我有行为。”请给我看看你没有行为的信仰，我也本于自己的行为给你看看我的信仰。 19 你相信神只有一位，你就做得很好！连鬼魔也相信，并且恐惧战兢。

20 唉，你这虚空的人哪！你想知道没有行为的信仰是无用的[f]吗？ 21 我们的先祖亚伯拉罕把他的儿子以撒献在祭坛上，难道不是本于行为被称为义吗？ 22 你看，信仰和他的行为相辅相成，而且信仰是本于行为得以完全的。 23 这就应验了经上所说的：“亚伯拉罕信神，这就被算为他的义。”[g]他又被称为“神的朋友”。 24 可见人被称为义是本于行为，不仅是本于信仰。 25 同样，妓女瑞荷接待了那些使者，又从另一条路把他们送走，难道不也是本于行为被称为义吗？ 26 要知道，就像身体没有灵魂是死的，照样，信仰没有行为也是死的。

Footnotes

  1. 雅各书 2:5 他——辅助词语。
  2. 雅各书 2:8 至尊的——或译作“王的”。
  3. 雅各书 2:8 《利未记》19:18。
  4. 雅各书 2:11 《出埃及记》20:14；《申命记》5:18。
  5. 雅各书 2:11 《出埃及记》20:13；《申命记》5:17。
  6. 雅各书 2:20 无用的——有古抄本作“死的”。
  7. 雅各书 2:23 《创世记》15:6。
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雅各书 2
Chinese New Version (Simplified)

不可重富轻贫

2 我的弟兄们，你们既然对我们荣耀的主耶稣基督有信心，就不应该凭外貌待人。 2 如果有一个手戴金戒指、身穿华丽衣服的人，进入你们的会堂；又有一个衣衫褴褛的穷人，也进去了。 3 你们就看重那穿华丽衣服的人，说：“请坐在这好位上。”又对那个穷人说：“你站在那里。”或说：“坐在我的脚凳下边。” 4 这不是你们对人有歧视，成了心怀恶意的审判官吗？ 5 我亲爱的弟兄们，请听：　神不是拣选了在世上被认为贫穷的人吗？这些人却在信心上富足，而且是承受　神的国的人。这国是　神应许赐给爱他的人的。 6 然而你们却侮辱穷人。其实，那些欺压你们，拉你们上法庭的，不就是富足的人吗？ 7 难道不是他们亵渎那召你们的尊名吗？（或译：“难道不是他们毁谤你们蒙召的美名吗？”） 8 你们若照着圣经所说“要爱人如己”这话，去完成这至尊的律法，你们就作对了。 9 如果你们凭外貌待人，就是犯罪，律法就要裁定你们是犯法的。 10 因为凡是遵守全部律法的，只要在一条上失足，就违犯所有的了。 11 就像那说“不可奸淫”的，也说“不可杀人”；你纵然不奸淫，却杀人，还是犯法的。 12 你们既然按着使人自由的律法受审判，就应照着这律法说话行事。 13 因为对不行怜悯的人，审判他们的时候就没有怜悯；怜悯胜过审判。

信心没有行为是死的

14 我的弟兄们，人若说他有信心，却没有行为，有甚么益处呢？这信心能救他吗？ 15 如果有弟兄或姊妹缺衣少食， 16 而你们中间有人对他们说：“平平安安地去吧！愿你们穿得暖，吃得饱。”却不给他们身体所需用的，那有甚么用处呢？ 17 照样，如果只有信心，没有行为，这信心就是死的。

18 也许有人要说，你有信心，我有行为；请把你没有行为的信心指给我看，我就借着我的行为，把我的信心指给你看。 19 你信　神只有一位，你信的不错；就连鬼魔也信，却是战兢。 20 愚昧的人哪，你愿意知道没有行为的信心是没有用的吗？ 21 我们的祖先亚伯拉罕，把他的儿子以撒献在祭坛上，不是因行为称义吗？ 22 你看，他的信心与行为是一致的，信心就因着行为得到完全了； 23 这正应验了经上所说的：“亚伯拉罕信　神，这就算为他的义。”他也被称为　神的朋友。 24 可见人称义是因着行为，不仅是因着信心。 25 照样，妓女喇合接待了探子，又从另一条路把他们送走，不也是因行为称义吗？ 26 身体没有灵魂是死的，照样，信心没有行为也是死的。

