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Listen, my beloved brethren: Has God not chosen the poor of this world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom which He promised to those who love Him?
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But you have dishonored the poor man. Do not the rich oppress you and drag you into the courts?
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Do they not blaspheme that noble name by which you are called?
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If you really fulfill the royal law according to the Scripture, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself," you do well;
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but if you show partiality, you commit sin, and are convicted by the law as transgressors.
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For whoever shall keep the whole law, and yet stumble in one point, he is guilty of all.
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For He who said, "Do not commit adultery," also said, "Do not murder." Now if you do not commit adultery, but you do murder, you have become a transgressor of the law.
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So speak and so do as those who will be judged by the law of liberty.
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For judgment is without mercy to the one who has shown no mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment.
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What does it profit, my brethren, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can faith save him?
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If a brother or sister is naked and destitute of daily food,