James 2:19

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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

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  • Luke 4:34 : 34 Let us be! what have we to do with you, Jesus of Nazareth? have you come to put an end to us? I have knowledge who you are, the Holy One of God.
  • Acts 16:17 : 17 She came after Paul and us, crying out and saying, These men are the servants of the Most High God, who are giving you news of the way of salvation.
  • Matt 8:29 : 29 And they gave a loud cry, saying, What have we to do with you, you Son of God? Have you come here to give us punishment before the time?
  • Mark 1:24 : 24 Saying, What have we to do with you, Jesus of Nazareth? have you come to put an end to us? I see well who you are, the Holy One of God.
  • Mark 5:7 : 7 And crying out with a loud voice he said, What have I to do with you, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? In God's name, do not be cruel to me.
  • Isa 46:9 : 9 Let the things which are past come to your memory: for I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is no one like me;
  • Zech 14:9 : 9 And the Lord will be King over all the earth: in that day there will be one Lord and his name one.
  • Deut 6:4 : 4 Give ear, O Israel: the Lord our God is one Lord:
  • Isa 43:10 : 10 You are my witnesses, says the Lord, and my servant whom I have taken for myself: so that you may see and have faith in me, and that it may be clear to you that I am he; before me there was no God formed, and there will not be after me.
  • Isa 44:6 : 6 The Lord, the King of Israel, even the Lord of armies who has taken up his cause, says, I am the first and the last, and there is no God but me.
  • Isa 44:8 : 8 Have no fear, be strong in heart; have I not made it clear to you in the past, and let you see it? and you are my witnesses. Is there any God but me, or a Rock of whom I have no knowledge?
  • Mark 12:29 : 29 Jesus said in answer, The first is, Give ear, O Israel: The Lord our God is one Lord;
  • Acts 19:15 : 15 And the evil spirit, answering, said to them, I have knowledge of Jesus, and of Paul, but who are you?
  • Rom 3:30 : 30 If God is one; and he will give righteousness because of faith to those who have circumcision, and through faith to those who have not circumcision.
  • 1 Tim 2:5 : 5 For there is one God and one peacemaker between God and men, the man Christ Jesus,
  • Gal 3:20 : 20 Now a go-between is not a go-between of one; but God is one.
  • Rev 20:10 : 10 And the Evil One who put them in error was sent down into the sea of ever-burning fire, where the beast and the false prophet are, and their punishment will go on day and night for ever and ever.
  • Jas 2:8 : 8 But if you keep the greatest law of all, as it is given in the holy Writings, Have love for your neighbour as for yourself, you do well:
  • 1 Cor 8:4 : 4 So, then, as to the question of taking food offered to images, we are certain that an image is nothing in the world, and that there is no God but one.
  • 1 Cor 8:6 : 6 There is for us only one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we are for him; and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom are all things, and we have our being through him.
  • John 17:3 : 3 And this is eternal life: to have knowledge of you, the only true God, and of him whom you have sent, even Jesus Christ.
  • Isa 45:6 : 6 So that they may see from the east and from the west that there is no God but me: I am the Lord, and there is no other.
  • Jude 1:4 : 4 For certain men have come among you secretly, marked out before in the holy Writings for this evil fate, men without the fear of God, turning his grace into an unclean thing, and false to our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.
  • Jude 1:6 : 6 And the angels who did not keep to their kingdom but went out from the place which was theirs, he has put in eternal chains and in dark night till the great day of the judging.
  • Rev 20:2-3 : 2 And he took the dragon, the old snake, which is the Evil One and Satan, and put chains on him for a thousand years, 3 And put him into the great deep, and it was shut and locked over him, so that he might put the nations in error no longer, till the thousand years were ended: after this he will be let loose for a little time.
  • Eph 4:5-6 : 5 One Lord, one faith, one baptism, 6 One God and Father of all, who is over all, and through all, and in all.

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

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    17 Even so faith without works is dead.

    18 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.

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

  • 7 For this cause be ruled by God; but make war on the Evil One and he will be put to flight before you.

