James 2:24

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

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  • Jas 2:15-18 : 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. 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.
  • Jas 2:21-22 : 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;
  • Ps 60:12 : 12 Through God we will do great things, for through him our haters will be crushed under our feet.

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  • Jas 2:25-26
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    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 2:20-23
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    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;

    23And 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.

  • Jas 2:17-18
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    17Even so faith without works is dead.

    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.

  • Rom 3:26-28
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    26And to make clear his righteousness now, so that he might himself be upright, and give righteousness to him who has faith in Jesus.

    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.

  • 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 4:1-6
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    1What, then, may we say that Abraham, our father after the flesh, has got?

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

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

    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 3:5-7
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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.

    7Be certain, then, that those who are of faith, the same are sons of Abraham.

  • Jas 2:14
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    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?

  • 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.

  • Rom 4:22-24
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    22For which reason it was put to his account as righteousness.

    23Now, it was not because of him only that this was said,

    24But for us in addition, to whose account it will be put, if we have faith in him who made Jesus our Lord come back again from the dead,

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

  • Rom 4:9-10
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    9Is this blessing, then, for the circumcision only, or in the same way for those who have not circumcision? for we say that the faith of Abraham was put to his account as righteousness.

    10How, then, was it judged? when he had circumcision, or when he had it not? Not when he had it, but when he did not have it:

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Rom 9:30
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    30What then may we say? That the nations who did not go after righteousness have got righteousness, even the righteousness which is of faith:

  • Acts 13:39
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    39And through him everyone who has faith is made free from all those things, from which the law of Moses was not able to make you free.

  • Gen 15:6
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    6And he had faith in the Lord, and it was put to his account as righteousness.

  • Rom 3:24
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    24And they may have righteousness put to their credit, freely, by his grace, through the salvation which is in Christ Jesus:

  • Heb 11:31
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    31By 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.

  • Rom 5:1
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    1For which reason, because we have righteousness through faith, let us be at peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ;

  • Rom 4:16
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    16For this reason it is of faith, so that it may be through grace; and so that the word of God may be certain to all the seed; not only to that which is of the law, but to that which is of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all,

  • Rom 3:30-31
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    30If 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.

    31Do we, then, through faith make the law of no effect? in no way: but we make it clear that the law is important.

  • Gal 3:24
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    24So the law has been a servant to take us to Christ, so that we might have righteousness by faith.

  • Rom 3:20
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    20Because by the works of the law no man is able to have righteousness in his eyes, for through the law comes the knowledge of sin.

  • Rom 3:22
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    22That is, the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ, to all those who have faith; and one man is not different from another,

  • Heb 11:2
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    2For by it our fathers had God's approval.

  • 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.

  • 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.

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