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    James Chapter 2 Bible Study

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    James discusses showing favoritism based on wealth or status. The passage cautions against prejudging or snubbing the poor in favor of the rich. It notes that God chose the poor to be heirs to the kingdom, and warns that favoring the rich could dishonor the poor. The chapter emphasizes that true faith is demonstrated through works, not just words - one cannot claim to have faith without evidence of good works, as faith without works is dead. It provides examples of Abraham and Rahab to illustrate how their faith was validated and completed through obedience and good deeds.

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    James discusses showing favoritism based on wealth or status. The passage cautions against prejudging or snubbing the poor in favor of the rich. It notes that God chose the poor to be heirs to the kingdom, and warns that favoring the rich could dishonor the poor. The chapter emphasizes that true faith is demonstrated through works, not just words - one cannot claim to have faith without evidence of good works, as faith without works is dead. It provides examples of Abraham and Rahab to illustrate how their faith was validated and completed through obedience and good deeds.

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    James discusses showing favoritism based on wealth or status. The passage cautions against prejudging or snubbing the poor in favor of the rich. It notes that God chose the poor to be heirs to the kingdom, and warns that favoring the rich could dishonor the poor. The chapter emphasizes that true faith is demonstrated through works, not just words - one cannot claim to have faith without evidence of good works, as faith without works is dead. It provides examples of Abraham and Rahab to illustrate how their faith was validated and completed through obedience and good deeds.

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    James Chapter 2 Bible Study

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    James discusses showing favoritism based on wealth or status. The passage cautions against prejudging or snubbing the poor in favor of the rich. It notes that God chose the poor to be heirs to the kingdom, and warns that favoring the rich could dishonor the poor. The chapter emphasizes that true faith is demonstrated through works, not just words - one cannot claim to have faith without evidence of good works, as faith without works is dead. It provides examples of Abraham and Rahab to illustrate how their faith was validated and completed through obedience and good deeds.

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    James Chapter 2 Bible Reading

    James 2 Amplified Bible (AMP)


    The Sin of Partiality
    2 My fellow believers, do not practice your faith in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ with an
    attitude of partiality [toward peopleshow no favoritism, no prejudice, no snobbery].
    2
    For if a man comes into your [a]meeting place [b]wearing a gold ring and [c]fine clothes,
    and a poor man in dirty clothes also comes in, 3 and you pay special attention to the one
    who wears the [d]fine clothes, and say to him, You sit here in this good seat, and you
    tell the poor man, You stand over there, or sit down [on the floor] by my footstool,
    4
    have you not discriminated among yourselves, and become judges with wrong
    motives? 5 Listen, my beloved brothers and sisters: has not God chosen the poor of this
    world to be rich in faith and [as believers to be] heirs of the kingdom which He promised
    to those who love Him? 6 But you [in contrast] have dishonored the poor man. Is it not
    the rich who oppress and exploit you, and personally drag you into the courts of law?
    7
    Do they not blaspheme the [e]precious name [of Christ] by which you are called?
    8

    If, however, you are [really] fulfilling the royal law according to the Scripture, YOU
    SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF [that is, if you have an unselfish concern for
    others and do things for their benefit] you are doing well. 9 But if you show partiality
    [prejudice, favoritism], you are committing sin and are convicted by the Law as
    offenders. 10 For whoever keeps the whole Law but stumbles in one point, he has
    become guilty of [breaking] all of it. 11 For He who said, DO NOT COMMIT ADULTERY, also
    said, DO NOT MURDER. Now if you do not commit adultery, but you murder, you have
    become [f]guilty of transgressing the [entire] Law. 12 Speak and act [consistently] as
    people who are going to be judged by the law of liberty [that moral law that frees
    obedient Christians from the bondage of sin]. 13 For judgment will be merciless to one
    who has shown no mercy; but [to the one who has shown mercy] mercy triumphs
    [victoriously] over judgment.
    Faith and Works
    14

    What is the benefit, my fellow believers, if someone claims to have faith but has no
    [good] works [as evidence]? Can that [kind of] faith save him? [No, a mere claim of faith
    is not sufficientgenuine faith produces good works.] 15 If a brother or sister is without
    [adequate] clothing and lacks [enough] food for each day, 16 and one of you says to
    them, Go in peace [with my blessing], [keep] warm and feed yourselves, but he does
    not give them the necessities for the body, what good does that do? 17 So too, faith, if it
    does not have works [to back it up], is by itself dead [inoperative and ineffective]. 18 But
    someone may say, You [claim to] have faith and I have [good] works; show me your
    [alleged] faith without the works [if you can], and I will show you my faith by my works
    [that is, by what I do].
    Amplified Bible, NIV Study Bible, Jeanne McIntosh 2016

    19

    You believe that [g]God is one; you do well [to believe that]. The demons also believe
    [that], and shudder and bristle [in awe-filled terrorthey have seen His wrath]! 20 But are
    you willing to recognize, you foolish [spiritually shallow] person, that faith without [good]
    works is useless? 21 Was our father Abraham not [shown to be] justified by works [of
    obedience which expressed his faith] when he offered Isaac his son on the altar [as a
    sacrifice to God]? 22 You see that [his] faith was working together with his works, and as
    a result of the works, his faith was completed [reaching its maturity when he expressed
    his faith through obedience]. 23 And the Scripture was fulfilled which says, ABRAHAM
    BELIEVED GOD, AND THIS [faith] WAS CREDITED TO HIM [by God] AS RIGHTEOUSNESS and AS
    24
    CONFORMITY TO HIS WILL, and he was called the friend of God.
    You see that a man
    (believer) is justified by works and not by faith alone [that is, by acts of obedience a
    born-again believer reveals his faith]. 25 In the same way, was Rahab the prostitute not
    justified by works too, when she received the [Hebrew] [h]spies as guests and protected
    them, and sent them away [to escape] by a different route? 26 For just as the [human]
    body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works [of obedience] is also dead.

    Amplified Bible, NIV Study Bible, Jeanne McIntosh 2016

    James Chapter 2 Study Guide


    Read James 2:1-7
    1.
    2.
    3.
    4.

    For what reasons do people show favoritism?


    What does God think about showing favoritism?
    Why is it wrong to judge a person by their wealth or intelligence?
    Do the poor automatically go to heaven? Why or why not?

    Read James 2:8-13


    1. According to this passage, what is the law, in how we should relate to each
    other?
    2. How do your respond to the poor differently than someone who seems to be
    wealthy?
    3. How do we measure ourselves according to God rather than what others may
    expect of us?
    4. Is one sin worse than another sin? Is there such a thing as just a little sin?
    Read James 2:14-18
    1. When someone claims to have faith, yet their conduct does not display this, can
    others believe their claim to be genuine? Why or why not?
    2. Does faith work without deeds? Discuss.
    3. Does deeds work without faith? Explain.
    Read James 2:19-25
    1. How is faith made complete and demonstrated according to this passage?
    2. Why was Rahab, who was a prostitute, considered righteous because of what
    she did?
    3. How do you show your faith to the world? Discuss.

    Amplified Bible, NIV Study Bible, Jeanne McIntosh 2016

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