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James 2:12-16 New English Translation (NET)

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?

15. If a brother or sister is poorly clothed and lacks daily food,

16. and one of you says to them, “Go in peace, keep warm and eat well,” but you do not give them what the body needs, what good is it?

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