James 2:26

Authorized King James Version (1611)

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

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  • Jas 2:20 : 20 But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead?
  • Jas 2:17 : 17 Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone.
  • Eccl 12:7 : 7 Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.
  • Isa 2:22 : 22 Cease ye from man, whose breath [is] in his nostrils: for wherein is he to be accounted of?
  • Luke 23:46 : 46 And when Jesus had cried with a loud voice, he said, ‹Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit:› and having said thus, he gave up the ghost.
  • Acts 7:59-60 : 59 And they stoned Stephen, calling upon [God], and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit. 60 And he kneeled down, and cried with a loud voice, Lord, lay not this sin to their charge. And when he had said this, he fell asleep.
  • Ps 104:29 : 29 Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled: thou takest away their breath, they die, and return to their dust.
  • Ps 146:4 : 4 His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day his thoughts perish.
  • Job 34:14-15 : 14 If he set his heart upon man, [if] he gather unto himself his spirit and his breath; 15 All flesh shall perish together, and man shall turn again unto dust.
  • Jas 2:14 : 14 ¶ What [doth it] profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? can faith save him?

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  • Jas 2:14-22
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    14¶ What [doth it] profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? can faith save him?

    15If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food,

    16And one of you say unto them, Depart in peace, be [ye] warmed and filled; notwithstanding ye give them not those things which are needful to the body; what [doth it] profit?

    17Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone.

    18Yea, a man may say, Thou hast faith, and I have works: shew me thy faith without thy works, and I will shew thee my faith by my works.

    19Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the devils also believe, and tremble.

    20But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead?

    21Was not Abraham our father justified by works, when he had offered Isaac his son upon the altar?

    22Seest thou how faith wrought with his works, and by works was faith made perfect?

  • Jas 2:24-25
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    24Ye see then how that by works a man is justified, and not by faith only.

    25Likewise also was not Rahab the harlot justified by works, when she had received the messengers, and had sent [them] out another way?

  • Rom 3:27-28
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    27Where [is] boasting then? It is excluded. By what law? of works? Nay: but by the law of faith.

    28Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith without the deeds of the law.

  • Rom 8:10-11
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    10¶ And if Christ [be] in you, the body [is] dead because of sin; but the Spirit [is] life because of righteousness.

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

  • Rom 4:4-6
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    4Now to him that worketh is the reward not reckoned of grace, but of debt.

    5But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness.

    6Even as David also describeth the blessedness of the man, unto whom God imputeth righteousness without works,

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

  • Eph 2:1
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    1¶ And you [hath he quickened], who were dead in trespasses and sins;

  • Rom 8:13
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    13For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live.

  • Eph 2:8-9
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    8For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: [it is] the gift of God:

    9Not of works, lest any man should boast.

  • Gal 3:5-6
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    5He therefore that ministereth to you the Spirit, and worketh miracles among you, [doeth he it] by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?

    6¶ Even as Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness.

  • Gal 2:16
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    16Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the law: for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified.

  • Gal 3:11-12
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    11But that no man is justified by the law in the sight of God, [it is] evident: for, The just shall live by faith.

    12And the law is not of faith: but, The man that doeth them shall live in them.

  • Gal 5:5-6
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    5For we through the Spirit wait for the hope of righteousness by faith.

    6For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision; but faith which worketh by love.

  • Heb 11:6
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    6But without faith [it is] impossible to please [him]: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and [that] he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.

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

  • 1 Pet 4:6
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    6For for this cause was the gospel preached also to them that are dead, that they might be judged according to men in the flesh, but live according to God in the spirit.

  • Rom 7:5
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    5For when we were in the flesh, the motions of sins, which were by the law, did work in our members to bring forth fruit unto death.

  • Heb 11:1
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    1¶ Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.

  • Rom 1:17
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    17For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith.

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

  • Rom 4:2
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    2For if Abraham were justified by works, he hath [whereof] to glory; but not before God.

  • Eph 2:5
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    5Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;)

  • 2 Cor 5:7
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    7(For we walk by faith, not by sight:)

  • Col 2:12
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    12Buried with him in baptism, wherein also ye are risen with [him] through the faith of the operation of God, who hath raised him from the dead.

  • Rom 2:12
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    12For as many as have sinned without law shall also perish without law: and as many as have sinned in the law shall be judged by the law;

  • Rom 8:6
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    6For to be carnally minded [is] death; but to be spiritually minded [is] life and peace.

  • Rom 6:23
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    23For the wages of sin [is] death; but the gift of God [is] eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

  • Heb 11:31
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    31By faith the harlot Rahab perished not with them that believed not, when she had received the spies with peace.

  • Rom 11:6
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    6And if by grace, then [is it] no more of works: otherwise grace is no more grace. But if [it be] of works, then is it no more grace: otherwise work is no more work.

  • Rom 10:8
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    8But what saith it? The word is nigh thee, [even] in thy mouth, and in thy heart: that is, the word of faith, which we preach;

  • Rom 6:11
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    11Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord.

  • Jas 1:22
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    22But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.

  • Heb 11:4
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    4¶ By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts: and by it he being dead yet speaketh.