James starts chapter 2 condemning discrimination of the poor and the show of favouritism to the rich and well dressed. "Has not God chosen the poor to be rich in faith and inherit the kingdom?... love your neighbour as yourself... but if you show favouritism you sin... and mercy triumphs over judgement... for what good is it if someone brags about faith but doesn't practice it?... for faith not accompanied by action is dead... Abraham's faith and actions were shown together when he offered his son Isaac on the altar... Abraham believed God and it was credited to him for righteousness... so you can see that a person is justified by what he does and not by faith alone... the same is the case with Rahab the prostitute who lodged the spies and sent them off in a different direction... so faith without deeds is dead".
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