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James 2:11-14 New English Translation (NET)

11. For he who said, “Do not commit adultery,” also said, “Do not murder.” Now if you do not commit adultery but do commit murder, you have become a violator of the law.

12. Speak and act as those who will be judged by a law that gives freedom.

13. For judgment is merciless for the one who has shown no mercy. But mercy triumphs over judgment.

14. What good is it, my brothers and sisters, if someone claims to have faith but does not have works? Can this kind of faith save him?

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