James 2:20

American Standard Version (1901)

But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith apart from works is barren?

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  • Prov 12:11 : 11 He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread; But he that followeth after vain [persons] is void of understanding.
  • Gal 5:6 : 6 For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth anything, nor uncircumcision; but faith working through love.
  • Rom 1:21 : 21 because that, knowing God, they glorified him not as God, neither gave thanks; but became vain in their reasonings, and their senseless heart was darkened.
  • Jas 2:26 : 26 For as the body apart from the spirit is dead, even so faith apart from works is dead.
  • Gal 6:3 : 3 For if a man thinketh himself to be something when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself.
  • Col 2:8 : 8 Take heed lest there shall be any one that maketh spoil of you through his philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ:
  • 1 Tim 1:6 : 6 from which things some having swerved have turned aside unto vain talking;
  • Titus 1:10 : 10 For there are many unruly men, vain talkers and deceivers, specially they of the circumcision,
  • Jas 1:26 : 26 If any man thinketh himself to be religious, while he bridleth not his tongue but deceiveth his heart, this man's religion is vain.
  • Jas 2:17 : 17 Even so faith, if it have not works, is dead in itself.
  • Jer 2:5 : 5 thus saith Jehovah, What unrighteousness have your fathers found in me, that they are gone far from me, and have walked after vanity, and are become vain?
  • Job 11:11-12 : 11 For he knoweth false men: He seeth iniquity also, even though he consider it not. 12 But vain man is void of understanding, Yea, man is born [as] a wild ass's colt.
  • Ps 94:8-9 : 8 Consider, ye brutish among the people; And ye fools, when will ye be wise? 9 He that planted the ear, shall he not hear? He that formed the eye, shall he not see? 10 He that chastiseth the nations, shall not he correct, [Even] he that teacheth man knowledge? 11 Jehovah knoweth the thoughts of man, That they are vanity.
  • 1 Cor 15:35-36 : 35 But some one will say, How are the dead raised? and with what manner of body do they come? 36 Thou foolish one, that which thou thyself sowest is not quickened except it die:

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  • Jas 2:14-19
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    14What doth it profit, my brethren, if a man say he hath faith, but have not works? can that faith save him?

    15If a brother or sister be naked and in lack of daily food,

    16and one of you say unto them, Go in peace, be ye warmed and filled; and yet ye give them not the things needful to the body; what doth it profit?

    17Even so faith, if it have not works, is dead in itself.

    18Yea, a man will say, Thou hast faith, and I have works: show me thy faith apart from [thy] works, and I by my works will show thee [my] faith.

    19Thou believest that God is one; thou doest well: the demons also believe, and shudder.

  • Jas 2:24-26
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    24Ye see that by works a man is justified, and not only by faith.

    25And in like manner was not also Rahab the harlot justified by works, in that she received the messengers, and sent them out another way?

    26For as the body apart from the spirit is dead, even so faith apart from works is dead.

  • Jas 2:21-22
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    21Was not Abraham our father justified by works, in that he offered up Isaac his son upon the altar?

    22Thou seest that faith wrought with his works, and by works was faith made perfect;

  • Rom 4:2-6
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    2For if Abraham was justified by works, he hath whereof to glory; but not toward God.

    3For what saith the scripture? And Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned unto him for righteousness.

    4Now to him that worketh, the reward is not reckoned as of grace, but as of debt.

    5But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is reckoned for righteousness.

    6Even as David also pronounceth blessing upon the man, unto whom God reckoneth righteousness apart from works,

  • Rom 3:27-28
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    27Where then is the glorying? It is excluded. By what manner of law? of works? Nay: but by a law of faith.

    28We reckon therefore that a man is justified by faith apart from the works of the law.

  • Eph 2:8-9
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    8for by grace have ye been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, [it is] the gift of God;

    9not of works, that no man should glory.

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    22But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deluding your own selves.

    23For if any one is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a mirror:

  • Gal 2:16
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    16yet knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ, even we believed on Christ Jesus, that we might be justified by faith in Christ, and not by the works of the law: because by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified.

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    16They profess that they know God; but by their works they deny him, being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate.

  • Gal 3:4-6
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    4Did ye suffer so many things in vain? if it be indeed in vain.

    5He therefore that supplieth to you the Spirit, and worketh miracles among you, [doeth he it] by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?

    6Even as Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned unto him for righteousness.

  • Heb 11:6
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    6And without faith it is impossible to be well-pleasing [unto him] ; for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and [that] he is a rewarder of them that seek after him.

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    11Now that no man is justified by the law before God, is evident: for, The righteous shall live by faith;

    12and the law is not of faith; but, He that doeth them shall live in them.

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    8Faithful is the saying, and concerning these things I desire that thou affirm confidently, to the end that they who have believed God may be careful to maintain good works. These things are good and profitable unto men:

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    26If any man thinketh himself to be religious, while he bridleth not his tongue but deceiveth his heart, this man's religion is vain.

  • John 6:28-29
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    28They said therefore unto him, What must we do, that we may work the works of God?

    29Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent.

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    7For let not that man think that he shall receive anything of the Lord;

  • 1 Cor 15:36
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    36Thou foolish one, that which thou thyself sowest is not quickened except it die:

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    3Knowing that the proving of your faith worketh patience.

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    4Behold, his soul is puffed up, it is not upright in him; but the righteous shall live by his faith.

  • Jas 1:20
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    20for the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God.

  • Gal 5:6
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    6For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth anything, nor uncircumcision; but faith working through love.

  • Gal 6:3
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    3For if a man thinketh himself to be something when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself.

  • Rom 1:17
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    17For therein is revealed a righteousness of God from faith unto faith: as it is written, But the righteous shall live by faith.

  • Rom 2:13
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    13for not the hearers of the law are just before God, but the doers of the law shall be justified:

  • Eph 2:1
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    1And you [did he make alive], when ye were dead through your trespasses and sins,

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    6But if it is by grace, it is no more of works: otherwise grace is no more grace.

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    6who will render to every man according to his works:

  • Titus 3:14
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    14And let our [people] also learn to maintain good works for necessary uses, that they be not unfruitful.

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    3And reckonest thou this, O man, who judgest them that practise such things, and doest the same, that thou shalt escape the judgment of God?

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    38But my righteous one shall live by faith: And if he shrink back, my soul hath no pleasure in him.

  • Rom 3:3
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    3For what if some were without faith? shall their want of faith make of none effect the faithfulness of God?