Jakubov 2

1 Bratia moji, nespájajte vieru v nášho Pána slávy, Ježiša Krista, s nadŕžaním osobám.2 Lebo ak príde na vaše zhromaždenie muž so zlatým prsteňom a v skvostnom rúchu a príde aj chudobný v chatrnom odeve3 a vy si všimnete toho, ktorý je oblečený do nádherného rúcha, a poviete: „Ty sa posaď pekne tu!“, ale chudobnému poviete: „Ty si staň tam, alebo si sadni k mojej podnožke!“,4 vari nerobíte rozdiely medzi sebou a nestali ste sa zlomyseľnými sudcami?!5 Počúvajte, moji milovaní bratia! Nevyvolil Boh tých, čo sú vo svete chudobní, aby boli bohatí vo viere a dedičia kráľovstva, ktoré prisľúbil tým, čo ho milujú?6 A vy ste chudobného znevážili! Neutláčajú vás práve bohatí a nevláčia vás práve oni po súdoch?7 A nerúhajú sa práve oni vznešenému menu, ktoré sa vzývalo nad vami?8 Ak však uskutočňujete kráľovský zákon podľa Písma: „Milovať budeš svojho blížneho ako seba samého!“, dobre robíte.9 Ale ak nadŕžate osobám, páchate hriech a zákon vás usvedčuje z priestupku.10 Kto by totiž zachoval celý zákon, ale prestúpil by ho v jednom prikázaní, previnil by sa proti všetkým.11 Lebo ten, ktorý povedal: „Nescudzoložíš,“ povedal aj: „Nezabiješ.“ A keď aj nescudzoložíš, ale zabíjaš, prestupuješ zákon.12 Hovorte a konajte ako tí, čo majú byť súdení podľa zákona slobody!13 Súd bez milosrdenstva čaká totiž toho, kto nepreukázal milosrdenstvo. Ale milosrdenstvo sa vyvyšuje nad súdom.14 Bratia moji, čo osoží, keď niekto hovorí, že má vieru, ale nemá skutky? Môže ho taká viera spasiť?15 Ak je brat alebo sestra bez šiat a chýba im každodenná obživa16 a niekto z vás by im povedal: „Choďte v pokoji! Zohrejte sa a najedzte sa!“, ale nedali by ste im, čo potrebujú pre telo, čo to osoží?!17 Tak aj viera: ak nemá skutky, je sama v sebe mŕtva.18 Ale niekto povie: „Ty máš vieru a ja mám skutky.“ Ukáž mi svoju vieru bez skutkov a ja ti zo svojich skutkov ukážem vieru.19 Veríš, že Boh je jeden? Dobre robíš. Ale aj diabli veria, a trasú sa!20 Chceš vedieť, márnivý človeče, že viera bez skutkov je neúčinná?21 Nebol náš otec Abrahám ospravedlnený zo skutkov, keď obetoval na oltári svojho syna Izáka?22 Vidíš, že viera spolupôsobila s jeho skutkami a že skutkami dosiahla viera dokonalosť.23 Tak sa splnilo Písmo, ktoré hovorí: „Abrahám uveril Bohu a to sa mu počítalo za spravodlivosť.“ A bol nazvaný Božím priateľom.24 Vidíte, že človek je ospravedlnený zo skutkov, a nie iba z viery.25 A nebola podobne ospravedlnená zo skutkov aj neviestka Rachab, keď prijala poslov a poslala ich inou cestou?26 Lebo ako telo bez ducha je mŕtve, tak je mŕtva aj viera bez skutkov.

JAMES 2

Warning against Having //Favorites

1 My friends, if you have faith in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ, you won't treat some people better than others. 2 Suppose a rich person wearing fancy clothes and a gold ring comes to one of your meetings. And suppose a poor person dressed in worn-out clothes also comes. 3 You must not give the best seat to the one in fancy clothes and tell the one who is poor to stand at the side or sit on the floor.

4 This is the same as saying that some people are better than others, and you would be acting like a crooked judge.
5 My dear friends, pay attention. God has given a lot of faith to the poor people in this world. God has also promised them a share in his kingdom that he will give to everyone who loves him. 6 You mistreat the poor. But isn't it the rich who boss you around and drag you off to court?

7 Aren't they the ones who make fun of your Lord?
8  t You will do all right, if you obey the most important lawt in the Scriptures. It is the law that commands us to love others as much as we love ourselves.

9 But if you treat some people better than others, you have done wrong, and the Scriptures teach that you have sinned.
10  t If you obey every law except one, you are still guilty of breaking them all.

11 t The same God who told us to be faithful in marriage also told us not to murder. So even if you are faithful in marriage, but murder someone, you still have broken God's Law.
12 Speak and act like people who will be judged by the law that sets us free.

13 Do this, because on the day of judgment there will be no pity for those who have not had pity on others. But even in judgment, God is merciful!t

Faith and Works

17 Faith that doesn't lead us to do good deeds is all alone and dead!

18 Suppose someone disagrees and says, “It is possible to have faith without doing kind deeds.”
I would answer, “Prove that you have faith without doing kind deeds, and I will prove that I have faith by doing them.”

19 You surely believe there is only one God. That's fine. Even demons believe this, and it makes them shake with fear.
20 Does some stupid person want proof that faith without deeds is useless? 21 t Well, our ancestor Abraham pleased God by putting his son Isaac on the altar to sacrifice him. 22 Now you see how Abraham's faith and deeds worked together. He proved his faith was real by what he did.

23 t This is what the Scriptures mean by saying, “Abraham had faith in God, and God accepted him.” That's how Abraham became God's friend.
24 You can now see that we please God by what we do and not only by what we believe.

25 t For example, Rahab had been a prostitute. But she pleased God when she welcomed the spies and sent them home by another way.
26 Anyone who doesn't breathe is dead, and faith that doesn't do anything is just as dead!