James 2:26
For as the body without the spirit is dead even so faith without works is dead.
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- Jas 2:20 : 20 Do you not see, O foolish man, that faith without works is of no use?
- Jas 2:17 : 17 Even so faith without works is dead.
- Eccl 12:7 : 7 And the dust goes back to the earth as it was, and the spirit goes back to God who gave it.
- Isa 2:22 : 22 Have no more to do with man, whose life is only a breath, for he is of no value.
- Luke 23:46 : 46 And Jesus gave a loud cry and said, Father, into your hands I give my spirit: and when he had said this, he gave up his spirit.
- Acts 7:59-60 : 59 And Stephen, while he was being stoned, made prayer to God, saying, Lord Jesus, take my spirit. 60 And going down on his knees, he said in a loud voice, Lord, do not make them responsible for this sin. And when he had said this, he went to his rest.
- Ps 104:29 : 29 If your face is veiled, they are troubled; when you take away their breath, they come to an end, and go back to the dust.
- Ps 146:4 : 4 Man's breath goes out, he is turned back again to dust; in that day all his purposes come to an end.
- Job 34:14-15 : 14 If he made his spirit come back to him, taking his breath into himself again, 15 All flesh would come to an end together, and man would go back to the dust.
- 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?
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- Jas 2:14-229 verses89%
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.
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.
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;
- Jas 2:24-252 verses78%
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?
- Rom 3:27-282 verses72%
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 8:10-112 verses72%
10 And if Christ is in you, the body is dead because of sin, but the Spirit is life because of righteousness.
11 But if the Spirit of him who made Jesus come again from the dead is in you, he who made Christ Jesus come again from the dead will in the same way, through his Spirit which is in you, give life to your bodies which now are under the power of death.
- Rom 4:4-63 verses72%
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,
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12 So then, death is working in us, but life in you.
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1 And to you did he give life, when you were dead through your wrongdoing and sins,
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13 For if you go in the way of the flesh, death will come on you; but if by the Spirit you put to death the works of the body, you will have life.
- Eph 2:8-92 verses70%
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 3:5-62 verses70%
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.
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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.
- Gal 3:11-122 verses69%
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.
- Gal 5:5-62 verses68%
5 For we through the Spirit by faith are waiting for the hope of righteousness.
6 Because in Christ Jesus, having circumcision or not having circumcision are equally of no profit; but only faith working through love.
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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.
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7 Because he who is dead is free from sin.
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6 For this was the reason why the good news of Jesus was given even to the dead, so that they might be judged as men in the flesh, but might be living before God in the spirit.
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5 For when we were in the flesh, the evil passions which came into being through the law were working in our bodies to give the fruit of death.
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1 Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, and the sign that the things not seen are true.
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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.
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16 For if it is not possible for the dead to come to life again, then Christ has not come to life again:
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2 For if Abraham got righteousness by works, he has reason for pride; but not before God.
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5 Even when we were dead through our sins, gave us life together with Christ (by grace you have salvation),
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7 (For we are walking by faith, not by seeing,)
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12 Having been put to death with him in baptism, by which you came to life again with him, through faith in the working of God, who made him come back from the dead.
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12 All those who have done wrong without the law will get destruction without the law: and those who have done wrong under the law will have their punishment by the law;
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6 For the mind of the flesh is death, but the mind of the Spirit is life and peace:
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23 For the reward of sin is death; but what God freely gives is eternal life in Jesus Christ our Lord.
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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.
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6 But if it is of grace, then it is no longer of works: or grace would not be grace.
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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:
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11 Even so see yourselves as dead to sin, but living to God in Christ Jesus.
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22 But be doers of the word, and not only hearers of it, blinding yourselves with false ideas.
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4 By faith Abel made a better offering to God than Cain, and he had witness through it of his righteousness, God giving his approval of his offering: and his voice still comes to us through it though he is dead.