James 2:26

Geneva Bible (1560)

For as the body without ye spirit is dead, euen so the faith without workes is dead.

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  • Jas 2:20 : 20 But wilt thou vnderstand, O thou vaine man, that the faith which is without workes, is dead?
  • Jas 2:17 : 17 Euen so the faith, if it haue no woorkes, is dead in it selfe.
  • Eccl 12:7 : 7 And dust returne to the earth as it was, and the spirit returne to God that gaue it.
  • Isa 2:22 : 22 Cease you from the man whose breath is in his nostrels: for wherein is he to be esteemed?
  • Luke 23:46 : 46 And Iesus cryed with a loude voyce, and sayd, Father, into thine hands I commend my spirit; when hee thus had sayd, hee gaue vp the ghost.
  • Acts 7:59-60 : 59 And they stoned Steuen, who called on God, and said, Lord Iesus, receiue my spirit. 60 And he kneeled downe, and cried with a loude voyce, Lorde, laye not this sinne to their charge; when he had thus spoken, he slept.
  • Ps 104:29 : 29 But if thou hide thy face, they are troubled: if thou take away their breath, they dye and returne to their dust.
  • Ps 146:4 : 4 His breath departeth, and he returneth to his earth: then his thoughtes perish.
  • Job 34:14-15 : 14 If he set his heart vpon man, and gather vnto him selfe his spirit and his breath, 15 All flesh shal perish together, and man shal returne vnto dust.
  • 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?

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Jas 2:14-22
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    14What auaileth it, my brethren, though a man saith he hath faith, when he hath no workes? can that faith saue him?

    15For if a brother or a sister bee naked and destitute of daily foode,

    16And 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?

    17Euen so the faith, if it haue no woorkes, is dead in it selfe.

    18But 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.

    19Thou beleeuest that there is one God: thou doest well: the deuils also beleeue it, and tremble.

    20But wilt thou vnderstand, O thou vaine man, that the faith which is without workes, is dead?

    21Was not Abraham our father iustified through workes, when he offred Isaac his sonne vpon the altar?

    22Seest thou not that the faith wrought with his workes? and through the workes was the faith made perfect.

  • Jas 2:24-25
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    24Ye see then howe that of workes a man is iustified, and not of faith onely.

    25Likewise also was not Rahab the harlot iustified through workes, when she had receiued ye messengers, & sent them out another way?

  • Rom 3:27-28
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    27Where is then the reioycing? It is excluded. By what Lawe? of woorkes? Nay: but by the Lawe of faith.

    28Therefore we conclude, that a man is iustified by faith, without the workes of the Lawe.

  • Rom 8:10-11
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    10And if Christ bee in you, the body is dead, because of sinne: but the Spirite is life for righteousnesse sake.

    11But if the Spirit of him that raised vp Iesus from the dead, dwell in you, he that raised vp Christ from the dead, shall also quicken your mortall bodies, by his Spirit that dwelleth in you.

  • Rom 4:4-6
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    4Nowe to him that worketh, the wages is not counted by fauour, but by dette:

    5But to him that worketh not, but beleeueth in him that iustifieth the vngodly, his faith is counted for righteousnesse.

    6Euen as Dauid declareth the blessednesse of the man, vnto whom God imputeth righteousnes without workes, saying,

  • 2 Cor 4:12
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    12So then death worketh in vs, & life in you.

  • Eph 2:1
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    1And you hath he quickened, that were dead in trespasses and sinnes,

  • Rom 8:13
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    13For if ye liue after the flesh, ye shall die: but if yee mortifie the deedes of the body by the Spirit, ye shall liue.

  • Eph 2:8-9
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    8For by grace are ye saued through faith, and that not of your selues: it is the gift of God,

    9Not of workes, least any man should boast himselfe.

  • Gal 3:5-6
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    5He 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?

    6Yea rather as Abraham beleeued God, and it was imputed to him for righteousnes.

  • Gal 2:16
    69%

    16Knowe 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.

  • Gal 3:11-12
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    11And that no man is iustified by the Law in the sight of God, it is euident: for the iust shall liue by faith.

    12And the Lawe is not of faith: but the man that shall doe those things, shall liue in them.

  • Gal 5:5-6
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    5For we through the Spirit waite for the hope of righteousnes through faith.

    6For in Iesus Christ neither circumcision auaileth any thing, neither vncircumcision, but faith which worketh by loue.

  • Heb 11:6
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    6But 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.

  • Rom 6:7
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    7For he that is dead, is freed from sinne.

  • 1 Pet 4:6
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    6For vnto this purpose was the Gospell preached also vnto the dead, that they might bee condemned, according to men in the flesh, but might liue according to God in the spirit.

  • Rom 7:5
    68%

    5For when we were in ye flesh, the affections of sinnes, which were by the Law, had force in our members, to bring foorth fruit vnto death.

  • Heb 11:1
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    1Nowe faith is the ground of things, which are hoped for, and the euidence of things which are not seene.

  • Rom 1:17
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    17For by it the righteousnesse of God is reueiled from faith to faith: as it is written, The iust shall liue by faith.

  • 1 Cor 15:16
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    16For if the dead be not raised, then is Christ not raised.

  • Rom 4:2
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    2For if Abraham were iustified by workes, he hath wherein to reioyce, but not with God.

  • Eph 2:5
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    5Euen when we were dead by sinnes, hath quickened vs together in Christ, by whose grace ye are saued,

  • 2 Cor 5:7
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    7(For we walke by faith, and not by sight.)

  • Col 2:12
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    12In that yee are buried with him through baptisme, in whome ye are also raised vp together through the faith of the operation of God, which raised him from the dead.

  • Rom 2:12
    67%

    12For as many as haue sinned without the Lawe, shall perish also without the Lawe: and as many as haue sinned in the Lawe, shall be iudged by the Lawe,

  • Rom 8:6
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    6For the wisedome of the flesh is death: but the wisedome of the Spirit is life and peace,

  • Rom 6:23
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    23For the wages of sinne is death: but the gift of God is eternall life, through Iesus Christ our Lord.

  • Heb 11:31
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    31By faith the harlot Rahab perished not with them which obeyed not, when she had receiued the spies peaceably.

  • Rom 11:6
    66%

    6And 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.

  • Rom 10:8
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    8But 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.

  • Rom 6:11
    66%

    11Likewise thinke ye also, that ye are dead to sin, but are aliue to God in Iesus Christ our Lord.

  • Jas 1:22
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    22And be ye doers of the word, and not hearers onely, deceiuing your owne selues.

  • Heb 11:4
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    4By faith Abel offered vnto God a greater sacrifice then Cain, by the which he obtained witnes that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts: by the which faith also he being dead, yet speaketh.