James · Tyndale New Testament (1534)
James 2 Tyndale New Testament (1534)
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- New Testament only; original spelling.
1 Brethren have not the fayth of oure lorde Iesus Christ the lorde of glory in respecte of persons.
1 My brothers, don’t hold the faith of our glorious Lord Jesus Christ with partiality.
2 Yf ther come into youre company a man with a golden rynge and in goodly aparell and ther come in also a poore man in vyle rayment
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 and ye have a respecte to him that weareth the gaye clothynge and saye vnto him. Sit thou here in a good place: and saye vnto the poore stonde thou there or sit here vnder my fotestole:
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 are ye not parciall in youre selves and have iudged after evyll thoughtes?
4 haven’t you shown partiality among yourselves, and become judges with evil thoughts?
5 Harken my deare beloved brethren. Hath not God chosen the poore of this worlde which are ryche in fayth and heyres of the kyngdom which he promysed to them that love him?
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 But ye have despised the poore. Are not the rych they which opresse you: and they which drawe you before iudges?
6 But you have dishonored the poor man. Don’t the rich oppress you and personally drag you before the courts?
7 Do not they speake evyll of that good name after which ye be named.
7 Don’t they blaspheme the honorable name by which you are called?
8 Yf ye fulfill the royall lawe accordynge to the scripture which sayth. Thou shallt love thyne neghbour as thy silfe ye do well.
8 However, if you fulfill the royal law according to the Scripture, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself,” you do well.
9 But yf ye regarde one person more then another ye commit synne and are rebuked of the lawe as transgressours.
9 But if you show partiality, you commit sin, being convicted by the law as transgressors.
10 Whosoever shall kepe the whole lawe and yet fayle in one poynt he is gyltie in all.
10 For whoever keeps the whole law, and yet stumbles in one point, he has become guilty of all.
11 For he that sayd. Thou shallt not commit adulterie sayed also: thou shallt not kyll. Though thou do none adulterie yet yf thou kill thou arte a transgresser of the lawe.
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 So speake ye and so do as they that shalbe iudged by the lawe of libertie.
12 So speak and so do as men who are to be judged by the law of freedom.
13 For ther shalbe iudgement merciles to him that sheweth no mercy and mercy reioyseth agaynst iudgement:
13 For judgment is without mercy to him who has shown no mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment.
14 What a vayleth it my brethren though a man saye he hath fayth when he hath no dedes? Can fayth save him?
14 What good is it, my brothers, if a man says he has faith, but has no works? Can faith save him?
15 If a brother or a sister be naked or destitute of dayly fode
15 And if a brother or sister is naked and in lack of daily food,
16 and one of you saye vnto them: Departe in peace God sende you warmnes and fode: not withstondinge ye geve the not tho thynges which are nedfull to the body: what helpeth it the?
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 Even so fayth yf it have no dedes is deed in it selfe.
17 Even so faith, if it has no works, is dead in itself.
18 Ye and a man myght saye: Thou hast fayth and I have dedes: Shewe me thy fayth by thy dedes: and I will shewe the my fayth by my dedes.
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 Belevest thou that ther is one God? Thou doest well. The devyls also beleve and tremble.
19 You believe that God is one. You do well. The demons also believe—and shudder.
20 Wilt thou vnderstonde o thou vayne man that fayth with out dedes is deed?
20 But do you want to know, vain man, that faith apart from works is dead?
21 Was not Abraham oure father iustified thorow workes when he offered Isaac his sonne vpo the aultre?
21 Wasn’t Abraham our father justified by works, in that he offered up Isaac his son on the altar?
22 Thou seist how that fayth wrought with his dedes and through the dedes was the fayth made parfect:
22 You see that faith worked with his works, and by works faith was perfected.
23 and the scripture was fulfilled which sayth: Abraham beleved God and it was reputed vnto him for rightewesnes: and he was called the frede of God.
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 Ye se then how that of dedes a man is iustified and not of fayth only.
24 You see then that by works a man is justified, and not only by faith.
25 Lyke wyse also was not Raab the harlot iustifyed thorow workes when she receaved the messengers and sent the out another waye?
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 For as the body with oute the sprete is deed even so fayth with out dedes is deed.
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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