James 2:22

KJV1611 – Modern English

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

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  • 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;
  • Heb 11:17-19 : 17 By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac, and he who had received the promises offered up his only begotten son, 18 of whom it was said, 'In Isaac your seed shall be called,' 19 concluding that God was able to raise him up, even from the dead, from which he also received him in a figurative sense.
  • Jas 2:18 : 18 Yes, 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.
  • 1 John 2:5 : 5 But whoever keeps his word, truly the love of God is perfected in him: by this we know that we are in him.
  • 1 John 4:17-18 : 17 In this love has been perfected among us, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment, because as He is, so are we in this world. 18 There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear involves torment. He who fears is not made perfect in love.
  • Gal 5:6 : 6 For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision matters nor uncircumcision, but faith working through love.

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    23And the Scripture was fulfilled which says, Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned to him as righteousness. And he was called the Friend of God.

    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 2:20-21
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    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?

  • Jas 2:17-18
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    17Thus also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead.

    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.

  • Gal 3:5-7
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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.

    7Know therefore that those who are of faith, the same are the children of Abraham.

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

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    1What shall we say then that Abraham our father has found according to the flesh?

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

    3For what does the scripture say? Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him for righteousness.

    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,

  • Rom 4:19-23
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    19And being not weak in faith, he did not consider his own body, already dead, being about a hundred years old, nor the deadness of Sarah's womb.

    20He did not waver at the promise of God through unbelief, but was strong in faith, giving glory to God.

    21And being fully convinced that what He had promised, He was able also to perform.

    22And therefore it was credited to him for righteousness.

    23Now it was not written for his sake alone that it was credited to him;

  • 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.

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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.

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    9So then those who are of faith are blessed with faithful Abraham.

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    1Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.

    2For by it the elders obtained a good testimony.

    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.

    4By faith Abel offered to 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 still speaks.

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    6And he believed in the LORD; and He counted it to him for righteousness.

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    9Does this blessedness then come upon the circumcision only, or upon the uncircumcision also? For we say that faith was credited to Abraham for righteousness.

    10How was it then credited? When he was in circumcision, or in uncircumcision? Not in circumcision, but in uncircumcision.

    11And he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had while still uncircumcised: that he might be the father of all those who believe, though they be not circumcised; that righteousness might be credited to them also;

    12And the father of circumcision to those who are not of the circumcision only, but who also walk in the steps of that faith of our father Abraham, which he had while still uncircumcised.

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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.'

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    3Knowing this, that the testing of your faith produces patience.

    4But let patience have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing.

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    17By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac, and he who had received the promises offered up his only begotten son,

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    16Therefore it is of faith, that it might be by grace; to the end that the promise might be sure to all the descendants; not to those only who are of the law, but also to those who are of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all,

    17As it is written, I have made you a father of many nations, before him whom he believed, even God, who gives life to the dead, and calls those things which do not exist as though they did.

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    16And His name through faith in His name has made this man strong, whom you see and know: yes, the faith which is by Him has given him this perfect soundness in the presence of you all.

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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.

    10For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God has before ordained that we should walk in them.

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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.'

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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.

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    22But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.

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