James 2:25

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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?

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  • 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.
  • Josh 2:1 : 1 Then Joshua, the son of Nun, sent two men from Shittim secretly, with the purpose of searching out the land, and Jericho. So they went and came to the house of a loose woman of the town, named Rahab, where they took their rest for the night.
  • Josh 2:4 : 4 And the woman took the two men and put them in a secret place; then she said, Yes, the men came to me, but I had no idea where they came from;
  • Josh 2:15 : 15 Then she let them down from the window by a cord, for the house where she was living was on the town wall.
  • Josh 2:19-21 : 19 Then if anyone goes out of your house into the street, his blood will be on his head, we will not be responsible; but if any damage comes to anyone in the house, his blood will be on our heads. 20 But if you say anything about our business here, then we will be free from the oath you have made us take. 21 And she said, Let it be as you say. Then she sent them away, and they went; and she put the bright red cord in the window.
  • Josh 6:22-25 : 22 Then Joshua said to the two men who had been sent to make a search through the land, Go into the house of the loose woman, and get her out, and all who are with her, as you gave her your oath. 23 So the searchers went in and got out Rahab and her father and mother and her brothers and all she had, and they got out all her family; and they took them outside the tents of Israel. 24 Then, after burning up the town and everything in it, they put the silver and gold and the vessels of brass and iron into the store-house of the Lord's house. 25 But Joshua kept Rahab, the loose woman, and her father's family and all she had, from death, and so she got a living-place among the children of Israel to this day; because she kept safe the men whom Joshua had sent to make a search through the land.
  • Matt 1:5 : 5 And the son of Salmon by Rahab was Boaz; and the son of Boaz by Ruth was Obed; and the son of Obed was Jesse;
  • Matt 21:31 : 31 Which of the two did his father's pleasure? They say, The first. Jesus said to them, Truly I say to you, that tax-farmers and loose women are going into the kingdom of God before you.
  • Jas 2:18 : 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 2:22 : 22 You see that his faith was helping his works and was made complete by them;
  • Josh 6:17 : 17 And the town will be put to the curse, and everything in it will be given to the Lord: only Rahab, the loose woman, and all who are in the house with her, will be kept safe, because she kept secret the men we sent.
  • Josh 2:6 : 6 But she had taken them up to the roof, covering them with the stems of flax which she had put out in order there.

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  • Jas 2:20-24
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    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.

  • Heb 11:30-31
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    30 By faith the walls of Jericho came down, after they had been circled for seven days.

    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.

  • Jas 2:26
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    26 For as the body without the spirit is dead even so faith without works is dead.

  • Josh 6:25
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    25 But Joshua kept Rahab, the loose woman, and her father's family and all she had, from death, and so she got a living-place among the children of Israel to this day; because she kept safe the men whom Joshua had sent to make a search through the land.

  • Josh 6:22-23
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    22 Then Joshua said to the two men who had been sent to make a search through the land, Go into the house of the loose woman, and get her out, and all who are with her, as you gave her your oath.

    23 So the searchers went in and got out Rahab and her father and mother and her brothers and all she had, and they got out all her family; and they took them outside the tents of Israel.

  • Josh 2:1-4
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    1 Then Joshua, the son of Nun, sent two men from Shittim secretly, with the purpose of searching out the land, and Jericho. So they went and came to the house of a loose woman of the town, named Rahab, where they took their rest for the night.

    2 And it was said to the king of Jericho, See, some men have come here tonight from the children of Israel with the purpose of searching out the land.

    3 Then the king of Jericho sent to Rahab, saying, Send out the men who have come to you and are in your house; for they have come with the purpose of searching out all the land.

    4 And the woman took the two men and put them in a secret place; then she said, Yes, the men came to me, but I had no idea where they came from;

  • Jas 2:17-18
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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.

  • Josh 6:17
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    17 And the town will be put to the curse, and everything in it will be given to the Lord: only Rahab, the loose woman, and all who are in the house with her, will be kept safe, because she kept secret the men we sent.

  • 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 2:16-17
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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.

    17 But if, while we were desiring to get righteousness through Christ, we ourselves were seen to be sinners, is Christ a servant of sin? In no way!

  • 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.

  • 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 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:

  • Gal 3:11
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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.

  • Jas 2:14
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    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?

  • 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.

  • Rom 4:22-23
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    22 For which reason it was put to his account as righteousness.

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

  • Rom 9:30
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    30 What 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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    39 And 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.

  • Josh 2:15
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    15 Then she let them down from the window by a cord, for the house where she was living was on the town wall.

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

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

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

  • Rom 4:9-10
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    9 Is 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.

    10 How, 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:

  • Rom 11:6
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    6 But 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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    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.

  • Rom 3:20
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    20 Because 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.

  • 1 Tim 5:25
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    25 In the same way, there are good works which are clearly seen; and those which are not so, may not be kept secret.

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

  • Josh 2:21
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    21 And she said, Let it be as you say. Then she sent them away, and they went; and she put the bright red cord in the window.