James · Bible in Simple Spanish (2026)
James 2 Bible in Simple Spanish (2026)
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1 Hermanos míos, no tengan favoritismo mientras mantienen la fe en nuestro Señor Jesucristo, el Señor de gloria.
1 My brothers, don’t hold the faith of our glorious Lord Jesus Christ with partiality.
2 Supongan que en su reunión entra un hombre con anillo de oro y ropa fina, y también entra un pobre con ropa sucia.
2 For if a man with a gold ring, in fine clothing, comes into your synagogue, and a poor man in filthy clothing also comes in,
3 Si ustedes miran con atención al que lleva ropa fina y le dicen: Siéntate aquí, en buen lugar, pero al pobre le dicen: Quédate allí de pie, o: Siéntate aquí en el suelo junto a mis pies,
3 and you pay special attention to him who wears the fine clothing and say, “Sit here in a good place;” and you tell the poor man, “Stand there,” or “Sit by my footstool”
4 ¿no están haciendo distinciones entre ustedes mismos y actuando como jueces con malos pensamientos?
4 haven’t you shown partiality among yourselves, and become judges with evil thoughts?
5 Escuchen, mis amados hermanos: ¿No escogió Dios a los pobres de este mundo para que sean ricos en fe y herederos del reino que prometió a los que lo aman?
5 Listen, my beloved brothers. Didn’t God choose those who are poor in this world to be rich in faith and heirs of the Kingdom which he promised to those who love him?
6 Pero ustedes han deshonrado al pobre. ¿No son los ricos quienes los oprimen y los arrastran ante los tribunales?
6 But you have dishonored the poor man. Don’t the rich oppress you and personally drag you before the courts?
7 ¿No son ellos quienes blasfeman el buen nombre que fue invocado sobre ustedes?
7 Don’t they blaspheme the honorable name by which you are called?
8 Si de veras cumplen la ley real conforme a la Escritura: Amarás a tu prójimo como a ti mismo, hacen bien.
8 However, if you fulfill the royal law according to the Scripture, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself,” you do well.
9 Pero si muestran favoritismo, cometen pecado y quedan condenados por la Ley como transgresores.
9 But if you show partiality, you commit sin, being convicted by the law as transgressors.
10 Porque cualquiera que guarde toda la Ley, pero tropiece en un solo punto, se hace culpable de quebrantarla toda.
10 For whoever keeps the whole law, and yet stumbles in one point, he has become guilty of all.
11 Porque el que dijo: No cometerás adulterio, también dijo: No matarás. Si no cometes adulterio, pero matas, ya te has hecho transgresor de la Ley.
11 For he who said, “Do not commit adultery,” also said, “Do not commit murder.” Now if you do not commit adultery but do murder, you have become a transgressor of the law.
12 Hablen y actúen como quienes van a ser juzgados por la ley de la libertad.
12 So speak and so do as men who are to be judged by the law of freedom.
13 Porque juicio sin misericordia habrá para el que no mostró misericordia. La misericordia triunfa sobre el juicio.
13 For judgment is without mercy to him who has shown no mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment.
14 Hermanos míos, ¿de qué sirve que alguien diga que tiene fe, si no tiene obras? ¿Podrá esa fe salvarlo?
14 What good is it, my brothers, if a man says he has faith, but has no works? Can faith save him?
15 Si un hermano o una hermana no tiene ropa ni comida para cada día,
15 And if a brother or sister is naked and in lack of daily food,
16 y alguno de ustedes les dice: Vayan en paz, abríguense y coman bien, pero no les da lo necesario para el cuerpo, ¿de qué sirve?
16 and one of you tells them, “Go in peace. Be warmed and filled;” yet you didn’t give them the things the body needs, what good is it?
17 Así también la fe, si no tiene obras, está muerta en sí misma.
17 Even so faith, if it has no works, is dead in itself.
18 Pero alguien dirá: Tú tienes fe, y yo tengo obras. Muéstrame tu fe sin tus obras, y yo te mostraré mi fe por mis obras.
18 Yes, a man will say, “You have faith, and I have works.” Show me your faith without works, and I will show you my faith by my works.
19 Tú crees que Dios es uno. Haces bien. También los demonios creen, y tiemblan.
19 You believe that God is one. You do well. The demons also believe—and shudder.
20 Pero, hombre necio, ¿quieres saber que la fe sin obras es inútil?
20 But do you want to know, vain man, that faith apart from works is dead?
21 ¿No fue Abraham, nuestro padre, justificado por obras cuando ofreció a su hijo Isaac sobre el altar?
21 Wasn’t Abraham our father justified by works, in that he offered up Isaac his son on the altar?
22 Ves que la fe actuaba junto con sus obras, y que por las obras la fe fue perfeccionada.
22 You see that faith worked with his works, and by works faith was perfected.
23 Así se cumplió la Escritura que dice: Abraham creyó a Dios, y le fue contado como justicia; y fue llamado amigo de Dios.
