James 2:17
Even so faith, if it has no works, is dead in itself.
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- Jas 2:26 : 26 For as the body apart from the spirit is dead, even so faith apart from works is dead.
- 1 Tim 1:5 : 5 but the goal of this command is love, out of a pure heart and a good conscience and sincere faith;
- Jas 2:14 : 14 What good is it, my brothers, if a man says he has faith, but has no works? Can faith save him?
- Jas 2:19-20 : 19 You believe that God is one. You do well. The demons also believe, and shudder. 20 But do you want to know, vain man, that faith apart from works is dead?
- 2 Pet 1:5-9 : 5 Yes, and for this very cause adding on your part all diligence, in your faith supply moral excellence; and in moral excellence, knowledge; 6 and in knowledge, self-control; and in self-control patience; and in patience godliness; 7 and in godliness brotherly affection; and in brotherly affection, love. 8 For if these things are yours and abound, they make you to be not idle nor unfruitful to the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. 9 For he who lacks these things is blind, seeing only what is near, having forgotten the cleansing from his old sins.
- 1 Cor 13:13 : 13 But now faith, hope, and love remain--these three. The greatest of these is love.
- 1 Thess 1:3 : 3 remembering without ceasing your work of faith and labor of love and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, before our God and Father.
- 1 Cor 13:3 : 3 If I dole out all my goods to feed the poor, and if I give my body to be burned, but don't have love, it profits me nothing.
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24 You see then that by works, a man is justified, and not only by faith.
25 In the same way, wasn't Rahab the prostitute also justified by works, in that she received the messengers, and sent them out another way?
26 For as the body apart from the spirit is dead, even so faith apart from works is dead.
- Jas 2:18-225 verses89%
18 Yes, a man will say, "You have faith, and I have works." Show me your faith without works, and I by my works will show you my faith.
19 You believe that God is one. You do well. The demons also believe, and shudder.
20 But do you want to know, vain man, that faith apart from works is dead?
21 Wasn't Abraham our father justified by works, in that he offered up Isaac his son on the altar?
22 You see that faith worked with his works, and by works faith was perfected;
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13 For judgment is without mercy to him who has shown no mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment.
14 What good is it, my brothers, if a man says he has faith, but has no works? Can faith save him?
15 And if a brother or sister is naked and in lack of daily food,
16 and one of you tells them, "Go in peace, be warmed and filled;" and yet you didn't give them the things the body needs, what good is it?
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4 Now to him who works, the reward is not counted as grace, but as something owed.
5 But to him who doesn't work, but believes in him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is accounted for righteousness.
6 Even as David also pronounces blessing on the man to whom God counts righteousness apart from works,
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5 He therefore who supplies the Spirit to you, and works miracles among you, does he do it by the works of the law, or by hearing of faith?
6 Even as Abraham "believed God, and it was counted to him for righteousness."
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27 Where then is the boasting? It is excluded. By what kind of law? Of works? No, but by a law of faith.
28 We maintain therefore that a man is justified by faith apart from the works of the law.
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8 for by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God,
9 not of works, that no one would boast.
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16 yet knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ, even we believed in Christ Jesus, that we might be justified by faith in Christ, and not by the works of the law, because no flesh will be justified by the works of the law.
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6 And 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.
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17 For in it is revealed God's righteousness from faith to faith. As it is written, "But the righteous shall live by faith."
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2 For if Abraham was justified by works, he has something to boast about, but not toward God.
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22 But be doers of the word, and not only hearers, deluding your own selves.
23 For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man looking at his natural face in a mirror;
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2 For indeed we have had good news preached to us, even as they also did, but the word they heard didn't profit them, because it wasn't mixed with faith by those who heard.
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6 For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision amounts to anything, nor uncircumcision, but faith working through love.
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17 So faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.
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11 Now that no man is justified by the law before God is evident, for, "The righteous will live by faith."
12 The law is not of faith, but, "The man who does them will live by them."
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8 This saying is faithful, and concerning these things I desire that you affirm confidently, so that those who have believed God may be careful to maintain good works. These things are good and profitable to men;
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1 Now faith is assurance of things hoped for, proof of things not seen.
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6 Without faith it is impossible to be well pleasing to him, for he who comes to God must believe that he exists, and that he is a rewarder of those who seek him.
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8 But 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:
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16 They profess that they know God, but by their works they deny him, being abominable, disobedient, and unfit for any good work.
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12 So then death works in us, but life in you.
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37 If I don't do the works of my Father, don't believe me.
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3 knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance.
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3 For what if some were without faith? Will their lack of faith nullify the faithfulness of God?
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14 Let our people also learn to maintain good works for necessary uses, that they may not be unfruitful.
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16 For if the dead aren't raised, neither has Christ been raised.
17 If Christ has not been raised, your faith is vain; you are still in your sins.
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10 For even when we were with you, we commanded you this: "If anyone will not work, neither let him eat."
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8 But if anyone doesn't provide for his own, and especially his own household, he has denied the faith, and is worse than an unbeliever.
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1 You were made alive when you were dead in transgressions and sins,
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26 If anyone among you thinks himself to be religious while he doesn't bridle his tongue, but deceives his heart, this man's religion is worthless.
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9 So then, those who are of faith are blessed with the faithful Abraham.
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3 By faith, we understand that the universe has been framed by the word of God, so that what is seen has not been made out of things which are visible.