James 2:17

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In the same way, faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead.

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  • Jas 2:26 : 26 For just as the body without the spirit is dead, so also faith without works is dead.
  • 1 Tim 1:5 : 5 The goal of our instruction is love that comes from a pure heart, a good conscience, and sincere faith.
  • Jas 2:14 : 14 What good is it, my brothers, if someone claims to have faith but has no deeds? Can such faith save him?
  • Jas 2:19-20 : 19 You believe that God is one. You do well. Even the demons believe—and shudder! 20 Do you want to be shown, you foolish person, that faith without works is useless?
  • 2 Pet 1:5-9 : 5 For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith virtue; to virtue, knowledge; 6 to knowledge, self-control; to self-control, perseverance; to perseverance, godliness; 7 to godliness, brotherly love; and to brotherly love, love. 8 For if these qualities are yours and are increasing, they will keep you from being ineffective or unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. 9 But whoever lacks these qualities is blind and short-sighted, forgetful of the cleansing of their former sins.
  • 1 Cor 13:13 : 13 And now these three remain: faith, hope, and love. But the greatest of these is love.
  • 1 Thess 1:3 : 3 We remember your work produced by faith, your labor motivated by love, and your endurance inspired by the hope in our Lord Jesus Christ in the presence of our God and Father.
  • 1 Cor 13:3 : 3 If I give everything I have to the poor and surrender my body to be burned, but do not have love, I gain nothing.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Jas 2:24-26
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    24 You see that a person is justified by works and not by faith alone.

    25 In the same way, was not Rahab the prostitute justified by her actions when she welcomed the messengers and sent them out by another route?

    26 For just as the body without the spirit is dead, so also faith without works is dead.

  • Jas 2:18-22
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    18 But someone will say, 'You have faith, and I have works.' Show me your faith without works, and I will show you my faith by my works.

    19 You believe that God is one. You do well. Even the demons believe—and shudder!

    20 Do you want to be shown, you foolish person, that faith without works is useless?

    21 Was not our father Abraham justified by works when he offered up his son Isaac on the altar?

    22 You see that his faith was working together with his works, and by works his faith was made perfect.

  • Jas 2:13-16
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    13 For judgment without mercy will be shown to anyone who has not been merciful. Mercy triumphs over judgment.

    14 What good is it, my brothers, if someone claims to have faith but has no deeds? Can such faith save him?

    15 If a brother or sister is without clothes and lacks daily food,

    16 and one of you says to them, 'Go in peace, keep warm and be well fed,' but does not provide for their physical needs, what good is it?

  • Rom 4:4-6
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    4 Now to the one who works, wages are not counted as a gift but as an obligation.

    5 But to the one who does not work but believes in the one who justifies the ungodly, their faith is credited as righteousness.

    6 Just as David also speaks of the blessedness of the person to whom God credits righteousness apart from works:

  • Gal 3:5-6
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    5 Does God supply the Spirit to you and work miracles among you by works of the law or by hearing with faith?

    6 Just as Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness.

  • Rom 3:27-28
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    27 Where, then, is boasting? It is excluded. By what law? By the law of works? No, but by the law of faith.

    28 For we maintain that a person is justified by faith apart from the works of the law.

  • Eph 2:8-9
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    8 For by grace you have been saved through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God—

    9 not by works, so that no one can boast.

  • Gal 2:16
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    16 yet we know that a person is not justified by works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ. So we also have believed in Christ Jesus in order to be justified by faith in Christ and not by works of the law, because by works of the law no one will be justified.

  • Rom 11:6
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    6 And if by grace, then it is no longer based on works; otherwise grace would no longer be grace.

  • Rom 1:17
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    17 For in the gospel, the righteousness of God is revealed—a righteousness that is by faith from first to last, just as it is written: 'The righteous will live by faith.'

  • Rom 4:2
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    2 For if Abraham was justified by works, he has something to boast about—but not before God.

  • Jas 1:22-23
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    22 But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.

    23 For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man who looks at his face in a mirror.

  • Heb 4:2
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    2 For we have also received the good news, just as they did. But the message they heard did not benefit them, because it was not united with faith in those who heard it.

  • Gal 5:6
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    6 For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision carries any weight, but faith working through love does.

  • Rom 10:17
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    17 So faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the word of God.

  • Gal 3:11-12
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    11 Now it is clear that no one is justified before God by the law, because, 'The righteous will live by faith.'

    12 The law is not based on faith; instead, it says, 'The person who does these things will live by them.'

  • Titus 3:8
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    8 This saying is trustworthy, and I want you to insist on these things, so that those who have believed in God may be careful to devote themselves to good works. These things are excellent and profitable for all people.

  • Heb 11:1
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    1 Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.

  • Heb 11:6
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    6 And without faith it is impossible to please Him, for whoever comes to God must believe that He exists and that He rewards those who earnestly seek Him.

  • 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 message of faith that we proclaim):

  • Titus 1:16
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    16 They profess to know God, but by their deeds they deny Him, being detestable, disobedient, and unfit for any good work.

  • 2 Cor 4:12
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    12 So then, death is at work in us, but life is at work in you.

  • John 10:37
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    37 If I do not do the works of my Father, do not believe me.

  • Jas 1:3
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    3 because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance.

  • Rom 3:3
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    3 What if some were unfaithful? Will their unfaithfulness nullify the faithfulness of God?

  • Titus 3:14
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    14 Our people must learn to devote themselves to good works to meet urgent needs, so that they will not be unfruitful.

  • 1 Cor 15:16-17
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    16 For if the dead are not raised, then not even Christ has been raised.

    17 And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile; you are still in your sins.

  • 2 Thess 3:10
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    10 For even when we were with you, we gave you this command: If anyone is unwilling to work, they should not eat.

  • 1 Tim 5:8
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    8 If anyone does not provide for their own, and especially for their own household, they have denied the faith and are worse than an unbeliever.

  • Eph 2:1
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    1 And you were dead in your transgressions and sins.

  • Jas 1:26
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    26 If anyone thinks he is religious but does not bridle his tongue, and deceives his heart, his religion is worthless.

  • Gal 3:9
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    9 So those who rely on faith are blessed along with Abraham, the man of faith.

  • Heb 11:3
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    3 By faith we understand that the universe was formed by the word of God, so that what is seen was not made out of things that are visible.