James 2:25

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

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  • Heb 11:31 : 31 By faith Rahab the prostitute escaped the destruction of the disobedient, because she welcomed the spies in peace.
  • Josh 2:1 : 1 Joshua Sends Spies into the Land Joshua son of Nun sent two spies out from Shittim secretly and instructed them:“Find out what you can about the land, especially Jericho.” They stopped at the house of a prostitute named Rahab and spent the night there.
  • Josh 2:4 : 4 But the woman hid the two men and replied,“Yes, these men were clients of mine, but I didn’t know where they came from.
  • Josh 2:15 : 15 Then Rahab let them down by a rope through the window.(Her house was built as part of the city wall; she lived in the wall.)
  • Josh 2:19-21 : 19 Anyone who leaves your house will be responsible for his own death– we are innocent in that case! But if anyone with you in the house is harmed, we will be responsible. 20 If you should report what we’ve been up to, we are not bound by this oath you made us swear.” 21 She said,“I agree to these conditions.” She sent them on their way and then tied the red rope in the window.
  • Josh 6:22-25 : 22 Joshua told the two men who had spied on the land,“Enter the prostitute’s house and bring out the woman and all who belong to her as you promised her.” 23 So the young spies went and brought out Rahab, her father, mother, brothers, and all who belonged to her. They brought out her whole family and took them to a place outside the Israelite camp. 24 But they burned the city and all that was in it, except for the silver, gold, and bronze and iron items they put in the treasury of the LORD’s house. 25 Yet Joshua spared Rahab the prostitute, her father’s family, and all who belonged to her. She lives in Israel to this very day because she hid the messengers Joshua sent to spy on Jericho.
  • Matt 1:5 : 5 Salmon the father of Boaz(by Rahab), Boaz the father of Obed(by Ruth), Obed the father of Jesse,
  • Matt 21:31 : 31 Which of the two did his father’s will?” They said,“The first.” Jesus said to them,“I tell you the truth, tax collectors and prostitutes will go ahead of you into the kingdom of God!
  • 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 2:22 : 22 You see that his faith was working together with his works and his faith was perfected by works.
  • Josh 6:17 : 17 The city and all that is in it must be set apart for the LORD; only Rahab the prostitute and all who are with her in her house will live, because she hid the spies we sent.
  • Josh 2:6 : 6 (Now she had taken them up to the roof and had hidden them in the stalks of flax she had spread out on the roof.)

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Jas 2:20-24
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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.

    23And 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.

    24You see that a person is justified by works and not by faith alone.

  • Heb 11:30-31
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    30By faith the walls of Jericho fell after the people marched around them for seven days.

    31By faith Rahab the prostitute escaped the destruction of the disobedient, because she welcomed the spies in peace.

  • Jas 2:26
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    26For just as the body without the spirit is dead, so also faith without works is dead.

  • Josh 6:25
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    25Yet Joshua spared Rahab the prostitute, her father’s family, and all who belonged to her. She lives in Israel to this very day because she hid the messengers Joshua sent to spy on Jericho.

  • Josh 6:22-23
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    22Joshua told the two men who had spied on the land,“Enter the prostitute’s house and bring out the woman and all who belong to her as you promised her.”

    23So the young spies went and brought out Rahab, her father, mother, brothers, and all who belonged to her. They brought out her whole family and took them to a place outside the Israelite camp.

  • Josh 2:1-4
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    1Joshua Sends Spies into the Land Joshua son of Nun sent two spies out from Shittim secretly and instructed them:“Find out what you can about the land, especially Jericho.” They stopped at the house of a prostitute named Rahab and spent the night there.

    2The king of Jericho received this report:“Note well! Israelite men have come here tonight to spy on the land.”

    3So the king of Jericho sent this order to Rahab:“Turn over the men who came to you– the ones who came to your house– for they have come to spy on the whole land!”

    4But the woman hid the two men and replied,“Yes, these men were clients of mine, but I didn’t know where they came from.

  • Jas 2:17-18
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    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.

  • Josh 6:17
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    17The city and all that is in it must be set apart for the LORD; only Rahab the prostitute and all who are with her in her house will live, because she hid the spies we sent.

  • Rom 4:2-6
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    2For if Abraham was declared righteous by works, he has something to boast about– but not before God.

    3For what does the scripture say?“Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness.”

    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 2:16-17
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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.

    17But if while seeking to be justified in Christ we ourselves have also been found to be sinners, is Christ then one who encourages sin? Absolutely not!

  • 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.

  • 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 2:13
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    13For it is not those who hear the law who are righteous before God, but those who do the law will be declared righteous.

  • Gal 3:11
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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.

  • Jas 2:14
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    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?

  • 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.

  • Rom 4:22-23
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    22So indeed it was credited to Abraham as righteousness.

    23But the statement it was credited to him was not written only for Abraham’s sake,

  • Rom 9:30
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    30Israel’s Rejection Culpable What shall we say then?– that the Gentiles who did not pursue righteousness obtained it, that is, a righteousness that is by faith,

  • Acts 13:39
    66%

    39and by this one everyone who believes is justified from everything from which the law of Moses could not justify you.

  • Josh 2:15
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    15Then Rahab let them down by a rope through the window.(Her house was built as part of the city wall; she lived in the wall.)

  • Gen 15:6
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    6Abram believed the LORD, and the LORD credited it as righteousness to him.

  • Heb 11:2
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    2For by it the people of old received God’s commendation.

  • Rom 3:24
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    24But they are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus.

  • Rom 4:9-10
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    9Is this blessedness then for the circumcision or also for the uncircumcision? For we say,“faith was credited to Abraham as righteousness.”

    10How then was it credited to him? Was he circumcised at the time, or not? No, he was not circumcised but uncircumcised!

  • 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 3:20
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    20For no one is declared righteous before him by the works of the law, for through the law comes the knowledge of sin.

  • 1 Tim 5:25
    64%

    25Similarly good works are also obvious, and the ones that are not cannot remain hidden.

  • Gal 3:9
    64%

    9So then those who believe are blessed along with Abraham the believer.

  • Josh 2:21
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    21She said,“I agree to these conditions.” She sent them on their way and then tied the red rope in the window.