James 2:24

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You see that a person is justified by works and not by faith alone.

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  • Jas 2:15-18 : 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? 17 In the same way, faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead. 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.
  • Jas 2:21-22 : 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.
  • Ps 60:12 : 12 Is it not you, O God, who have rejected us and who do not go out with our armies?

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  • Jas 2:25-26
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    25In the same way, was not Rahab the prostitute justified by her actions when she welcomed the messengers and sent them out by another route?

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

  • Jas 2:20-23
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    20Do you want to be shown, you foolish person, that faith without works is useless?

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

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

    23And the Scripture was fulfilled that says, 'Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness,' and he was called a friend of God.

  • Jas 2:17-18
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    17In the same way, faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead.

    18But 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.

  • Rom 3:26-28
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    26He did this to demonstrate His righteousness at the present time, so as to be just and the one who justifies those who have faith in Jesus.

    27Where, then, is boasting? It is excluded. By what law? By the law of works? No, but by the law of faith.

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

  • Gal 2:16
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    16yet 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 4:1-6
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    1What then shall we say about Abraham, our ancestor according to the flesh?

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

    3What does the Scripture say? 'Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness.'

    4Now to the one who works, wages are not counted as a gift but as an obligation.

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

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

  • Gal 3:5-7
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    5Does God supply the Spirit to you and work miracles among you by works of the law or by hearing with faith?

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

    7Therefore, know that those who have faith are children of Abraham.

  • Jas 2:14
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    14What good is it, my brothers, if someone claims to have faith but has no deeds? Can such faith save him?

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

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

  • Rom 4:22-24
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    22Therefore, it was credited to him as righteousness.

    23Now the words 'it was credited to him' were not written for his sake alone,

    24but also for us, to whom it will be credited—to those who believe in Him who raised Jesus our Lord from the dead.

  • Rom 2:13
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    13For it is not the hearers of the law who are righteous before God, but it is the doers of the law who will be justified.

  • Rom 4:9-10
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    9Is this blessedness then only for the circumcised, or also for the uncircumcised? For we say that faith was credited to Abraham as righteousness.

    10How then was it credited? Was it while he was circumcised or uncircumcised? It was not while he was circumcised, but while he was uncircumcised.

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

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

  • Rom 1:17
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    17For 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.'

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

  • Rom 9:30
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    30What then shall we say? That the Gentiles, who did not pursue righteousness, attained righteousness, that is, a righteousness that is by faith;

  • Acts 13:39
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    39Through Him, everyone who believes is justified from everything you could not be justified from by the law of Moses.

  • Gen 15:6
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    6Abram believed the LORD, and He credited it to him as righteousness.

  • Rom 3:24
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    24And all are justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus.

  • Heb 11:31
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    31By faith Rahab the prostitute did not perish with those who were disobedient, because she had welcomed the spies in peace.

  • Rom 5:1
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    1Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.

  • Rom 4:16
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    16Therefore, the promise comes by faith, that it may be according to grace, so that it might be guaranteed to all the offspring—not only to those who are of the law, but also to those who share the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all.

  • Rom 3:30-31
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    30Since there is only one God, who will justify the circumcised by faith and the uncircumcised through the same faith.

    31Do we then nullify the law by this faith? Absolutely not! Instead, we uphold the law.

  • Gal 3:24
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    24So the law was our guardian until Christ came, so that we might be justified by faith.

  • Rom 3:20
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    20Therefore no one will be justified in His sight by works of the law; for through the law comes the knowledge of sin.

  • Rom 3:22
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    22This righteousness is given through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe. There is no distinction,

  • Heb 11:2
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    2For by it the ancients were commended.

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

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

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