James 2:25

World English Bible (2000)

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?

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  • Heb 11:31 : 31 By faith, Rahab the prostitute, didn't perish with those who were disobedient, having received the spies in peace.
  • Josh 2:1 : 1 Joshua the son of Nun secretly sent two men out of Shittim as spies, saying, "Go, view the land, including Jericho." They went and came into the house of a prostitute whose name was Rahab, and slept there.
  • Josh 2:4 : 4 The woman took the two men and hid them. Then she said, "Yes, the men came to me, but I didn't know where they came from.
  • Josh 2:15 : 15 Then she let them down by a cord through the window; for her house was on the side of the wall, and she lived on the wall.
  • Josh 2:19-21 : 19 It shall be that whoever goes out of the doors of your house into the street, his blood will be on his head, and we will be guiltless. Whoever is with you in the house, his blood shall be on our head, if any hand is on him. 20 But if you talk about this business of ours, then we shall be guiltless of your oath which you have made us to swear." 21 She said, "According to your words, so be it." She sent them away, and they departed. She tied the scarlet line in the window.
  • Josh 6:22-25 : 22 Joshua said to the two men who had spied out the land, "Go into the prostitute's house, and bring out from there the woman and all that she has, as you swore to her." 23 The young men who were spies went in, and brought out Rahab with her father, her mother, her brothers, and all that she had. They also brought out all her relatives, and they set them outside of the camp of Israel. 24 They burnt the city with fire, and all that was in it. Only they put the silver, the gold, and the vessels of brass and of iron into the treasury of Yahweh's house. 25 But Rahab the prostitute, her father's household, and all that she had, Joshua saved alive. She lived in the midst of Israel to this day, because she hid the messengers, whom Joshua sent to spy out Jericho.
  • Matt 1:5 : 5 Salmon became the father of Boaz by Rahab. Boaz became the father of Obed by Ruth. Obed became the father of Jesse.
  • Matt 21:31 : 31 Which of the two did the will of his father?" They said to him, "The first." Jesus said to them, "Most certainly I tell you that the tax collectors and the prostitutes are entering into the Kingdom of God before you.
  • Jas 2:18 : 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 2:22 : 22 You see that faith worked with his works, and by works faith was perfected;
  • Josh 6:17 : 17 The city shall be devoted, even it and all that is in it, to Yahweh. Only Rahab the prostitute shall live, she and all who are with her in the house, because she hid the messengers that we sent.
  • Josh 2:6 : 6 But she had brought them up to the roof, and hid them with the stalks of flax, which she had laid in order on the roof.

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  • Jas 2:20-24
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    20But do you want to know, vain man, that faith apart from works is dead?

    21Wasn't Abraham our father justified by works, in that he offered up Isaac his son on the altar?

    22You see that faith worked with his works, and by works faith was perfected;

    23and 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.

    24You see then that by works, a man is justified, and not only by faith.

  • Heb 11:30-31
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    30By faith, the walls of Jericho fell down, after they had been encircled for seven days.

    31By faith, Rahab the prostitute, didn't perish with those who were disobedient, having received the spies in peace.

  • Jas 2:26
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    26For as the body apart from the spirit is dead, even so faith apart from works is dead.

  • Josh 6:25
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    25But Rahab the prostitute, her father's household, and all that she had, Joshua saved alive. She lived in the midst of Israel to this day, because she hid the messengers, whom Joshua sent to spy out Jericho.

  • Josh 6:22-23
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    22Joshua said to the two men who had spied out the land, "Go into the prostitute's house, and bring out from there the woman and all that she has, as you swore to her."

    23The young men who were spies went in, and brought out Rahab with her father, her mother, her brothers, and all that she had. They also brought out all her relatives, and they set them outside of the camp of Israel.

  • Josh 2:1-4
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    1Joshua the son of Nun secretly sent two men out of Shittim as spies, saying, "Go, view the land, including Jericho." They went and came into the house of a prostitute whose name was Rahab, and slept there.

    2The king of Jericho was told, "Behold, men of the children of Israel came in here tonight to spy out the land."

    3The king of Jericho sent to Rahab, saying, "Bring out the men who have come to you, who have entered into your house; for they have come to spy out all the land."

    4The woman took the two men and hid them. Then she said, "Yes, the men came to me, but I didn't know where they came from.

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    17Even so faith, if it has no works, is dead in itself.

    18Yes, 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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    17The city shall be devoted, even it and all that is in it, to Yahweh. Only Rahab the prostitute shall live, she and all who are with her in the house, because she hid the messengers that we sent.

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

    3For what does the Scripture say? "Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness."

    4Now to him who works, the reward is not counted as grace, but as something owed.

    5But to him who doesn't work, but believes in him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is accounted for righteousness.

    6Even as David also pronounces blessing on the man to whom God counts righteousness apart from works,

  • Gal 2:16-17
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    16yet 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.

    17But if, while we sought to be justified in Christ, we ourselves also were found sinners, is Christ a servant of sin? Certainly not!

  • Rom 3:27-28
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    27Where then is the boasting? It is excluded. By what kind of law? Of works? No, but by a law of faith.

    28We maintain therefore that a man is justified by faith apart from the works of the law.

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    5He 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?

    6Even as Abraham "believed God, and it was counted to him for righteousness."

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    13For it isn't the hearers of the law who are righteous before God, but the doers of the law will be justified

  • Gal 3:11
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    11Now that no man is justified by the law before God is evident, for, "The righteous will live by faith."

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    14What good is it, my brothers, if a man says he has faith, but has no works? Can faith save him?

  • Eph 2:8-9
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    8for by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God,

    9not of works, that no one would boast.

  • Rom 4:22-23
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    22Therefore it also was "reckoned to him for righteousness."

    23Now it was not written that it was accounted to him for his sake alone,

  • Rom 9:30
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    30What shall we say then? That the Gentiles, who didn't follow after righteousness, attained to righteousness, even the righteousness which is of faith;

  • Acts 13:39
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    39and by him everyone who believes is justified from all things, from which you could not be justified by the law of Moses.

  • Josh 2:15
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    15Then she let them down by a cord through the window; for her house was on the side of the wall, and she lived on the wall.

  • Gen 15:6
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    6He believed in Yahweh; and he reckoned it to him for righteousness.

  • Heb 11:2
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    2For by this, the elders obtained testimony.

  • Rom 3:24
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    24being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus;

  • Rom 4:9-10
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    9Is this blessing then pronounced on the circumcised, or on the uncircumcised also? For we say that faith was accounted to Abraham for righteousness.

    10How then was it counted? When he was in circumcision, or in uncircumcision? Not in circumcision, but in uncircumcision.

  • Rom 11:6
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    6And 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.

  • Rom 1:17
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    17For in it is revealed God's righteousness from faith to faith. As it is written, "But the righteous shall live by faith."

  • Rom 3:20
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    20Because by the works of the law, no flesh will be justified in his sight. For through the law comes the knowledge of sin.

  • 1 Tim 5:25
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    25In the same way also there are good works that are obvious, and those that are otherwise can't be hidden.

  • Gal 3:9
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    9So then, those who are of faith are blessed with the faithful Abraham.

  • Josh 2:21
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    21She said, "According to your words, so be it." She sent them away, and they departed. She tied the scarlet line in the window.