James 2:9 - Plain English Version9 But if you are good to some people but hard on other people, you are doing the wrong thing. You are not following that law. Ver CapítuloMás versionesKing James Version (Oxford) 17699 but if ye have respect to persons, ye commit sin, and are convinced of the law as transgressors. Ver CapítuloAmplified Bible - Classic Edition9 But if you show servile regard (prejudice, favoritism) for people, you commit sin and are rebuked and convicted by the Law as violators and offenders. Ver CapítuloAmerican Standard Version (1901)9 but if ye have respect of persons, ye commit sin, being convicted by the law as transgressors. Ver CapítuloCommon English Bible9 But when you show favoritism, you are committing a sin, and by that same law you are exposed as a lawbreaker. Ver CapítuloCatholic Public Domain Version9 But if you show favoritism to persons, then you commit a sin, having been convicted again by the law as transgressors. Ver Capítulo |
You see, I used to try to follow that law, so that law controlled me. I tried to do everything in that law, but I couldn’t do it, so the law said that I had to die. But then I stopped thinking about that law, and I turned around to follow Jesus, and now he controls me, and God makes me properly alive. And you know that Jesus died on a cross. Well, I believe in Jesus, so it is like I died there too. But Jesus is alive now, so I’m alive now too. You see, Jesus lives inside me, right here in my body. And he gets me to do the things that God wants me to do. He is God’s son. He loved me, and he gave up his life and died for me.