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    20 What I say is that the things offered by the Gentiles are offered to evil spirits and not to God; and it is not my desire for you to have any part with evil spirits.

    21 It is not possible for you, at the same time, to take the cup of the Lord and the cup of evil spirits; you may not take part in the table of the Lord and the table of evil spirits.

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

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

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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:

    9 Because, if you say with your mouth that Jesus is Lord, and have faith in your heart that God has made him come back from the dead, you will have salvation:

    10 For with the heart man has faith to get righteousness, and with the mouth he says that Jesus is Lord to get salvation.

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    9 And he said to him, All these things will I give you, if you will go down on your face and give me worship.

    10 Then said Jesus to him, Away, Satan: for it is in the Writings, Give worship to the Lord your God and be his servant only.

  • 1 But the Spirit says clearly that in later times some will be turned away from the faith, giving their minds to spirits of deceit, and the teachings of evil spirits,

  • 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?

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

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

  • 17 And the seventy came back with joy, saying, Lord, even the evil spirits are under our power in your name.

  • 3 But you who are judging another for doing what you do yourself, are you hoping that God's decision will not take effect against you?

  • 15 But some of them said, He sends out evil spirits by Beelzebul, the ruler of evil spirits.

  • 15 And what agreement is there between Christ and the Evil One? or what part has one who has faith with one who has not?

  • 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.

  • 9 Do not give way to him but be strong in your faith, in the knowledge that your brothers who are in the world undergo the same troubles.

  • 31 Jesus made answer, Have you faith now?

  • 17 And these signs will be with those who have faith: in my name they will send out evil spirits; and they will make use of new languages;

  • 8 And Jesus in answer said to him, It has been said in the Writings, Give worship to the Lord your God, and be his servant only.

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    18 If, then, Satan is at war with himself, how will he keep his kingdom? because you say that I send evil spirits out of men by the help of Beelzebul.

    19 And if I, by Beelzebul, send out evil spirits, by whose help do your sons send them out? so let them be your judges.

  • 48 The Jews said to him in answer, Are we not right in saying that you are of Samaria and have an evil spirit?

  • 1 <To the chief music-maker. Of David.> The foolish man has said in his heart, God will not do anything. They are unclean, they have done evil works; there is not one who does good.

  • 14 And it is no wonder; for even Satan himself is able to take the form of an angel of light.

  • 9 And the Satan said in answer to the Lord, Is it for nothing that Job is a god-fearing man?

  • 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.

  • 22 And the scribes who came down from Jerusalem, said, He has Beelzebub, and, By the ruler of evil spirits he sends evil spirits out of men.

  • 11 And for this cause, God will give them up to the power of deceit and they will put their faith in what is false:

  • 52 The Jews said to him, Now we are certain that you have an evil spirit. Abraham is dead, and the prophets are dead; and you say, If a man keeps my word he will never see death.

  • 24 But the Pharisees, hearing of it, said, This man only sends evil spirits out of men by Beelzebub, the ruler of evil spirits.

  • 32 And the scribe said to him, Truly, Master, you have well said that he is one, and there is no other but he:

  • 7 Jesus said to him, Again it is in the Writings, You may not put the Lord your God to the test.

  • 8 For there is a division in his mind, and he is uncertain in all his ways.

  • 26 And so they may get themselves free from the net of the Evil One, being made the prisoners of the Lord's servant, for the purpose of God.

  • 25 The secrets of his heart are made clear; and he will go down on his face and give worship to God, saying that God is truly among you.

  • 15 And the evil spirit, answering, said to them, I have knowledge of Jesus, and of Paul, but who are you?

  • 3 But the Lord is true, who will give you strength and keep you safe from evil.

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

  • 11 Give worship to the Lord with fear, kissing his feet and giving him honour,

  • 27 King Agrippa, have you faith in the prophets? I am certain that you have.

  • 1 My loved ones, do not put your faith in every spirit, but put them to the test, to see if they are from God: because a great number of false prophets have gone out into the world.

  • 7 And he is to have a good name among those outside the church, so that nothing may be said against him and he may not be taken by the designs of the Evil One.