James 2:14

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Faith and Works Together What good is it, my brothers and sisters, if someone claims to have faith but does not have works? Can this kind of faith save him?

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  • Matt 7:26-27 : 26 Everyone who hears these words of mine and does not do them is like a foolish man who built his house on sand. 27 The rain fell, the flood came, and the winds beat against that house, and it collapsed– it was utterly destroyed!”
  • Matt 7:21-23 : 21 Judgment of Pretenders“Not everyone who says to me,‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter into the kingdom of heaven– only the one who does the will of my Father in heaven. 22 On that day, many will say to me,‘Lord, Lord, didn’t we prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your name, and do many powerful deeds in your name?’ 23 Then I will declare to them,‘I never knew you. Go away from me, you lawbreakers!’
  • Jas 1:22-25 : 22 But be sure you live out the message and do not merely listen to it and so deceive yourselves. 23 For if someone merely listens to the message and does not live it out, he is like someone who gazes at his own face in a mirror. 24 For he gazes at himself and then goes out and immediately forgets what sort of person he was. 25 But the one who peers into the perfect law of liberty and fixes his attention there, and does not become a forgetful listener but one who lives it out– he will be blessed in what he does.
  • 2 Pet 1:5 : 5 For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith excellence, to excellence, knowledge;
  • Heb 11:7-8 : 7 By faith Noah, when he was warned about things not yet seen, with reverent regard constructed an ark for the deliverance of his family. Through faith he condemned the world and became an heir of the righteousness that comes by faith. 8 By faith Abraham obeyed when he was called to go out to a place he would later receive as an inheritance, and he went out without understanding where he was going.
  • Heb 13:9 : 9 Do not be carried away by all sorts of strange teachings. For it is good for the heart to be strengthened by grace, not ritual meals, which have never benefited those who participated in them.
  • Heb 11:17 : 17 By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac. He had received the promises, yet he was ready to offer up his only son.
  • Matt 5:20 : 20 For I tell you, unless your righteousness goes beyond that of the experts in the law and the Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven!
  • 1 Cor 13:2-3 : 2 And if I have prophecy, and know all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith so that I can remove mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing. 3 If I give away everything I own, and if I give over my body in order to boast, but do not have love, I receive no benefit.
  • 1 Cor 15:2 : 2 and by which you are being saved, if you hold firmly to the message I preached to you– unless you believed in vain.
  • Luke 6:49 : 49 But the person who hears and does not put my words into practice is like a man who built a house on the ground without a foundation. When the river burst against that house, it collapsed immediately, and was utterly destroyed!”
  • Acts 8:13 : 13 Even Simon himself believed, and after he was baptized, he stayed close to Philip constantly, and when he saw the signs and great miracles that were occurring, he was amazed.
  • Acts 8:21 : 21 You have no share or part in this matter because your heart is not right before God!
  • Acts 15:9 : 9 and he made no distinction between them and us, cleansing their hearts by faith.
  • Eph 2:8-9 : 8 For by grace you are saved through faith, and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God; 9 it is not from works, so that no one can boast. 10 For we are his creative work, having been created in Christ Jesus for good works that God prepared beforehand so we can do them.
  • 1 Thess 1:3 : 3 because we recall in the presence of our God and Father your work of faith and labor of love and endurance of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ.
  • Gal 5:6 : 6 For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision carries any weight– the only thing that matters is faith working through love.
  • Titus 1:16 : 16 They profess to know God but with their deeds they deny him, since they are detestable, disobedient, and unfit for any good deed.
  • Titus 3:8 : 8 Summary of the Letter This saying is trustworthy, and I want you to insist on such truths, so that those who have placed their faith in God may be intent on engaging in good works. These things are good and beneficial for all people.
  • Gal 5:13 : 13 Practice Love For you were called to freedom, brothers and sisters; only do not use your freedom as an opportunity to indulge your flesh, but through love serve one another.
  • 1 Tim 1:5 : 5 But the aim of our instruction is love that comes from a pure heart, a good conscience, and a sincere faith.
  • 1 John 5:4-5 : 4 because everyone who has been fathered by God conquers the world. Testimony About the SonThis is the conquering power that has conquered the world: our faith. 5 Now who is the person who has conquered the world except the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?
  • Jas 2:16 : 16 and one of you says to them,“Go in peace, keep warm and eat well,” but you do not give them what the body needs, what good is it?
  • Jas 2:18 : 18 But someone will say,“You have faith and I have works.” Show me your faith without works and I will show you faith by my works.
  • Jas 2:26 : 26 For just as the body without the spirit is dead, so also faith without works is dead.
  • 1 Tim 4:8 : 8 For“physical exercise has some value, but godliness is valuable in every way. It holds promise for the present life and for the life to come.”
  • Rom 2:25 : 25 For circumcision has its value if you practice the law, but if you break the law, your circumcision has become uncircumcision.
  • 1 Cor 16:22 : 22 Let anyone who has no love for the Lord be accursed. Our Lord, come!

