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Jakob 2
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Behandla alla människor lika

2 Mina syskon, ni tror ju på vår förhärligade Herre Jesus Kristus, så favorisera ingen människa.

2 Tänk er att ni är samlade till gudstjänst, och in kommer en man med en guldring på fingret och klädd i fina kläder, likaså en fattig man i smutsiga kläder. 3 Om ni då genast fäster er blick på den finklädde och erbjuder honom den bästa platsen, medan någon säger till den fattige: ”Du kan stå där borta”, eller ”Sätt dig här på golvet bredvid mig”, 4 pågår det då inte en diskriminering bland er, och fäller ni inte orätta domar?

5 Lyssna på mig, mina kära syskon! Har inte Gud utvalt dem som är fattiga i världens ögon till att vara rika i tron och ärva det rike som han har lovat dem som älskar honom? 6 Ändå föraktar ni de fattiga. Är det inte de rika som förtrycker er och drar er inför domstol? 7 Är det inte de som hånar hans härliga namn, hans som kallade er?

8 Om ni följer den kungliga lagen,[a] den som enligt Skriften lyder: ”Du ska älska din medmänniska som dig själv”[b], då gör ni rätt. 9 Om ni favoriserar människor, så syndar ni och är enligt lagen skyldiga till att ha brutit mot den. 10 Den som håller hela lagen men bryter mot ett enda bud har brutit mot allt. 11 Han som sa: ”Du ska inte vara otrogen i ditt äktenskap” har ju också sagt: ”Du ska inte mörda.”[c] Så om du mördar någon har du brutit mot lagen, även om du inte har varit otrogen i ditt äktenskap.

12 Tala och handla som de som ska dömas efter frihetens lag. 13 Domen blir obarmhärtig för den som inte har visat barmhärtighet, medan barmhärtigheten triumferar över domen.

Tro utan handlingar är bara tomma ord

14 Mina syskon, vad är det för nytta med att säga att man tror om man inte omsätter sin tro i praktisk handling? Kan en sådan tro rädda någon? 15 Om en troende bror eller syster har varken mat eller kläder, 16 räcker det då med att säga till dem: ”Var lugna. Klä er varmt och ät ordentligt”, om ni inte ger dem vad de behöver?

17 Så är det alltså med tron. Om den inte omsätts i praktisk handling är den i sig själv död.

18 Nu kanske någon invänder: ”Har du tro, så har jag gärningar.” Visa[d] mig din tro utan gärningar, så kan jag utifrån mina gärningar visa dig min tro. 19 Du tror att det finns en Gud. Det är bra. Det tror till och med de onda andarna och darrar. 20 Inser du inte, du tanklösa människa, att tron är meningslös om den inte omsätts i praktisk handling?

21 Var inte vår förfader Abraham rättfärdig därför att han var villig att offra sin son Isak på altaret?[e] 22 Du ser att hans tro samverkade med hans gärningar, och hans tro fullkomnades i och med att den omsattes i praktisk handling. 23 Genom detta uppfylldes det som står i Skriften: ”Abraham trodde Gud, och därför räknades han som rättfärdig”[f] och kallades Guds vän[g]. 24 Ni ser alltså att människan blir rättfärdig på grund av sina handlingar och inte bara genom tro.

25 Så var det ju också med Rachav, den prostituerade kvinnan: hon blev rättfärdig genom sina handlingar när hon tog emot budbärarna i sitt hus och släppte ut dem en annan väg. 26 Liksom en kropp utan livsande är död, så är en tro som inte omsätts i praktisk handling död.

Footnotes

  1. 2:8 I Matt 7:12; 22:39-40 kallar Jesus detta bud för det viktigaste av alla.
  2. 2:8 Se 3 Mos 19:18.
  3. 2:11 Se 2 Mos 20:13-14 och 5 Mos 5:17-18.
  4. 2:18 Här är det Jakob som talar igen.
  5. 2:21 Jfr 1 Mos 22:1-19.
  6. 2:23 Ordagrant: och räknades det honom till rättfärdighet.Se 1 Mos 15:6.
  7. 2:23 Jfr Jes 41:8.
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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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