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James 2
New English Translation

Prejudice and the Law of Love

2 My brothers and sisters,[a] do not show prejudice[b] if you possess faith[c] in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ.[d] 2 For if someone[e] comes into your assembly[f] wearing a gold ring and fine clothing, and a poor person enters in filthy clothes, 3 do you pay attention to the one who is finely dressed and say,[g] “You sit here in a good place,”[h] and to the poor person, “You stand over there,” or “Sit on the floor”?[i] 4 If so, have you not made distinctions[j] among yourselves and become judges with evil motives?[k] 5 Listen, my dear brothers and sisters![l] Did not God choose the poor in the world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom that he promised to those who love him? 6 But you have dishonored the poor![m] Are not the rich oppressing you and dragging you into the courts? 7 Do they not blaspheme the good name of the one you belong to?[n] 8 But if you fulfill the royal law as expressed in this scripture,[o] “You shall love your neighbor as yourself,”[p] you are doing well. 9 But if you show prejudice, you are committing sin and are convicted by the law as violators.[q] 10 For the one who obeys the whole law but fails[r] in one point has become guilty of all of it.[s] 11 For he who said, “Do not commit adultery,”[t] also said, “Do not murder.”[u] Now if you do not commit adultery but do commit murder, you have become a violator of the law. 12 Speak and act as those who will be judged by a law that gives freedom.[v] 13 For judgment is merciless for the one who has shown no mercy. But mercy triumphs over[w] judgment.

Faith and Works Together

14 What good is it, my brothers and sisters,[x] if someone claims to have faith but does not have works? Can this kind of faith[y] save him?[z] 15 If a brother or sister[aa] is poorly clothed and lacks daily food, 16 and one of you says to them, “Go in peace, keep warm and eat well,” but you do not give them what the body needs,[ab] what good is it? 17 So also faith, if it does not have works, is dead being by itself. 18 But someone will say, “You have faith and I have works.”[ac] Show me your faith without works and I will show you faith by[ad] my works. 19 You believe that God is one; well and good.[ae] Even the demons believe that—and tremble with fear.[af]

20 But would you like evidence,[ag] you empty fellow,[ah] that faith without works is useless?[ai] 21 Was not Abraham our father justified by works when he offered Isaac his son on the altar? 22 You see that his faith was working together with his works and his faith was perfected by works. 23 And the scripture was fulfilled that says, “Now Abraham believed God and it was counted to him for righteousness,”[aj] and he was called God’s friend.[ak] 24 You see that a person is justified by works and not by faith alone. 25 And similarly, was not Rahab the prostitute also justified by works when she welcomed the messengers and sent them out by another way? 26 For just as the body without the spirit is dead, so also faith without works is dead.

