Comparison
James 2
Douay-Rheims and Vulgata Clementina, verse by verse.
| Douay-Rheims | Vulgata Clementina | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | My brethren, have not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ of glory with respect of persons. | Fratres mei, nolite in personarum acceptione habere fidem Domini nostri Iesu Christi gloriae. |
| 2 | For if there shall come into your assembly a man having a golden ring, in fine apparel, and there shall come in also a poor man in mean attire, | Etenim si introierit in conventum vestrum vir aureum annulum habens in veste candida, introierit autem et pauper in sordido habitu, |
| 3 | And you have respect to him that is clothed with the fine apparel, and shall say to him: Sit thou here well; but say to the poor man: Stand thou there, or sit under my footstool: | et intendatis in eum qui indutus est veste praeclara, et dixeritis ei: Tu sede hic bene: pauperi autem dicatis: Tu sta illic; aut sede sub scabello pedum meorum: |
| 4 | Do you not judge within yourselves, and are become judges of unjust thoughts? | nonne iudicatis apud vosmetipsos, et facti estis iudices cogitationum iniquarum? |
| 5 | Hearken, my dearest brethren: hath not God chosen the poor in this world, rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which God hath promised to them that love him? | Audite, fratres mei dilectissimi: nonne Deus elegit pauperes in hoc mundo, divites in fide, et haeredes regni, quod repromisit Deus diligentibus se? |
| 6 | But you have dishonoured the poor man. Do not the rich oppress you by might? and do not they draw you before the judgment seats? | vos autem exhonorastis pauperem. Nonne divites per potentiam opprimunt vos, et ipsi trahunt vos ad iudicia? |
| 7 | Do not they blaspheme the good name that is invoked upon you? | nonne ipsi blasphemant bonum nomen, quod invocatum est super vos? |
| 8 | If then you fulfill the royal law, according to the scriptures, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself; you do well. | Si tamen legem perficitis regalem secundum Scripturas: Diliges proximum tuum sicut teipsum: bene facitis: |
| 9 | But if you have respect to persons, you commit sin, being reproved by the law as transgressors. | si autem personas accipitis, peccatum operamini, redarguti a lege quasi transgressores. |
| 10 | And whosoever shall keep the whole law, but offend in one point, is become guilty of all. | Quicumque autem totam legem servaverit, offendat autem in uno, factus est omnium reus. |
| 11 | For he that said, Thou shalt not commit adultery, said also, Thou shalt not kill. Now if thou do not commit adultery, but shalt kill, thou art become a transgressor of the law. | Qui enim dixit: Non moechaberis, dixit et: Non occides. Quod si non moechaberis, occides autem, factus es transgressor legis. |
| 12 | So speak ye, and so do, as being to be judged by the law of liberty. | Sic loquimini, et sic facite sicut per legem libertatis incipientes iudicari. |
| 13 | For judgment without mercy to him that hath not done mercy. And mercy exalteth itself above judgment. | Iudicium enim sine misericordia illi qui non fecit misericordiam: superexaltat autem misericordia iudicium. |
| 14 | What shall it profit, my brethren, if a man say he hath faith, but hath not works? Shall faith be able to save him? | Quid proderit, fratres mei, si fidem quis dicat se habere, opera autem non habeat? numquid poterit fides salvare eum? |
| 15 | And if a brother or sister be naked, and want daily food: | Si autem frater et soror nudi sint, et indigeant victu quotidiano, |
| 16 | And one of you say to them: Go in peace, be ye warmed and filled; yet give them not those things that are necessary for the body, what shall it profit? | dicat autem aliquis ex vobis illis: Ite in pace, calefacimini et saturamini: non dederitis autem eis quae necessaria sunt corpori, quid proderit? |
| 17 | So faith also, if it have not works, is dead in itself. | Sic et fides, si non habeat opera, mortua est in semetipsa. |
| 18 | But some man will say: Thou hast faith, and I have works: shew me thy faith without works; and I will shew thee, by works, my faith. | Sed dicet quis: Tu fidem habes, et ego opera habeo: ostende mihi fidem tuam sine operibus: et ego ostendam tibi ex operibus fidem meam. |
| 19 | Thou believest that there is one God. Thou dost well: the devils also believe and tremble. | Tu credis quoniam unus est Deus: bene facis: et daemones credunt, et contremiscunt. |
| 20 | But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead? | Vis autem scire, o homo inanis, quoniam fides sine operibus mortua est? |
| 21 | Was not Abraham our father justified by works, offering up Isaac his son upon the altar? | Abraham pater noster nonne ex operibus iustificatus est, offerens Isaac filium suum super altare? |
| 22 | Seest thou, that faith did co-operate with his works; and by works faith was made perfect? | Vides quoniam fides cooperabatur operibus illius: et ex operibus fides consummata est? |
| 23 | And the scripture was fulfilled, saying: Abraham believed God, and it was reputed to him to justice, and he was called the friend of God. | Et suppleta est Scriptura, dicens: Credidit Abraham Deo, et reputatum est illi ad iustitiam, et amicus Dei appellatus est. |
| 24 | Do you see that by works a man is justified; and not by faith only? | Videtis quoniam ex operibus iustificatur homo, et non ex fide tantum? |
| 25 | And in like manner also Rahab the harlot, was not she justified by works, receiving the messengers, and sending them out another way? | Similiter et Rahab meretrix, nonne ex operibus iustificata est, suscipiens nuntios, et alia via eiiciens? |
| 26 | For even as the body without the spirit is dead; so also faith without works is dead. | Sicut enim corpus sine spiritu mortuum est, ita et fides sine operibus mortua est. |
