James 2:17

KJV1611 – Modern English

Thus also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead.

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  • Jas 2:26 : 26 For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.
  • 1 Tim 1:5 : 5 Now the purpose of the commandment is love from a pure heart, from a good conscience, and from sincere faith:
  • Jas 2:14 : 14 What does it profit, my brothers, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can faith save him?
  • Jas 2:19-20 : 19 You believe that there is one God. You do well. The demons also believe, and tremble. 20 But do you want to know, O foolish man, that faith without works is dead?
  • 2 Pet 1:5-9 : 5 And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge; 6 And to knowledge self-control; and to self-control patience; and to patience godliness; 7 And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness love. 8 For if these things are in you and abound, they make you that you shall neither be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. 9 But he who lacks these things is blind, and cannot see afar off, and has forgotten that he was cleansed from his old sins.
  • 1 Cor 13:13 : 13 And now abide faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love.
  • 1 Thess 1:3 : 3 Remembering constantly your work of faith, labor of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, in the presence of God our Father;
  • 1 Cor 13:3 : 3 And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not love, it profits me nothing.

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  • Jas 2:24-26
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    24You see then that a man is justified by works, and not by faith only.

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

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

  • Jas 2:18-22
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    18Yes, someone will say, You have faith, and I have works. Show me your faith without your works, and I will show you my faith by my works.

    19You believe that there is one God. You do well. The demons also believe, and tremble.

    20But do you want to know, O foolish man, that faith without works is dead?

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

    22Do you see how faith was working together with his works, and by works faith was made perfect?

  • Jas 2:13-16
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    13For judgment is without mercy to the one who has shown no mercy; mercy triumphs over judgment.

    14What does it profit, my brothers, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can faith save him?

    15If a brother or sister is naked and lacks daily food,

    16and one of you says to them, Depart in peace, be warmed and filled, but you do not give them the things needed for the body, what does it profit?

  • Rom 4:4-6
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    4Now to him who works, the reward is not given of grace, but as a debt.

    5But to him who does not work, but believes in him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness.

    6Even as David also describes the blessedness of the man to whom God credits righteousness apart from works,

  • Gal 3:5-6
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    5He who ministers to you the Spirit and works miracles among you, does he do it by the works of the law, or by hearing of faith?

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

  • Rom 3:27-28
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    27Where is boasting then? It is excluded. By what law? Of works? No, but by the law of faith.

    28Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith apart from the deeds of the law.

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

    9Not of works, lest any man should boast.

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

  • Rom 11:6
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    6And if by grace, then it is no longer of works; otherwise grace is no longer grace. But if it is of works, it is no longer grace; otherwise work is no longer work.

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

  • Rom 4:2
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    2For if Abraham was justified by works, he has reason to boast; but not before God.

  • Jas 1:22-23
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    22But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.

    23For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man observing his natural face in a mirror;

  • Heb 4:2
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    2For unto us the gospel was preached, as well as unto them; but the word preached did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in those who heard it.

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

  • Rom 10:17
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    17So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.

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

    12And the law is not of faith, but 'The man who does them shall live in them.'

  • Titus 3:8
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    8This is a faithful saying, and these things I want you to affirm constantly, that those who have believed in God should be careful to maintain good works. These things are good and profitable to men.

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

  • Heb 11:6
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    6But without faith it is impossible to please Him: for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.

  • Rom 10:8
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    8But what does it say? "The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart"—that is, the word of faith which we preach,

  • Titus 1:16
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    16They profess to know God, but in works they deny Him, being abominable, disobedient, and disqualified for every good work.

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

  • John 10:37
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    37If I do not do the works of my Father, do not believe me.

  • Jas 1:3
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    3Knowing this, that the testing of your faith produces patience.

  • Rom 3:3
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    3For what if some did not believe? Shall their unbelief make the faithfulness of God without effect?

  • Titus 3:14
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    14And let our people also learn to engage in good deeds to meet pressing needs, that they may not be unfruitful.

  • 1 Cor 15:16-17
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    16For if the dead do not rise, then Christ is not risen.

    17And if Christ is not risen, your faith is vain; you are still in your sins.

  • 2 Thess 3:10
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    10For even when we were with you, we commanded you this: If anyone will not work, neither shall he eat.

  • 1 Tim 5:8
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    8But if anyone does not provide for his own, and especially for those of his own household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.

  • Eph 2:1
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    1And you He has made alive, who were dead in trespasses and sins;

  • Jas 1:26
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    26If anyone among you thinks he is religious, and does not bridle his tongue but deceives his own heart, this man's religion is useless.

  • Gal 3:9
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    9So then those who are of faith are blessed with faithful Abraham.

  • Heb 11:3
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    3Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that the things which are seen were not made of things which are visible.