23 So the Scripture was fulfilled which says, “Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him as righteousness,” and he was called the friend of God.
24 Ustedes ven, pues, que el hombre es justificado por obras, y no solo por fe.
24 You see then that by works a man is justified, and not only by faith.
25 De la misma manera, ¿no fue también Rahab, la prostituta, justificada por obras cuando recibió a los mensajeros y los envió por otro camino?
25 In the same way, wasn’t Rahab the prostitute also justified by works when she received the messengers and sent them out another way?
26 Porque así como el cuerpo sin espíritu está muerto, así también la fe sin obras está muerta.
26 For as the body apart from the spirit is dead, even so faith apart from works is dead.
Cross references (26)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Proverbs 24:23; James 2:9; Leviticus 19:15; Deuteronomy 16:19; Deuteronomy 1:17
- 2 Esther 3:10; Luke 15:22; Matthew 11:8–9; Zechariah 3:3–4; Esther 8:2
- 3 2 Corinthians 8:9; James 2:6; Luke 7:44–46; Isaiah 65:5; Jude 16
- 4 John 7:24; Job 34:19; Matthew 7:1–5; Psalm 82:2; James 4:11
- 5 Matthew 5:3; Luke 6:20; Revelation 2:9; 1 Corinthians 1:26–28; 2 Corinthians 8:9
- 6 Proverbs 17:5; Proverbs 14:31; 1 Corinthians 11:22; Psalm 14:6; James 5:4
- 7 Philippians 2:9–11; Psalm 111:9; Ephesians 3:15; 1 Timothy 1:13; Revelation 13:5–6
- 8 Leviticus 19:18; Galatians 5:14; Matthew 22:39; Romans 13:8–9; James 2:12
- 9 Leviticus 19:15; James 2:1–4; John 8:9; 1 John 3:4; Romans 3:20
- 10 Galatians 3:10; Matthew 5:18–19; Deuteronomy 27:26
- 11 Exodus 20:13–14; Matthew 5:21–28; Deuteronomy 5:17–18; Romans 13:9; Matthew 19:18
- 12 James 1:25; James 2:8; Philippians 4:8; 2 Peter 1:4–8; Colossians 3:17
- 13 Matthew 5:7; Matthew 6:15; Proverbs 21:13; Luke 6:37; Ephesians 2:4–7
- 14 Matthew 7:26–27; Matthew 7:21–23; James 1:22–25; Luke 6:49; Titus 1:16
- 15 Luke 3:11; Matthew 25:35–40; Isaiah 58:7; Job 31:16–21; Isaiah 58:10
- 16 Proverbs 3:27–28; 1 John 3:16–18; Matthew 25:42–45; Romans 12:9; 2 Corinthians 8:8
- 17 James 2:26; 2 Peter 1:5–9; James 2:19–20; James 2:14; 1 Corinthians 13:13
- 18 James 3:13; James 2:14; 1 Timothy 1:5; Galatians 5:6; Titus 2:11–14
- 19 Luke 4:34; Mark 1:24; Matthew 8:29; Acts 16:17; Deuteronomy 6:4
- 20 James 2:17; James 2:26; Proverbs 12:11; Romans 1:21; Psalm 94:8–11
- 21 Genesis 22:16–18; Genesis 22:9–12; John 8:39; Matthew 12:37; Romans 4:16
- 22 1 Thessalonians 1:3; Hebrews 11:17–19; Galatians 5:6; 1 John 2:5; James 2:18
- 23 Genesis 15:6; Isaiah 41:8; 2 Chronicles 20:7; Galatians 3:6; Romans 4:22–24
- 24 James 2:21–22; James 2:15–18
- 25 Hebrews 11:31; Joshua 6:22–25; Joshua 2:19–21; Joshua 2:15; Joshua 2:4
- 26 James 2:20; James 2:17; James 2:14; Ecclesiastes 12:7; Job 34:14–15
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… by these things, but that they were given as a sign to the people, this fact shows,-- that Abraham himself, without circumcision and without observance of Sabbaths, "believed God, and it was imputed unto him for righteousness; and he was called the friend of God." Then, again, Lot, without circumcision, was brought out from Sodom, receiving salvation from God.
Forgive her, O Lord, forgive her, I beseech Thee; "enter not into judgment" with her. Let Thy mercy be exalted above Thy justice, because Thy words are true, and Thou hast promised mercy unto "the merciful;" which Thou gavest them to be who wilt "have mercy" on whom Thou wilt "have mercy," and wilt "have compassion" on whom Thou hast …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 1 (1886)
He was justified not only by works, but also by faith: for though he did many things well, yet he was never called the friend of God, except when he believed.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)
For faith apart from works is dead, and so likewise are works apart from faith.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 9 (1899)
… the whole city of God in its pilgrim state, for it cries to God by the mouth of all its members, "Forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors." And this prayer is efficacious not for those whose faith is "without works and dead," but for those whose faith "worketh by love." For as reason, though subjected to God, …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)