James · Scío de San Miguel New Testament (1797)
James 2 Scío de San Miguel New Testament (1797)
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- New Testament only, translated from the Latin Vulgate.
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1 Hermanos mios, no queráis poner la fé de la gloria de nuestro Señor Jesu-Christo en acepción de personas.
1 My brothers, don’t hold the faith of our glorious Lord Jesus Christ with partiality.
2 Porque si entráre en vuestro congreso algún varón, que tenga anillo de oro con vestidura preciosa, y entráre también un pobre con vestido humilde,
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 Y atendiendo al que viene vestido magníficamente, le dixereis: Tú siéntate aquí en éste buen lugar: y dixereis al pobre: Estate tú allá en pie; ó siéntate aquí debaxo del estrado de 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 es cierto, que hacéis distinción dentro de vosotros mismos, y que sois jueces de pensamientos iniquos?
4 haven’t you shown partiality among yourselves, and become judges with evil thoughts?
5 Oid, hermanos míos muy amados, ¿por ventura no ha elegido Dios á los pobres de éste mundo, para ser ricos en fé, y herederos del reyno, que prometió Dios á los que le 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 Vosotros al contrario habéis afrentado al pobre. ¿Los ricos no os apremian con su poder, y os arrastran ellos mismos á los juzgados?
6 But you have dishonored the poor man. Don’t the rich oppress you and personally drag you before the courts?
7 ¿No blaspheman ellos el buen nombre, que ha sido invocado sobre vosotros?
7 Don’t they blaspheme the honorable name by which you are called?
8 Si cumplis la Ley real conforme á las Escrituras: Amarás á tu próximo como á tí mismo, bien hacéis:
8 However, if you fulfill the royal law according to the Scripture, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself,” you do well.
9 Mas si teneis acepción de personas, cometéis pecado, siendo reprehendidos por la Ley como transgresores.
9 But if you show partiality, you commit sin, being convicted by the law as transgressors.
10 Porque qualquiera, que hubiere guardado toda la Ley, y faltáre en un solo punto, se ha hecho culpable de todo.
10 For whoever keeps the whole law, and yet stumbles in one point, he has become guilty of all.
11 Porque el que dixo: No cometerás adulterio, dixo también: No matarás. Y si matares, aunque no hayas cometido adulterio, eres 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 Así hablad, y así haced, como que empezáis á ser juzgados por la ley de libertad.
12 So speak and so do as men who are to be judged by the law of freedom.
13 Porque se hará juicio sin misericordia, á aquel que no usó de misericordia: y la misericordia triunfa sobre el juicio.
13 For judgment is without mercy to him who has shown no mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment.
14 ¿Qué aprovechará, hermanos míos, á uno que dice, que tiene fé, si no tiene obras? ¿Por ventura podrá la fé salvarlo?
14 What good is it, my brothers, if a man says he has faith, but has no works? Can faith save him?
15 Y si un hermano, ó una hermana estuvieren desnudos, y les faltare el alimento quotidiano.
15 And if a brother or sister is naked and in lack of daily food,
16 Y les dixere alguno de vosotros: Id en paz, calentaos, y hartaos: y no les diereis lo que han menester para el cuerpo, ¿qué les aprovechará?
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 fé, si no tuviere obras, muerta es en sí misma.
17 Even so faith, if it has no works, is dead in itself.
18 Pero dirá alguno: Tú tienes la fé, y yo tengo las obras. Muéstrame tu fé sin obras: y yo te mostraré mi fé por las 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 lo creen, y tiemblan.
19 You believe that God is one. You do well. The demons also believe—and shudder.
20 ¿Pero quieres saber, ó hombre vano, que la fé sin las obras es muerta?
20 But do you want to know, vain man, that faith apart from works is dead?
21 ¿Por ventura Abraham nuestro padre, no fué justificado por las obras, ofreciendo á 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 ¿No ves, como la fé acompañaba á sus obras, y que la fé fué perfecta por las obras?
22 You see that faith worked with his works, and by works faith was perfected.
23 Y se cumplió la Escritura, que dice: Abraham creyó á Dios, y le fué imputado á justicia, y fué 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 ¿No veis como por las obras es justificado el hombre, y no por la fé solamente?
24 You see then that by works a man is justified, and not only by faith.
25 Asimismo Rahab, siendo una ramera, ¿no fué justificada por obras, recibiendo los mensageros, y sacándolos 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 el espíritu es muerto, así también la fé sin obras es 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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