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

    16and one of you says to them,“Go in peace, keep warm and eat well,” but you do not give them what the body needs, what good is it?

    17So also faith, if it does not have works, is dead being by itself.

    18But someone will say,“You have faith and I have works.” Show me your faith without works and I will show you faith by my works.

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    20But would you like evidence, you empty fellow, that faith without works is useless?

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

    22You see that his faith was working together with his works and his faith was perfected by works.

  • Jas 2:24-26
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    24You see that a person is justified by works and not by faith alone.

    25And similarly, was not Rahab the prostitute also justified by works when she welcomed the messengers and sent them out by another way?

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

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    13For judgment is merciless for the one who has shown no mercy. But mercy triumphs over judgment.

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    4Now to the one who works, his pay is not credited due to grace but due to obligation.

    5But to the one who does not work, but believes in the one who declares the ungodly righteous, his faith is credited as righteousness.

    6So even David himself speaks regarding the blessedness of the man to whom God credits righteousness apart from works:

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

    9it is not from works, so that no one can boast.

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    2For we had good news proclaimed to us just as they did. But the message they heard did them no good, since they did not join in with those who heard it in faith.

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    5Does God then give you the Spirit and work miracles among you by your doing the works of the law or by your believing what you heard?

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    6For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision carries any weight– the only thing that matters is faith working through love.

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    8Summary of the Letter This saying is trustworthy, and I want you to insist on such truths, so that those who have placed their faith in God may be intent on engaging in good works. These things are good and beneficial for all people.

  • Gal 2:16
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    16yet we know that no one is justified by the works of the law but by the faithfulness of Jesus Christ. And we have come to believe in Christ Jesus, so that we may be justified by the faithfulness of Christ and not by the works of the law, because by the works of the law no one will be justified.

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    27Where, then, is boasting? It is excluded! By what principle? Of works? No, but by the principle of faith!

    28For we consider that a person is declared righteous by faith apart from the works of the law.

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    2For if Abraham was declared righteous by works, he has something to boast about– but not before God.

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    36For what benefit is it for a person to gain the whole world, yet forfeit his life?

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    1Prejudice and the Law of Love My brothers and sisters, do not show prejudice if you possess faith in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ.

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    6And if it is by grace, it is no longer by works, otherwise grace would no longer be grace.

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    11Now it is clear no one is justified before God by the law, because the righteous one will live by faith.

    12But the law is not based on faith, but the one who does the works of the law will live by them.

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    14Here is another way that our people can learn to engage in good works to meet pressing needs and so not be unfruitful.

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    14If what someone has built survives, he will receive a reward.

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    3What then? If some did not believe, does their unbelief nullify the faithfulness of God?

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    22The faith you have, keep to yourself before God. Blessed is the one who does not judge himself by what he approves.

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    14How are they to call on one they have not believed in? And how are they to believe in one they have not heard of? And how are they to hear without someone preaching to them?

  • 1 John 3:17
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    17But whoever has the world’s possessions and sees his fellow Christian in need and shuts off his compassion against him, how can the love of God reside in such a person?

  • 1 Cor 13:3
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    3If I give away everything I own, and if I give over my body in order to boast, but do not have love, I receive no benefit.

  • Jas 1:26
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    26If someone thinks he is religious yet does not bridle his tongue, and so deceives his heart, his religion is futile.

  • Titus 1:16
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    16They profess to know God but with their deeds they deny him, since they are detestable, disobedient, and unfit for any good deed.

  • Jas 1:22
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    22But be sure you live out the message and do not merely listen to it and so deceive yourselves.

  • Matt 16:26
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    26For what does it benefit a person if he gains the whole world but forfeits his life? Or what can a person give in exchange for his life?

  • Titus 3:5
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    5he saved us not by works of righteousness that we have done but on the basis of his mercy, through the washing of the new birth and the renewing of the Holy Spirit,

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    20For human anger does not accomplish God’s righteousness.

  • Rom 2:25
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    25For circumcision has its value if you practice the law, but if you break the law, your circumcision has become uncircumcision.

  • 1 Pet 4:18
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    18And if the righteous are barely saved, what will become of the ungodly and sinners?

  • Eccl 3:9
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    9Man is Ignorant of God’s Timing What benefit can a worker gain from his toil?

  • Rom 1:17
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    17For the righteousness of God is revealed in the gospel from faith to faith, just as it is written,“The righteous by faith will live.”

  • Jas 5:15
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    15And the prayer of faith will save the one who is sick and the Lord will raise him up– and if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven.

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    28So then they said to him,“What must we do to accomplish the deeds God requires?”