James 2:14
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James 2:14
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What use is it, my brethren, if someone says he has faith but he has no works? Can that faith save him?
James 2:15
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If a brother or sister is without clothing and in need of daily food,
James 2:16
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and one of you says to them, "Go in peace, be warmed and be filled," and yet you do not give them what is necessary for {their} body, what use is that?
James 2:17
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Even so faith, if it has no works, is dead, {being} by itself.
James 2:18
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But someone may {well} say, "You have faith and I have works; show me your faith without the works, and I will show you my faith by my works."
James 2:19
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You believe that (One early ms reads {there is one God}) God is one. You do well; the demons also believe, and shudder.
James 2:20
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But are you willing to recognize, you foolish fellow, that faith without works is useless?
James 2:21
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Was not Abraham our father justified by works when he offered up Isaac his son on the altar?
James 2:22
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You see that faith was working with his works, and as a result of the works, faith was perfected;
James 2:23
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and the Scripture was fulfilled which says, "AND ABRAHAM BELIEVED GOD, AND IT WAS RECKONED TO HIM AS RIGHTEOUSNESS," and he was called the friend of God.
James 2:24
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You see that a man is justified by works and not by faith alone.
James 2:25
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In the same way, was not Rahab the harlot also justified by works when she received the messengers and sent them out by another way?
James 2:26
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For just as the body without {the} spirit is dead, so also faith without works is dead.
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