James 2:26

KJV1611 – Modern English

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 do you want to know, O foolish man, that faith without works is dead?
  • Jas 2:17 : 17 Thus also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead.
  • Eccl 12:7 : 7 Then the dust will return to the earth as it was, and the spirit will return to God who gave it.
  • Isa 2:22 : 22 Cease from man, whose breath is in his nostrils; for how much is he to be accounted of?
  • Luke 23:46 : 46 And when Jesus had cried out with a loud voice, He said, Father, into Your hands I commit My spirit. And having said this, He breathed His last.
  • Acts 7:59-60 : 59 And they stoned Stephen as he called on God and said, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit. 60 And he knelt down and cried with a loud voice, Lord, do not charge them with this sin. And when he had said this, he fell asleep.
  • Ps 104:29 : 29 You hide Your face, they are troubled: You take away their breath, they die, and return to their dust.
  • Ps 146:4 : 4 His breath departs, he returns to his earth; in that very day his thoughts perish.
  • Job 34:14-15 : 14 If He sets His heart upon man, if He gathers to Himself His spirit and His breath, 15 All flesh shall perish together, and man shall return again to dust.
  • 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?

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Jas 2:14-22
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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?

    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?

    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.

    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 2:24-25
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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?

  • 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.

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

    11But if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, He who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit who dwells in you.

  • 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,

  • 2 Cor 4:12
    71%

    12So then, death works in us, but life in you.

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

  • Rom 8:13
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    13For if you live according to the flesh, you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.

  • 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 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.

  • Gal 2:16
    69%

    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.

  • Gal 3:11-12
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    69%

    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.'

  • Gal 5:5-6
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    68%

    5For we through the Spirit eagerly wait for the hope of righteousness by faith.

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

  • Heb 11:6
    68%

    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 6:7
    68%

    7For he who has died is freed from sin.

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

  • Rom 7:5
    68%

    5For when we were in the flesh, the passions of sins, which were by the law, worked in our members to bear fruit to death.

  • Heb 11:1
    67%

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

  • Rom 1:17
    67%

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

  • 1 Cor 15:16
    67%

    16For if the dead do not rise, then Christ is not risen.

  • Rom 4:2
    67%

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

  • Eph 2:5
    67%

    5Even when we were dead in sins, made us alive together with Christ, (by grace you are saved;)

  • 2 Cor 5:7
    67%

    7For we walk by faith, not by sight.

  • Col 2:12
    67%

    12Buried with him in baptism, wherein also you are raised with him through the faith of the working of God, who has raised him from the dead.

  • Rom 2:12
    67%

    12For as many as have sinned without law shall also perish without law: and as many as have sinned under the law shall be judged by the law;

  • Rom 8:6
    67%

    6For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.

  • Rom 6:23
    67%

    23For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

  • Heb 11:31
    67%

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

  • Rom 11:6
    66%

    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 10:8
    66%

    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,

  • Rom 6:11
    66%

    11Likewise, reckon yourselves to be dead indeed to sin, but alive to God through Jesus Christ our Lord.

  • Jas 1:22
    66%

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

  • Heb 11:4
    66%

    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.