James 2:17
Euen so the faith, if it haue no woorkes, is dead in it selfe.
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- Jas 2:26 : 26 For as the body without ye spirit is dead, euen so the faith without workes is dead.
- 1 Tim 1:5 : 5 For the end of the commaundement is loue out of a pure heart, and of a good conscience, and of faith vnfained.
- Jas 2:14 : 14 What auaileth it, my brethren, though a man saith he hath faith, when he hath no workes? can that faith saue him?
- Jas 2:19-20 : 19 Thou beleeuest that there is one God: thou doest well: the deuils also beleeue it, and tremble. 20 But wilt thou vnderstand, O thou vaine man, that the faith which is without workes, is dead?
- 2 Pet 1:5-9 : 5 Therefore giue euen all diligence thereunto: ioyne moreouer vertue with your faith: and with vertue, knowledge: 6 And with knowledge, temperance: and with temperance, patience: and with patience, godlines: 7 And with godlines, brotherly kindnes: and with brotherly kindnes, loue. 8 For if these things be among you, and abound, they will make you that ye neither shalbe idle, nor vnfruitfull in the acknowledging of our Lord Iesus Christ: 9 For he that hath not these things, is blinde, and can not see farre off, and hath forgotten that he was purged from his olde sinnes.
- 1 Cor 13:13 : 13 And nowe abideth faith, hope and loue, euen these three: but the chiefest of these is loue.
- 1 Thess 1:3 : 3 Without ceasing, remembring your effectuall faith, and diligent loue, and the patience of your hope in our Lord Iesus Christ, in the sight of God euen our Father,
- 1 Cor 13:3 : 3 And though I feede the poore with all my goods, and though I giue my body, that I be burned, and haue not loue, it profiteth me nothing.
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24 Ye see then howe that of workes a man is iustified, and not of faith onely.
25 Likewise also was not Rahab the harlot iustified through workes, when she had receiued ye messengers, & sent them out another way?
26 For as the body without ye spirit is dead, euen so the faith without workes is dead.
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18 But some man might say, Thou hast the faith, and I haue woorkes: shewe me thy faith out of thy woorkes, and I will shewe thee my faith by my woorkes.
19 Thou beleeuest that there is one God: thou doest well: the deuils also beleeue it, and tremble.
20 But wilt thou vnderstand, O thou vaine man, that the faith which is without workes, is dead?
21 Was not Abraham our father iustified through workes, when he offred Isaac his sonne vpon the altar?
22 Seest thou not that the faith wrought with his workes? and through the workes was the faith made perfect.
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13 For there shalbe condemnation merciles to him that sheweth not mercie, and mercie reioyceth against condemnation.
14 What auaileth it, my brethren, though a man saith he hath faith, when he hath no workes? can that faith saue him?
15 For if a brother or a sister bee naked and destitute of daily foode,
16 And one of you say vnto them, Depart in peace: warme your selues, and fil your bellies, notwithstading ye giue them not those things which are needefull to the body, what helpeth it?
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4 Nowe to him that worketh, the wages is not counted by fauour, but by dette:
5 But to him that worketh not, but beleeueth in him that iustifieth the vngodly, his faith is counted for righteousnesse.
6 Euen as Dauid declareth the blessednesse of the man, vnto whom God imputeth righteousnes without workes, saying,
- Gal 3:5-62 verses71%
5 He therefore that ministreth to you the Spirit, and worketh miracles among you, doeth he it through the workes of the Law, or by the hearing of faith preached?
6 Yea rather as Abraham beleeued God, and it was imputed to him for righteousnes.
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27 Where is then the reioycing? It is excluded. By what Lawe? of woorkes? Nay: but by the Lawe of faith.
28 Therefore we conclude, that a man is iustified by faith, without the workes of the Lawe.
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8 For by grace are ye saued through faith, and that not of your selues: it is the gift of God,
9 Not of workes, least any man should boast himselfe.
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16 Knowe that a man is not iustified by the works of the Law, but by ye faith of Iesus Christ, euen we, I say, haue beleeued in Iesus Christ, that we might be iustified by the faith of Christ, & not by the workes of the Lawe, because that by the workes of the Lawe, no flesh shalbe iustified.
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6 And if it be of grace, it is no more of workes: or els were grace no more grace: but if it be of workes, it is no more grace: or els were worke no more worke.
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17 For by it the righteousnesse of God is reueiled from faith to faith: as it is written, The iust shall liue by faith.
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2 For if Abraham were iustified by workes, he hath wherein to reioyce, but not with God.
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22 And be ye doers of the word, and not hearers onely, deceiuing your owne selues.
23 For if any heare the woorde, and doe it not, he is like vnto a man, that beholdeth his naturall face in a glasse.
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2 For vnto vs was the Gospel preached as also vnto them: but the worde that they heard, profited not them, because it was not mixed with faith in those that heard it.
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6 For in Iesus Christ neither circumcision auaileth any thing, neither vncircumcision, but faith which worketh by loue.
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17 Then faith is by hearing, and hearing by the worde of God.
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11 And that no man is iustified by the Law in the sight of God, it is euident: for the iust shall liue by faith.
12 And the Lawe is not of faith: but the man that shall doe those things, shall liue in them.
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8 This is a true saying, and these thinges I will thou shouldest affirme, that they which haue beleeued God, might be carefull to shewe foorth good woorkes. These things are good and profitable vnto men.
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1 Nowe faith is the ground of things, which are hoped for, and the euidence of things which are not seene.
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6 But without faith it is vnpossible to please him: for he that commeth to God, must beleeue that God is, and that he is a rewarder of them that seeke him.
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8 But what sayth it? The worde is neere thee, euen in thy mouth, and in thine heart. This is the worde of faith which we preach.
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16 They professe that they know God, but by works they deny him, and are abominable & disobedient, and vnto euery good worke reprobate.
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12 So then death worketh in vs, & life in you.
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37 If I doe not the workes of my Father, beleeue me not.
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3 Knowing that ye trying of your faith bringeth forth patience,
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3 For what, though some did not beleeue? Shall their vnbeliefe make the faith of God without effect?
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14 And let ours also learne to shewe foorth good woorkes for necessary vses, that they be not vnfruitfull.
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16 For if the dead be not raised, then is Christ not raised.
17 And if Christ be not raised, your faith is vaine: ye are yet in your sinnes.
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10 For euen when we were with you, this we warned you of, that if there were any, which would not worke, that he should not eate.
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8 If there bee any that prouideth not for his owne, and namely for them of his housholde, hee denieth the faith, and is worse then an infidell.
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1 And you hath he quickened, that were dead in trespasses and sinnes,
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26 If any man amog you seeme religious, and refraineth not his tongue, but deceiueth his owne heart, this mans religion is vaine.
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9 So then they which be of faith, are blessed with faithfull Abraham.
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3 Through faith we vnderstand that the world was ordeined by the worde of God, so that the things which we see, are not made of things which did appeare.