James 2:22
You see that his faith was working together with his works and his faith was perfected by works.
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- 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.
- Heb 11:17-19 : 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. 18 God had told him,“Through Isaac descendants will carry on your name,” 19 and he reasoned that God could even raise him from the dead, and in a sense he received him back from there.
- 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.
- 1 John 2:5 : 5 But whoever obeys his word, truly in this person the love of God has been perfected. By this we know that we are in him.
- 1 John 4:17-18 : 17 By this love is perfected with us, so that we may have confidence in the day of judgment, because just as Jesus is, so also are we in this world. 18 There is no fear in love, but perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears punishment has not been perfected in love.
- 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.
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- Jas 2:23-264 verses85%
23 And the scripture was fulfilled that says,“Now Abraham believed God and it was counted to him for righteousness,” and he was called God’s friend.
24 You see that a person is justified by works and not by faith alone.
25 And similarly, was not Rahab the prostitute also justified by works when she welcomed the messengers and sent them out by another way?
26 For just as the body without the spirit is dead, so also faith without works is dead.
- Jas 2:20-212 verses82%
20 But would you like evidence, you empty fellow, that faith without works is useless?
21 Was not Abraham our father justified by works when he offered Isaac his son on the altar?
- Jas 2:17-182 verses82%
17 So also faith, if it does not have works, is dead being by itself.
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.
- Gal 3:5-73 verses75%
5 Does 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?
6 Just as Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness,
7 so then, understand that those who believe are the sons of Abraham.
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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?
- Rom 4:1-66 verses75%
1 The Illustration of Justification What then shall we say that Abraham, our ancestor according to the flesh, has discovered regarding this matter?
2 For if Abraham was declared righteous by works, he has something to boast about– but not before God.
3 For what does the scripture say?“Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness.”
4 Now to the one who works, his pay is not credited due to grace but due to obligation.
5 But to the one who does not work, but believes in the one who declares the ungodly righteous, his faith is credited as righteousness.
6 So even David himself speaks regarding the blessedness of the man to whom God credits righteousness apart from works:
- Rom 4:19-235 verses73%
19 Without being weak in faith, he considered his own body as dead(because he was about one hundred years old) and the deadness of Sarah’s womb.
20 He did not waver in unbelief about the promise of God but was strengthened in faith, giving glory to God.
21 He was fully convinced that what God promised he was also able to do.
22 So indeed it was credited to Abraham as righteousness.
23 But the statement it was credited to him was not written only for Abraham’s sake,
- Rom 3:27-282 verses72%
27 Where, then, is boasting? It is excluded! By what principle? Of works? No, but by the principle of faith!
28 For we consider that a person is declared righteous by faith apart from the works of the law.
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16 yet 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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9 So then those who believe are blessed along with Abraham the believer.
- Heb 11:1-44 verses71%
1 People Commended for Their Faith Now faith is being sure of what we hope for, being convinced of what we do not see.
2 For by it the people of old received God’s commendation.
3 By faith we understand that the worlds were set in order at God’s command, so that the visible has its origin in the invisible.
4 By faith Abel offered God a greater sacrifice than Cain, and through his faith he was commended as righteous, because God commended him for his offerings. And through his faith he still speaks, though he is dead.
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6 Abram believed the LORD, and the LORD credited it as righteousness to him.
- Rom 4:9-124 verses70%
9 Is this blessedness then for the circumcision or also for the uncircumcision? For we say,“faith was credited to Abraham as righteousness.”
10 How then was it credited to him? Was he circumcised at the time, or not? No, he was not circumcised but uncircumcised!
11 And he received the sign of circumcision as a seal of the righteousness that he had by faith while he was still uncircumcised, so that he would become the father of all those who believe but have never been circumcised, that they too could have righteousness credited to them.
12 And he is also the father of the circumcised, who are not only circumcised, but who also walk in the footsteps of the faith that our father Abraham possessed when he was still uncircumcised.
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17 For 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 1:3-42 verses70%
3 because you know that the testing of your faith produces endurance.
4 And let endurance have its perfect effect, so that you will be perfect and complete, not deficient in anything.
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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.
- Rom 4:16-172 verses69%
16 For this reason it is by faith so that it may be by grace, with the result that the promise may be certain to all the descendants– not only to those who are under the law, but also to those who have the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all
17 (as it is written,“I have made you the father of many nations”). He is our father in the presence of God whom he believed– the God who makes the dead alive and summons the things that do not yet exist as though they already do.
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16 And on the basis of faith in Jesus’ name, his very name has made this man– whom you see and know– strong. The faith that is through Jesus has given him this complete health in the presence of you all.
- Eph 2:8-103 verses68%
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.
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11 Now it is clear no one is justified before God by the law, because the righteous one will live by faith.
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6 Now 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.
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22 But be sure you live out the message and do not merely listen to it and so deceive yourselves.
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6 For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision carries any weight– the only thing that matters is faith working through love.