James 2:26
for as the body apart from the spirit is dead, so also the faith apart from the works is dead.
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- Jas 2:20 : 20 And dost thou wish to know, O vain man, that the faith apart from the works is dead?
- Jas 2:17 : 17 so also the faith, if it may not have works, is dead by itself.
- Eccl 12:7 : 7 And the dust returneth to the earth as it was, And the spirit returneth to God who gave it.
- Isa 2:22 : 22 Cease for you from man, Whose breath `is' in his nostrils, For -- in what is he esteemed?
- Luke 23:46 : 46 and having cried with a loud voice, Jesus said, `Father, to Thy hands I commit my spirit;' and these things having said, he breathed forth the spirit.
- Acts 7:59-60 : 59 and they were stoning Stephen, calling and saying, `Lord Jesus, receive my spirit;' 60 and having bowed the knees, he cried with a loud voice, `Lord, mayest thou not lay to them this sin;' and this having said, he fell asleep.
- Ps 104:29 : 29 Thou hidest Thy face -- they are troubled, Thou gatherest their spirit -- they expire, And unto their dust they turn back.
- Ps 146:4 : 4 His spirit goeth forth, he returneth to his earth, In that day have his thoughts perished.
- Job 34:14-15 : 14 If He doth set on him His heart, His spirit and his breath unto Him He gathereth. 15 Expire doth all flesh together, And man to dust returneth.
- 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?
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- Jas 2:14-229 verses89%
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?
15 and if a brother or sister may be naked, and may be destitute of the daily food,
16 and 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?
17 so also the faith, if it may not have works, is dead by itself.
18 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:
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?
21 Abraham our father -- was not he declared righteous out of works, having brought up Isaac his son upon the altar?
22 dost thou see that the faith was working with his works, and out of the works the faith was perfected?
- Jas 2:24-252 verses78%
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?
- Rom 3:27-282 verses72%
27 Where then `is' the boasting? it was excluded; by what law? of works? no, but by a law of faith:
28 therefore do we reckon a man to be declared righteous by faith, apart from works of law.
- Rom 8:10-112 verses72%
10 and if Christ `is' in you, the body, indeed, `is' dead because of sin, and the Spirit `is' life because of righteousness,
11 and if the Spirit of Him who did raise up Jesus out of the dead doth dwell in you, He who did raise up the Christ out of the dead shall quicken also your dying bodies, through His Spirit dwelling in you.
- Rom 4:4-63 verses72%
4 and to him who is working, the reward is not reckoned of grace, but of debt;
5 and to him who is not working, and is believing upon Him who is declaring righteous the impious, his faith is reckoned -- to righteousness:
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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12 so that, the death indeed in us doth work, and the life in you.
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1 Also you -- being dead in the trespasses and the sins,
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13 for if according to the flesh ye do live, ye are about to die; and if, by the Spirit, the deeds of the body ye put to death, ye shall live;
- Eph 2:8-92 verses70%
8 for by grace ye are having been saved, through faith, and this not of you -- of God the gift,
9 not of works, that no one may boast;
- Gal 3:5-62 verses70%
5 He, 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'?
6 according as Abraham did believe God, and it was reckoned to him -- to righteousness;
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16 having 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.'
- Gal 3:11-122 verses69%
11 and that in law no one is declared righteous with God, is evident, because `The righteous by faith shall live;'
12 and the law is not by faith, but -- `The man who did them shall live in them.'
- Gal 5:5-62 verses68%
5 for we by the Spirit, by faith, a hope of righteousness do wait for,
6 for in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth anything, nor uncircumcision, but faith through love working.
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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.
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7 for he who hath died hath been set free from the sin.
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6 for for this also to dead men was good news proclaimed, that they may be judged, indeed, according to men in the flesh, and may live according to God in the spirit.
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5 for when we were in the flesh, the passions of the sins, that `are' through the law, were working in our members, to bear fruit to the death;
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1 And faith is of things hoped for a confidence, of matters not seen a conviction,
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17 For 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,'
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16 for if dead persons do not rise, neither hath Christ risen,
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2 for if Abraham by works was declared righteous, he hath to boast -- but not before god;
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5 even being dead in the trespasses, did make us to live together with the Christ, (by grace ye are having been saved,)
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7 for through faith we walk, not through sight --
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12 being buried with him in the baptism, in which also ye rose with `him' through the faith of the working of God, who did raise him out of the dead.
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12 for as many as without law did sin, without law also shall perish, and as many as did sin in law, through law shall be judged,
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6 for the mind of the flesh `is' death, and the mind of the Spirit -- life and peace;
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23 for the wages of the sin `is' death, and the gift of God `is' life age-during in Christ Jesus our Lord.
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31 by faith Rahab the harlot did not perish with those who disbelieved, having received the spies with peace.
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6 and 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.
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8 But 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;
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11 so also ye, reckon yourselves to be dead indeed to the sin, and living to God in Jesus Christ our Lord.
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22 and become ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves,
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4 by faith a better sacrifice did Abel offer to God than Cain, through which he was testified to be righteous, God testifying of his gifts, and through it, he being dead, doth yet speak.