James 2:25

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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?

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  • Heb 11:31 : 31 By faith Rahab the prostitute did not perish with those who were disobedient, because she had welcomed the spies in peace.
  • Josh 2:1 : 1 Joshua son of Nun secretly sent two men as spies from Shittim, saying, "Go, inspect the land, especially Jericho." They went and entered the house of a prostitute named Rahab and stayed there.
  • Josh 2:4 : 4 But the woman had taken the two men and hidden them. She said, "Yes, the men came to me, but I didn't know where they were from.
  • Josh 2:15 : 15 Then she let them down by a rope through the window, for her house was part of the city wall, and she lived in the wall.
  • Josh 2:19-21 : 19 If anyone leaves the house, their death will be on their own head, and we will not be guilty. But if harm comes to anyone in your house, we will take the blame. 20 But if you reveal this matter of ours, we will be released from the oath you made us swear. 21 She said, "Let it be as you say." So she sent them away, and they departed. Then she tied the scarlet cord in the window.
  • Josh 6:22-25 : 22 But to the two men who had spied out the land, Joshua said, 'Go to the house of the prostitute and bring her out, along with everyone who belongs to her, just as you swore to her.' 23 So the young men who had scouted the land went in and brought out Rahab, along with her father, mother, brothers, and all who belonged to her. They brought out her entire family and placed them outside the camp of Israel. 24 Then they burned the city and everything in it with fire. However, they put the silver, gold, bronze, and iron items into the treasury of the LORD's house. 25 Joshua spared Rahab the prostitute, along with her family and everyone belonging to her, and she has lived among the Israelites to this day because she hid the messengers Joshua sent to spy out Jericho.
  • Matt 1:5 : 5 Salmon was the father of Boaz by Rahab; Boaz was the father of Obed by Ruth; Obed was the father of Jesse.
  • Matt 21:31 : 31 Which of the two did the will of his father? They said, 'The first.' Jesus said to them, 'Truly I tell you, tax collectors and prostitutes are entering the kingdom of God before you.'
  • Jas 2:18 : 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 2:22 : 22 You see that his faith was working together with his works, and by works his faith was made perfect.
  • Josh 6:17 : 17 The city and all within it shall be devoted to the LORD for destruction. Only Rahab the prostitute and those with her in her house shall live, because she hid the messengers we sent.
  • Josh 2:6 : 6 (But she had taken them up to the roof and hidden them under stalks of flax she had arranged there.)

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    21She said, "Let it be as you say." So she sent them away, and they departed. Then she tied the scarlet cord in the window.