Footnotes

  1. James 2:1 tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:2.
  2. James 2:1 tn Or “partiality.”
  3. James 2:1 tn Grk “do not have faith with personal prejudice,” with emphasis on the last phrase.
  4. James 2:1 tn Grk “our Lord Jesus Christ of glory.” Here δόξης (doxēs) has been translated as an attributive genitive.
  5. James 2:2 tn The word for “man” or “individual” here is ἀνήρ (anēr), which often means “male” or “man (as opposed to woman).” But as BDAG 79 s.v. 2 says, “equivalent to τὶς someone.”
  6. James 2:2 tn Grk “synagogue.” Usually συναγωγή refers to Jewish places of worship (e.g., Matt 4:23, Mark 1:21, Luke 4:15, John 6:59). The word can be used generally to refer to a place of assembly, and here it refers specifically to a Christian assembly (BDAG 963 s.v. 2.b.).
  7. James 2:3 tn Grk “and you pay attention…and say,” continuing the “if” clauses from v. 2. In the Greek text, vv. 2-4 form one long sentence.
  8. James 2:3 tn Or “sit here, please.”
  9. James 2:3 tn Grk “sit under my footstool.” The words “on the floor” have been supplied in the translation to clarify for the modern reader the undesirability of this seating arrangement (so also TEV, NIV, CEV, NLT). Another option followed by a number of translations is to replace “under my footstool” with “at my feet” (NAB, NIV, NRSV).
  10. James 2:4 tn Grk “have you not made distinctions” (as the conclusion to the series of “if” clauses in vv. 2-3).
  11. James 2:4 tn Grk “judges of evil reasonings.”
  12. James 2:5 tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:2.
  13. James 2:6 tn This is singular: “the poor person,” perhaps referring to the hypothetical one described in vv. 2-3.
  14. James 2:7 tn Grk “that was invoked over you,” referring to their baptism in which they confessed their faith in Christ and were pronounced to be his own. To have the Lord’s name “named over them” is OT imagery for the Lord’s ownership of his people (cf. 2 Chr 7:14; Amos 9:12; Isa 63:19; Jer 14:9; 15:16; Dan 9:19; Acts 15:17).
  15. James 2:8 tn Grk “according to the scripture.”
  16. James 2:8 sn A quotation from Lev 19:18 (also quoted in Matt 19:19; 22:39; Mark 12:31; Luke 10:27; Rom 13:9; Gal 5:14).
  17. James 2:9 tn Or “transgressors.”
  18. James 2:10 tn Or “stumbles.”
  19. James 2:10 tn Grk “guilty of all.”
  20. James 2:11 sn A quotation from Exod 20:14 and Deut 5:18.
  21. James 2:11 sn A quotation from Exod 20:13 and Deut 5:17.
  22. James 2:12 tn Grk “a law of freedom.”
  23. James 2:13 tn Grk “boasts against, exults over,” in victory.
  24. James 2:14 tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:2.
  25. James 2:14 tn Grk “the faith,” referring to the kind of faith just described: faith without works. The article here is anaphoric, referring to the previous mention of the noun πίστις (pistis) in the verse. See ExSyn 219.
  26. James 2:14 sn The form of the question in Greek expects a negative answer.
  27. James 2:15 tn It is important to note that the words ἀδελφός (adelphos) and ἀδελφή (adelphē) both occur in the Greek text at this point, confirming that the author intended to refer to both men and women. See the note on “someone” in 2:2.
  28. James 2:16 tn Grk “what is necessary for the body.”
  29. James 2:18 tn There is considerable doubt about where the words of the “someone” end and where James’ reply begins. Some see the quotation running to the end of v. 18; others to the end of v. 19. But most punctuate as shown above. The “someone” is then an objector, and the sense of his words is something like, “Some have faith; others have works; don’t expect everyone to have both.” James’ reply is that faith cannot exist or be seen without works.
  30. James 2:18 tn Or “from.”
  31. James 2:19 tn Grk “you do well.”
  32. James 2:19 tn Grk “believe and tremble.” The words “with fear” are implied.
  33. James 2:20 tn Grk “do you want to know.”
  34. James 2:20 tn Grk “O empty man.” Here the singular vocative ἄνθρωπε (anthrōpe, “man”) means “person” or even “fellow.” Cf. BDAG 82 s.v. ἄνθρωπος 8 which views this as an instance of rhetorical address in a letter; the pejorative sense is also discussed under the previous heading (7).
  35. James 2:20 tc Most witnesses, including several significant ones (א A C2 P Ψ 5 33 81 436 442 1611 1735 1852 2344 2492 M al sy bo), have νεκρά (nekra, “dead”) here, while P74 reads κενή (kenē, “empty”). Both variants are most likely secondary, derived from ἀργή (argē, “useless”). The reading of the majority is probably an assimilation to the statements in vv. 17 and 26, while P74’s reading picks up on κενέ (kene) earlier in the verse. The external evidence (B C* 323 945 1175 1243 1739 sa) for ἀργή is sufficient for authenticity; coupled with the strong internal evidence for the reading (if νεκρά were original, how would ἀργή have arisen here and not in vv. 17 or 26?), it is strongly preferred.
  36. James 2:23 sn A quotation from Gen 15:6.
  37. James 2:23 sn An allusion to 2 Chr 20:7; Isa 41:8; 51:2; Dan 3:35 (LXX), in which Abraham is called God’s “beloved.”
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