James 2:24
You see then that by works, a man is justified, and not only by faith.
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- Jas 2:15-18 : 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? 17 Even so faith, if it has no works, is dead in itself. 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.
- Jas 2:21-22 : 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;
- Ps 60:12 : 12 Through God we shall do valiantly, for it is he who will tread down our adversaries. For the Chief Musician. For a stringed instrument. By David.
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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 2:20-234 verses85%
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;
23 and the Scripture was fulfilled which says, "Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him as righteousness;" and he was called the friend of God.
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17 Even so faith, if it has no works, is dead in itself.
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.
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26 to demonstrate his righteousness at this present time; that he might himself be just, and the justifier of him who has faith in Jesus.
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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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.
- Rom 4:1-66 verses78%
1 What then will we say that Abraham, our forefather, has found according to the flesh?
2 For if Abraham was justified by works, he has something to boast about, but not toward God.
3 For what does the Scripture say? "Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness."
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,
- Gal 3:5-73 verses75%
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."
7 Know therefore that those who are of faith, the same are children of Abraham.
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14 What good is it, my brothers, if a man says he has faith, but has no works? Can faith save him?
- Gal 3:11-122 verses75%
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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22 Therefore it also was "reckoned to him for righteousness."
23 Now it was not written that it was accounted to him for his sake alone,
24 but for our sake also, to whom it will be accounted, who believe in him who raised Jesus, our Lord, from the dead,
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13 For it isn't the hearers of the law who are righteous before God, but the doers of the law will be justified
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9 Is this blessing then pronounced on the circumcised, or on the uncircumcised also? For we say that faith was accounted to Abraham for righteousness.
10 How then was it counted? When he was in circumcision, or in uncircumcision? Not in circumcision, but in uncircumcision.
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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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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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9 So then, those who are of faith are blessed with the faithful Abraham.
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30 What shall we say then? That the Gentiles, who didn't follow after righteousness, attained to righteousness, even the righteousness which is of faith;
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39 and by him everyone who believes is justified from all things, from which you could not be justified by the law of Moses.
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6 He believed in Yahweh; and he reckoned it to him for righteousness.
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24 being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus;
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31 By faith, Rahab the prostitute, didn't perish with those who were disobedient, having received the spies in peace.
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1 Being therefore justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ;
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16 For this cause it is of faith, that it may be according to grace, to the end that the promise may be sure to all the seed, not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all.
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30 since indeed there is one God who will justify the circumcised by faith, and the uncircumcised through faith.
31 Do we then nullify the law through faith? May it never be! No, we establish the law.
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24 So that the law has become our tutor to bring us to Christ, that we might be justified by faith.
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20 Because by the works of the law, no flesh will be justified in his sight. For through the law comes the knowledge of sin.
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22 even the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ to all and on all those who believe. For there is no distinction,
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2 For by this, the elders obtained testimony.
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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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6 For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision amounts to anything, nor uncircumcision, but faith working through love.
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22 But be doers of the word, and not only hearers, deluding your own selves.