James 2:24

KJV1611 – Modern English

You see then that a man is justified by works, and not by faith only.

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  • Jas 2:15-18 : 15 If a brother or sister is naked and lacks daily food, 16 and 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? 17 Thus also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead. 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.
  • Jas 2:21-22 : 21 Was not Abraham our father justified by works when he offered Isaac his son on the altar? 22 Do you see how faith was working together with his works, and by works faith was made perfect?
  • Ps 60:12 : 12 Through God we shall do valiantly, for He it is who shall tread down our enemies.

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  • Jas 2:25-26
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    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 2:20-23
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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?

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

    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.

  • 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.

  • Rom 3:26-28
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    26to demonstrate at the present time His righteousness, that He might be just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus.

    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.

  • 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 4:1-6
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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,

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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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    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.'

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    22And therefore it was credited to him for righteousness.

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

    24But also for us, to whom it shall be credited, if we believe in him who raised Jesus our Lord from the dead;

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    13For it is not the hearers of the law who are just before God, but the doers of the law shall be justified.

  • Rom 4:9-10
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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.

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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.

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

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    30What shall we say then? That the Gentiles, who did not pursue righteousness, have attained to righteousness, even the righteousness of faith.

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    39And by him all who believe are justified from all things, from which you could not be justified by the law of Moses.

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

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    24being justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus,

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    31By faith the harlot Rahab did not perish with those who did not believe, when she had received the spies with peace.

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    1Therefore, being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ:

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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,

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    30since there is one God who will justify the circumcised by faith and the uncircumcised through faith.

    31Do we then make void the law through faith? Certainly not: on the contrary, we establish the law.

  • Gal 3:24
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    24Therefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith.

  • Rom 3:20
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    20Therefore by the deeds of the law no flesh will be justified in His sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin.

  • Rom 3:22
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    22even the righteousness of God, through faith in Jesus Christ, to all and on all who believe. For there is no difference:

  • Heb 11:2
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    2For by it the elders obtained a good testimony.

  • 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.

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

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