James 2:17

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Even so faith without works is dead.

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  • Jas 2:26 : 26 For as the body without the spirit is dead even so faith without works is dead.
  • 1 Tim 1:5 : 5 But the effect of the order is love coming from a clean heart, and a knowledge of what is right, and true faith:
  • Jas 2:14 : 14 What use is it, my brothers, for a man to say that he has faith, if he does nothing? will such a faith give him salvation?
  • Jas 2:19-20 : 19 You have the belief that God is one, and you do well: the evil spirits have the same belief, shaking with fear. 20 Do you not see, O foolish man, that faith without works is of no use?
  • 2 Pet 1:5-9 : 5 So, for this very cause, take every care; joining virtue to faith, and knowledge to virtue, 6 And self-control to knowledge, and a quiet mind to self-control, and fear of God to a quiet mind, 7 And love of the brothers to fear of God, and to love of the brothers, love itself. 8 For if you have these things in good measure, they will make you fertile and full of fruit in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. 9 For the man who has not these things is blind, seeing only what is near, having no memory of how he was made clean from his old sins.
  • 1 Cor 13:13 : 13 But now we still have faith, hope, love, these three; and the greatest of these is love.
  • 1 Thess 1:3 : 3 Having ever in mind your work of faith and acts of love and the strength of your hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, before our God and Father;
  • 1 Cor 13:3 : 3 And if I give all my goods to the poor, and if I give my body to be burned, but have not love, it is of no profit to me.

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  • Jas 2:24-26
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    24You see that a man's righteousness is judged by his works and not by his faith only.

    25And in the same way, was not the righteousness of Rahab, the loose woman, judged by her works, when she took into her house those who were sent and let them go out by another way?

    26For as the body without the spirit is dead even so faith without works is dead.

  • Jas 2:18-22
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    18But a man may say, You have faith and I have works; let me see your faith without your works, and I will make my faith clear to you by my works.

    19You have the belief that God is one, and you do well: the evil spirits have the same belief, shaking with fear.

    20Do you not see, O foolish man, that faith without works is of no use?

    21Was not the righteousness of Abraham our father judged by his works, when he made an offering of Isaac his son on the altar?

    22You see that his faith was helping his works and was made complete by them;

  • Jas 2:13-16
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    13For the man who has had no mercy will be judged without mercy, but mercy takes pride in overcoming judging.

    14What use is it, my brothers, for a man to say that he has faith, if he does nothing? will such a faith give him salvation?

    15If a brother or a sister is without clothing and in need of the day's food,

    16And one of you says to them, Go in peace, be warm and full of food; but you do not give them the things of which their bodies have need, what profit is there in this?

  • Rom 4:4-6
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    4Now, the reward is credited to him who does works, not as of grace but as a debt.

    5But to him who without working has faith in him who gives righteousness to the evil-doer, his faith is put to his account as righteousness.

    6As David says that there is a blessing on the man to whose account God puts righteousness without works, saying,

  • Gal 3:5-6
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    5He who gives you the Spirit, and does works of power among you, is it by the works of law, or by the hearing of faith?

    6Even as Abraham had faith in God, and it was put to his account as righteousness.

  • Rom 3:27-28
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    27What reason, then, is there for pride? It is shut out. By what sort of law? of works? No, but by a law of faith.

    28For this reason, then, a man may get righteousness by faith without the works of the law.

  • Eph 2:8-9
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    8Because by grace you have salvation through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is given by God:

    9Not by works, so that no man may take glory to himself.

  • Gal 2:16
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    16Being conscious that a man does not get righteousness by the works of the law, but through faith in Jesus Christ, we had faith in Christ Jesus, so that we might get righteousness by faith in Christ, and not by the works of the law: because by the works of the law will no flesh get righteousness.

  • Rom 11:6
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    6But if it is of grace, then it is no longer of works: or grace would not be grace.

  • Rom 1:17
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    17For in it there is the revelation of the righteousness of God from faith to faith: as it is said in the holy Writings, The man who does righteousness will be living by his faith.

  • Rom 4:2
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    2For if Abraham got righteousness by works, he has reason for pride; but not before God.

  • Jas 1:22-23
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    22But be doers of the word, and not only hearers of it, blinding yourselves with false ideas.

    23Because if any man is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man looking at his natural face in a glass;

  • Heb 4:2
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    2And, truly, the good news came to us, even as it did to them; but the hearing of the word did them no good, because they were not united in faith with the true hearers.

  • Gal 5:6
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    6Because in Christ Jesus, having circumcision or not having circumcision are equally of no profit; but only faith working through love.

  • Rom 10:17
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    17So faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ.

  • Gal 3:11-12
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    11Now that no man gets righteousness by the law in the eyes of God, is clear; because, The upright will be living by faith.

    12And the law is not of faith; but, He who does them will have life by them.

  • Titus 3:8
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    8This is a true saying; and it is my desire that you may give certain witness about these things, so that those who have had faith in God may give attention to good works. These things are good and of profit to men;

  • Heb 11:1
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    1Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, and the sign that the things not seen are true.

  • Heb 11:6
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    6And without faith it is not possible to be well-pleasing to him, for it is necessary for anyone who comes to God to have the belief that God is, and that he is a rewarder of all those who make a serious search for him.

  • Rom 10:8
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    8But what does it say? The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart: that is, the word of faith of which we are the preachers:

  • Titus 1:16
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    16They say that they have knowledge of God, while by their acts they are turning their backs on him; they are hated by all, hard-hearted, and judged to be without value for any good work.

  • 2 Cor 4:12
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    12So then, death is working in us, but life in you.

  • John 10:37
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    37If I am not doing the works of my Father, do not have belief in me;

  • Jas 1:3
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    3Because you have the knowledge that the testing of your faith gives you the power of going on in hope;

  • Rom 3:3
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    3And if some have no faith, will that make the faith of God without effect?

  • Titus 3:14
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    14And let our people go on with good works for necessary purposes, so that they may not be without fruit.

  • 1 Cor 15:16-17
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    16For if it is not possible for the dead to come to life again, then Christ has not come to life again:

    17And if that is so, your faith is of no effect; you are still in your sins.

  • 2 Thess 3:10
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    10For even when we were with you we gave you orders, saying, If any man does no work, let him not have food.

  • 1 Tim 5:8
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    8If anyone has no care for his family and those in his house, he is false to the faith, and is worse than one who has no faith.

  • Eph 2:1
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    1And to you did he give life, when you were dead through your wrongdoing and sins,

  • Jas 1:26
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    26If a man seems to have religion and has no control over his tongue but lets himself be tricked by what is false, this man's religion is of no value.

  • Gal 3:9
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    9So then those who are of faith have a part in the blessing of Abraham who was full of faith.

  • Heb 11:3
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    3By faith it is clear to us that the order of events was fixed by the word of God, so that what is seen has not been made from things which only seem to be.