James 2:17

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

so also the faith, if it may not have works, is dead by itself.

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Referenced Verses

  • Jas 2:26 : 26 for as the body apart from the spirit is dead, so also the faith apart from the works is dead.
  • 1 Tim 1:5 : 5 And the end of the charge is love out of a pure heart, and of a good conscience, and of faith unfeigned,
  • Jas 2:14 : 14 What `is' the profit, my brethren, if faith, any one may speak of having, and works he may not have? is that faith able to save him?
  • Jas 2:19-20 : 19 thou -- thou dost believe that God is one; thou dost well, and the demons believe, and they shudder! 20 And dost thou wish to know, O vain man, that the faith apart from the works is dead?
  • 2 Pet 1:5-9 : 5 And this same also -- all diligence having brought in besides, superadd in your faith the worthiness, and in the worthiness the knowledge, 6 and in the knowledge the temperance, and in the temperance the endurance, and in the endurance the piety, 7 and in the piety the brotherly kindness, and in the brotherly kindness the love; 8 for these things being to you and abounding, do make `you' neither inert nor unfruitful in regard to the acknowledging of our Lord Jesus Christ, 9 for he with whom these things are not present is blind, dim-sighted, having become forgetful of the cleansing of his old sins;
  • 1 Cor 13:13 : 13 and now there doth remain faith, hope, love -- these three; and the greatest of these `is' love.
  • 1 Thess 1:3 : 3 unceasingly remembering of you the work of the faith, and the labour of the love, and the endurance of the hope, of our Lord Jesus Christ, in the presence of our God and Father,
  • 1 Cor 13:3 : 3 and if I give away to feed others all my goods, and if I give up my body that I may be burned, and have not love, I am profited nothing.

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  • Jas 2:24-26
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    24Ye see, then, that out of works is man declared righteous, and not out of faith only;

    25and in like manner also Rahab the harlot -- was she not out of works declared righteous, having received the messengers, and by another way having sent forth?

    26for as the body apart from the spirit is dead, so also the faith apart from the works is dead.

  • Jas 2:18-22
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    18But say may some one, Thou hast faith, and I have works, shew me thy faith out of thy works, and I will shew thee out of my works my faith:

    19thou -- thou dost believe that God is one; thou dost well, and the demons believe, and they shudder!

    20And dost thou wish to know, O vain man, that the faith apart from the works is dead?

    21Abraham our father -- was not he declared righteous out of works, having brought up Isaac his son upon the altar?

    22dost thou see that the faith was working with his works, and out of the works the faith was perfected?

  • Jas 2:13-16
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    13for the judgment without kindness `is' to him not having done kindness, and exult doth kindness over judgment.

    14What `is' the profit, my brethren, if faith, any one may speak of having, and works he may not have? is that faith able to save him?

    15and if a brother or sister may be naked, and may be destitute of the daily food,

    16and any one of you may say to them, `Depart ye in peace, be warmed, and be filled,' and may not give to them the things needful for the body, what `is' the profit?

  • Rom 4:4-6
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    4and to him who is working, the reward is not reckoned of grace, but of debt;

    5and to him who is not working, and is believing upon Him who is declaring righteous the impious, his faith is reckoned -- to righteousness:

    6even as David also doth speak of the happiness of the man to whom God doth reckon righteousness apart from works:

  • Gal 3:5-6
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    5He, therefore, who is supplying to you the Spirit, and working mighty acts among you -- by works of law or by the hearing of faith `is it'?

    6according as Abraham did believe God, and it was reckoned to him -- to righteousness;

  • Rom 3:27-28
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    27Where then `is' the boasting? it was excluded; by what law? of works? no, but by a law of faith:

    28therefore do we reckon a man to be declared righteous by faith, apart from works of law.

  • Eph 2:8-9
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    8for by grace ye are having been saved, through faith, and this not of you -- of God the gift,

    9not of works, that no one may boast;

  • Gal 2:16
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    16having known also that a man is not declared righteous by works of law, if not through the faith of Jesus Christ, also we in Christ Jesus did believe, that we might be declared righteous by the faith of Christ, and not by works of law, wherefore declared righteous by works of law shall be no flesh.'

  • Rom 11:6
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    6and if by grace, no more of works, otherwise the grace becometh no more grace; and if of works, it is no more grace, otherwise the work is no more work.

  • Rom 1:17
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    17For the righteousness of God in it is revealed from faith to faith, according as it hath been written, `And the righteous one by faith shall live,'

  • Rom 4:2
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    2for if Abraham by works was declared righteous, he hath to boast -- but not before god;

  • Jas 1:22-23
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    22and become ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves,

    23because, if any one is a hearer of the word and not a doer, this one hath been like to a man viewing his natural face in a mirror,

  • Heb 4:2
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    2for we also are having good news proclaimed, even as they, but the word heard did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in those who heard,

  • Gal 5:6
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    6for in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth anything, nor uncircumcision, but faith through love working.

  • Rom 10:17
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    17so then the faith `is' by a report, and the report through a saying of God,

  • Gal 3:11-12
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    11and that in law no one is declared righteous with God, is evident, because `The righteous by faith shall live;'

    12and the law is not by faith, but -- `The man who did them shall live in them.'

  • Titus 3:8
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    8Stedfast `is' the word; and concerning these things I counsel thee to affirm fully, that they may be thoughtful, to be leading in good works -- who have believed God; these are the good and profitable things to men,

  • Heb 11:1
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    1And faith is of things hoped for a confidence, of matters not seen a conviction,

  • Heb 11:6
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    6and apart from faith it is impossible to please well, for it behoveth him who is coming to God to believe that He is, and to those seeking Him He becometh a rewarder.

  • Rom 10:8
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    8But what doth it say? `Nigh thee is the saying -- in thy mouth, and in thy heart:' that is, the saying of the faith, that we preach;

  • Titus 1:16
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    16God they profess to know, and in the works they deny `Him', being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work disapproved.

  • 2 Cor 4:12
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    12so that, the death indeed in us doth work, and the life in you.

  • John 10:37
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    37if I do not the works of my Father, do not believe me;

  • Jas 1:3
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    3knowing that the proof of your faith doth work endurance,

  • Rom 3:3
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    3for what, if certain were faithless? shall their faithlessness the faithfulness of god make useless?

  • Titus 3:14
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    14and let them learn -- ours also -- to be leading in good works to the necessary uses, that they may not be unfruitful.

  • 1 Cor 15:16-17
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    16for if dead persons do not rise, neither hath Christ risen,

    17and if Christ hath not risen, vain is your faith, ye are yet in your sins;

  • 2 Thess 3:10
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    10for even when we were with you, this we did command you, that if any one is not willing to work, neither let him eat,

  • 1 Tim 5:8
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    8and if any one for his own -- and especially for those of the household -- doth not provide, the faith he hath denied, and than an unbeliever he is worse.

  • Eph 2:1
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    1Also you -- being dead in the trespasses and the sins,

  • Jas 1:26
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    26If any one doth think to be religious among you, not bridling his tongue, but deceiving his heart, of this one vain `is' the religion;

  • Gal 3:9
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    9`Blessed in thee shall be all the nations;' so that those of faith are blessed with the faithful Abraham,

  • Heb 11:3
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    3by faith we understand the ages to have been prepared by a saying of God, in regard to the things seen not having come out of things appearing;