James 2:18

Bible in Basic English (1941)

But 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.

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Referenced Verses

  • Jas 3:13 : 13 Who has wisdom and good sense among you? let him make his works clear by a life of gentle wisdom.
  • Titus 2:7 : 7 In all things see that you are an example of good works; holy in your teaching, serious in behaviour,
  • Titus 2:11-14 : 11 For the grace of God has come, giving salvation to all men, 12 Training us so that, turning away from evil and the desires of this world, we may be living wisely and uprightly in the knowledge of God in this present life; 13 Looking for the glad hope, the revelation of the glory of our great God and Saviour Jesus Christ; 14 Who gave himself for us, so that he might make us free from all wrongdoing, and make for himself a people clean in heart and on fire with good works.
  • 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?
  • Gal 5:6 : 6 Because in Christ Jesus, having circumcision or not having circumcision are equally of no profit; but only faith working through love.
  • Jas 2:22-25 : 22 You see that his faith was helping his works and was made complete by them; 23 And the holy Writings were put into effect which said, And Abraham had faith in God and it was put to his account as righteousness; and he was named the friend of God. 24 You see that a man's righteousness is judged by his works and not by his faith only. 25 And 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?
  • 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:
  • Heb 11:6 : 6 And 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.
  • Heb 11:31 : 31 By faith Rahab, the loose woman, was not put to death with those who had gone against God's orders, because she had taken into her house in peace those sent to see the land.
  • Heb 11:33 : 33 Who through faith overcame kingdoms, did righteousness, got their reward, kept the mouths of lions shut,
  • 1 Thess 1:3-9 : 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; 4 Being conscious, my brothers, dear to God, that you have been marked out by God's purpose; 5 Because our good news came to you, not in word only, but in power, and in the Holy Spirit, so that you were completely certain of it; even as you saw what our behaviour to you was like from our love to you. 6 And you took us and the Lord as your example, after the word had come to you in much trouble, with joy in the Holy Spirit; 7 So that you became an example to all those who have faith in Christ in Macedonia and Achaia. 8 For not only was the word of the Lord sounding out from you in Macedonia and Achaia, but in every place your faith in God is made clear; so that we have no need to say anything. 9 For they themselves give the news of how we came among you; and how you were turned from images to God, to the worship of a true and living God, 10 Waiting for his Son from heaven, who came back from the dead, even Jesus, our Saviour from the wrath to come.
  • Matt 7:16-17 : 16 By their fruits you will get knowledge of them. Do men get grapes from thorns or figs from thistles? 17 Even so, every good tree gives good fruit; but the bad tree gives evil fruit.
  • Rom 3:28 : 28 For this reason, then, a man may get righteousness by faith without the works of the law.
  • Rom 8:1 : 1 For this cause those who are in Christ Jesus will not be judged as sinners.
  • Rom 14:23 : 23 But he who is in doubt is judged if he takes food, because he does it not in faith; and whatever is not of faith is sin.
  • 1 Cor 13:2 : 2 And if I have a prophet's power, and have knowledge of all secret things; and if I have all faith, by which mountains may be moved from their place, but have not love, I am nothing.
  • 2 Cor 5:17 : 17 So if any man is in Christ, he is in a new world: the old things have come to an end; they have truly become new.
  • 2 Cor 7:1 : 1 Because God, then, will give us such rewards, dear brothers, let us make ourselves clean from all evil of flesh and spirit, and become completely holy in the fear of God.
  • Rom 4:6 : 6 As David says that there is a blessing on the man to whose account God puts righteousness without works, saying,

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  • Jas 2:13-17
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    13 For the man who has had no mercy will be judged without mercy, but mercy takes pride in overcoming judging.

    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?

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

    16 And 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?

    17 Even so faith without works is dead.

  • Jas 2:19-26
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    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?

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

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

    23 And the holy Writings were put into effect which said, And Abraham had faith in God and it was put to his account as righteousness; and he was named the friend of God.

    24 You see that a man's righteousness is judged by his works and not by his faith only.

    25 And 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?

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

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

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

  • Rom 4:2-6
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    2 For if Abraham got righteousness by works, he has reason for pride; but not before God.

    3 But what does it say in the holy Writings? And Abraham had faith in God, and it was put to his account as righteousness.

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

    5 But 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.

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

  • Gal 2:16
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    16 Being 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.

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

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

  • Gal 3:5-6
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    5 He 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?

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

  • Rom 1:17
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    17 For 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.

  • Titus 3:8
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    8 This 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;

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

    23 Because 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;

  • John 10:37-38
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    37 If I am not doing the works of my Father, do not have belief in me;

    38 But if I am doing them, then have belief in the works even if you have no belief in me; so that you may see clearly and be certain that the Father is in me and I am in the Father.

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

  • John 6:28-29
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    28 Then they said to him, How may we do the works of God?

    29 Jesus, answering, said to them, This is to do the work of God: to have faith in him whom God has sent.

  • Gal 6:4
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    4 But let every man make test of his work, and then will his cause for glory be in himself only, and not in his neighbour.

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

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

  • Rom 10:8
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    8 But 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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    16 They 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.

  • Rom 14:22
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    22 The faith which you have, have it to yourself before God. Happy is the man who is not judged by that to which he gives approval.

  • Heb 11:6
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    6 And 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.

  • Heb 10:38
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    38 But the upright man will be living by his faith; and if he goes back, my soul will have no pleasure in him.

  • Rom 2:6
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    6 Who will give to every man his right reward:

  • John 14:11
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    11 Have faith that I am in the Father and that the Father is in me: at least, have faith in me because of what I do.

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

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

  • Rom 2:13
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    13 For it is not the hearers of the law who will be judged as having righteousness before God, but only the doers:

  • Jas 3:13
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    13 Who has wisdom and good sense among you? let him make his works clear by a life of gentle wisdom.

  • Mark 11:22
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    22 And Jesus, answering, said to them, Have God's faith.

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