Verse 24

You see that a person is justified by works and not by faith alone.

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  • Jas 2:15-18 : 15 If a brother or sister is without clothes and lacks daily food, 16 and one of you says to them, 'Go in peace, keep warm and be well fed,' but does not provide for their physical needs, what good is it? 17 In the same way, faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead. 18 But someone will say, 'You have faith, and I have works.' Show me your faith without works, and I will show you my faith by my works.
  • Jas 2:21-22 : 21 Was not our father Abraham justified by works when he offered up his son Isaac on the altar? 22 You see that his faith was working together with his works, and by works his faith was made perfect.
  • Ps 60:12 : 12 Is it not you, O God, who have rejected us and who do not go out with our armies?