¹不可重富轻贫

¹My brethren, hold not, in respect of persons, the faith of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ,

²如果有一个手戴金戒指、身穿华丽衣服的人，进入你们的会堂；又有一个衣衫褴褛的穷人，也进去了。

²for if there may come into your synagogue a man with gold ring, in gay raiment, and there may come in also a poor man in vile raiment,

³你们就看重那穿华丽衣服的人，说：“请坐在这好位上。”又对那个穷人说：“你站在那里。”或说：“坐在我的脚凳下边。”

³and ye may look upon him bearing the gay raiment, and may say to him, `Thou — sit thou here well,` and to the poor man may say, `Thou — stand thou there, or, Sit thou here under my footstool,` —

⁴这不是你们对人有歧视，成了心怀恶意的审判官吗？

⁴ye did not judge fully in yourselves, and did become ill-reasoning judges.

⁵我亲爱的弟兄们，请听：　神不是拣选了在世上被认为贫穷的人吗？这些人却在信心上富足，而且是承受　神的国的人。这国是　神应许赐给爱他的人的。

⁵Hearken, my brethren beloved, did not God choose the poor of this world, rich in faith, and heirs of the reign that He promised to those loving Him?

⁶然而你们却侮辱穷人。其实，那些欺压你们，拉你们上法庭的，不就是富足的人吗？

⁶and ye did dishonour the poor one; do not the rich oppress you and themselves draw you to judgment-seats;

⁷难道不是他们亵渎那召你们的尊名吗？（或译：“难道不是他们毁谤你们蒙召的美名吗？”）

⁷do they not themselves speak evil of the good name that was called upon you?

⁸你们若照着圣经所说“要爱人如己”这话，去完成这至尊的律法，你们就作对了。

⁸If, indeed, royal law ye complete, according to the Writing, `Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself,` — ye do well;

⁹如果你们凭外貌待人，就是犯罪，律法就要裁定你们是犯法的。

⁹and if ye accept persons, sin ye do work, being convicted by the law as transgressors;

¹⁰因为凡是遵守全部律法的，只要在一条上失足，就违犯所有的了。

¹⁰for whoever the whole law shall keep, and shall stumble in one [point], he hath become guilty of all;

¹¹就像那说“不可奸淫”的，也说“不可杀人”；你纵然不奸淫，却杀人，还是犯法的。

¹¹for He who is saying, `Thou mayest not commit adultery,` said also, `Thou mayest do no murder;` and if thou shalt not commit adultery, and shalt commit murder, thou hast become a transgressor of law;

¹²你们既然按着使人自由的律法受审判，就应照着这律法说话行事。

¹²so speak ye and so do, as about by a law of liberty to be judged,

¹³因为对不行怜悯的人，审判他们的时候就没有怜悯；怜悯胜过审判。

¹³for the judgment without kindness [is] to him not having done kindness, and exult doth kindness over judgment.

¹⁴信心没有行为是死的我的弟兄们，人若说他有信心，却没有行为，有什么益处呢？这信心能救他吗？

¹⁴What [is] the profit, my brethren, if faith, any one may speak of having, and works he may not have? is that faith able to save him?

¹⁵如果有弟兄或姊妹缺衣少食，

¹⁵and if a brother or sister may be naked, and may be destitute of the daily food,

¹⁶而你们中间有人对他们说：“平平安安地去吧！愿你们穿得暖，吃得饱。”却不给他们身体所需用的，那有什么用处呢？

¹⁶and any one of you may say to them, `Depart ye in peace, be warmed, and be filled,` and may not give to them the things needful for the body, what [is] the profit?

¹⁷照样，如果只有信心，没有行为，这信心就是死的。

¹⁷so also the faith, if it may not have works, is dead by itself.

¹⁸也许有人要说，你有信心，我有行为；请把你没有行为的信心指给我看，我就借着我的行为，把我的信心指给你看。

¹⁸But say may some one, Thou hast faith, and I have works, shew me thy faith out of thy works, and I will shew thee out of my works my faith:

¹⁹你信　神只有一位，你信的不错；就连鬼魔也信，却是战兢。

¹⁹thou — thou dost believe that God is one; thou dost well, and the demons believe, and they shudder!

²⁰愚昧的人哪，你愿意知道没有行为的信心是没有用的吗？

²⁰And dost thou wish to know, O vain man, that the faith apart from the works is dead?

²¹我们的祖先亚伯拉罕，把他的儿子以撒献在祭坛上，不是因行为称义吗？

²¹Abraham our father — was not he declared righteous out of works, having brought up Isaac his son upon the altar?

²²你看，他的信心与行为是一致的，信心就因着行为得到完全了；

²²dost thou see that the faith was working with his works, and out of the works the faith was perfected?

²³这正应验了经上所说的：“亚伯拉罕信　神，这就算为他的义。”他也被称为　神的朋友。

²³and fulfilled was the Writing that is saying, `And Abraham did believe God, and it was reckoned to him — to righteousness;` and, `Friend of God` he was called.

²⁴可见人称义是因着行为，不仅是因着信心。

²⁴Ye see, then, that out of works is man declared righteous, and not out of faith only;

²⁵照样，妓女喇合接待了探子，又从另一条路把他们送走，不也是因行为称义吗？

²⁵and in like manner also Rahab the harlot — was she not out of works declared righteous, having received the messengers, and by another way having sent forth?

²⁶身体没有灵魂是死的，照样，信心没有行为也是死的。

²⁶for as the body apart from the spirit is dead, so also the faith apart from the works is dead.