James 2:18

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

But 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:

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  • Jas 3:13 : 13 Who `is' wise and intelligent among you? let him shew out of the good behaviour his works in meekness of wisdom,
  • Titus 2:7 : 7 concerning all things thyself showing a pattern of good works; in the teaching uncorruptedness, gravity, incorruptibility,
  • Titus 2:11-14 : 11 For the saving grace of God was manifested to all men, 12 teaching us, that denying the impiety and the worldly desires, soberly and righteously and piously we may live in the present age, 13 waiting for the blessed hope and manifestation of the glory of our great God and Saviour Jesus Christ, 14 who did give himself for us, that he might ransom us from all lawlessness, and might purify to himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works;
  • 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?
  • Gal 5:6 : 6 for in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth anything, nor uncircumcision, but faith through love working.
  • Jas 2:22-25 : 22 dost thou see that the faith was working with his works, and out of the works the faith was perfected? 23 and fulfilled was the Writing that is saying, `And Abraham did believe God, and it was reckoned to him -- to righteousness;' and, `Friend of God' he was called. 24 Ye see, then, that out of works is man declared righteous, and not out of faith only; 25 and 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?
  • 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,
  • Heb 11:6 : 6 and 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.
  • Heb 11:31 : 31 by faith Rahab the harlot did not perish with those who disbelieved, having received the spies with peace.
  • Heb 11:33 : 33 who through faith did subdue kingdoms, wrought righteousness, obtained promises, stopped mouths of lions,
  • 1 Thess 1:3-9 : 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, 4 having known, brethren beloved, by God, your election, 5 because our good news did not come to you in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Spirit, and in much assurance, even as ye have known of what sort we became among you because of you, 6 and ye -- ye did become imitators of us, and of the Lord, having received the word in much tribulation, with joy of the Holy Spirit, 7 so that ye became patterns to all those believing in Macedonia and Achaia, 8 for from you hath sounded forth the word of the Lord, not only in Macedonia and Achaia, but also in every place your faith toward God did go forth, so that we have no need to say anything, 9 for they themselves concerning us do declare what entrance we had unto you, and how ye did turn unto God from the idols, to serve a living and true God, 10 and to wait for His Son from the heavens, whom He did raise out of the dead -- Jesus, who is rescuing us from the anger that is coming.
  • Matt 7:16-17 : 16 From their fruits ye shall know them; do `men' gather from thorns grapes? or from thistles figs? 17 so every good tree doth yield good fruits, but the bad tree doth yield evil fruits.
  • Rom 3:28 : 28 therefore do we reckon a man to be declared righteous by faith, apart from works of law.
  • Rom 8:1 : 1 There is, then, now no condemnation to those in Christ Jesus, who walk not according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit;
  • Rom 14:23 : 23 and he who is making a difference, if he may eat, hath been condemned, because `it is' not of faith; and all that `is' not of faith is sin.
  • 1 Cor 13:2 : 2 and if I have prophecy, and know all the secrets, and all the knowledge, and if I have all the faith, so as to remove mountains, and have not love, I am nothing;
  • 2 Cor 5:17 : 17 so that if any one `is' in Christ -- `he is' a new creature; the old things did pass away, lo, become new have the all things.
  • 2 Cor 7:1 : 1 Having, then, these promises, beloved, may we cleanse ourselves from every pollution of flesh and spirit, perfecting sanctification in the fear of God;
  • Rom 4:6 : 6 even as David also doth speak of the happiness of the man to whom God doth reckon righteousness apart from works:

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  • Jas 2:13-17
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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?

    17so also the faith, if it may not have works, is dead by itself.

  • Jas 2:19-26
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    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?

    23and fulfilled was the Writing that is saying, `And Abraham did believe God, and it was reckoned to him -- to righteousness;' and, `Friend of God' he was called.

    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.

  • 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.

  • Rom 4:2-6
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    2for if Abraham by works was declared righteous, he hath to boast -- but not before god;

    3for what doth the writing say? `And Abraham did believe God, and it was reckoned to him -- to righteousness;'

    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:

  • 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.'

  • 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 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;

  • 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,'

  • 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,

  • 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,

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    37if I do not the works of my Father, do not believe me;

    38and if I do, even if me ye may not believe, the works believe, that ye may know and may believe that in me `is' the Father, and I in Him.'

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

  • John 6:28-29
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    28They said therefore unto him, `What may we do that we may work the works of God?'

    29Jesus answered and said to them, `This is the work of God, that ye may believe in him whom He did send.'

  • 4and his own work let each one prove, and then in regard to himself alone the glorying he shall have, and not in regard to the other,

  • 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.'

  • 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;

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

  • 22Thou hast faith! to thyself have `it' before God; happy is he who is not judging himself in what he doth approve,

  • 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.

  • 38and `the righteous by faith shall live,' and `if he may draw back, My soul hath no pleasure in him,'

  • 6who shall render to each according to his works;

  • 11believe me, that I `am' in the Father, and the Father in me; and if not, because of the works themselves, believe me.

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

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

  • 13for not the hearers of the law `are' righteous before God, but the doers of the law shall be declared righteous: --

  • 13Who `is' wise and intelligent among you? let him shew out of the good behaviour his works in meekness of wisdom,

  • 22And Jesus answering saith to them, `Have faith of God;

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