James 2:17

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

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  • Jas 2:26 : 26 For just as the body without the spirit is dead, so also faith without works is dead.
  • 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.
  • Jas 2:14 : 14 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?
  • Jas 2:19-20 : 19 You believe that God is one; well and good. Even the demons believe that– and tremble with fear. 20 But would you like evidence, you empty fellow, that faith without works is useless?
  • 2 Pet 1:5-9 : 5 For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith excellence, to excellence, knowledge; 6 to knowledge, self-control; to self-control, perseverance; to perseverance, godliness; 7 to godliness, brotherly affection; to brotherly affection, unselfish love. 8 For if these things are really yours and are continually increasing, they will keep you from becoming ineffective and unproductive in your pursuit of knowing our Lord Jesus Christ more intimately. 9 But concerning the one who lacks such things– he is blind. That is to say, he is nearsighted, since he has forgotten about the cleansing of his past sins.
  • 1 Cor 13:13 : 13 And now these three remain: faith, hope, and love. But the greatest of these is love.
  • 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.
  • 1 Cor 13:3 : 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.

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  • 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.

  • Jas 2:18-22
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    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.

    19You believe that God is one; well and good. Even the demons believe that– and tremble with fear.

    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 2:13-16
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    13For judgment is merciless for the one who has shown no mercy. But mercy triumphs over judgment.

    14Faith 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?

    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?

  • Rom 4:4-6
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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:

  • Gal 3:5-6
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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?

    6Just as Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness,

  • Rom 3:27-28
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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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Rom 11:6
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    6And if it is by grace, it is no longer by works, otherwise grace would no longer be grace.

  • 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.”

  • Rom 4:2
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    2For if Abraham was declared righteous by works, he has something to boast about– but not before God.

  • Jas 1:22-23
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    22But be sure you live out the message and do not merely listen to it and so deceive yourselves.

    23For 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.

  • Heb 4:2
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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.

  • Gal 5:6
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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.

  • Rom 10:17
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    17Consequently faith comes from what is heard, and what is heard comes through the preached word of Christ.

  • Gal 3:11-12
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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.

  • Titus 3:8
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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.

  • Heb 11:1
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    1People Commended for Their Faith Now faith is being sure of what we hope for, being convinced of what we do not see.

  • Heb 11:6
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    6Now without faith it is impossible to please him, for the one who approaches God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who 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 that we preach),

  • 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.

  • 2 Cor 4:12
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    12As a result, death is at work in us, but life is at work in you.

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

  • Jas 1:3
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    3because you know that the testing of your faith produces endurance.

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

  • Titus 3:14
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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.

  • 1 Cor 15:16-17
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    16For if the dead are not raised, then not even Christ has been raised.

    17And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is useless; you are still in your sins.

  • 2 Thess 3:10
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    10For even when we were with you, we used to give you this command:“If anyone is not willing to work, neither should he eat.”

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

  • Eph 2:1
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    1New Life Individually And although you were dead in your offenses and sins,

  • 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.

  • Gal 3:9
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    9So then those who believe are blessed along with Abraham the believer.

  • Heb 11:3
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    3By faith we understand that the worlds were set in order at God’s command, so that the visible has its origin in the invisible.