James chapter 2

In the second chapter of James, he covers the issue of faith that works, verses faith that is dead. He begins right away telling us that as believers in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ, we are not to show partiality among people, especially when we enter a place of worship. He reminds us that as believers we are heirs of the kingdom of heaven, we have a noble name, and we live by the royal law, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself." Then he said in verses 12-13, "So speak and so act as those who are to be judged by the law of liberty. For judgment is without mercy to the one who has shown no mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment." James then explained that true faith works, and he gave two examples of Abraham and Rahab the harlot. Both of them believed God, and then did something. Abraham was the patriarch of the Jewish faith, and one was a Gentile sinful woman, but in faith, they are both on even ground at the cross.