James:2:14-26

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* My brothers , what good is it if any one says that he has faith , if he has no deeds ? Can such faith save him ? * If a brother or sister be naked and in need of daily food , * and one of you says to them , "Depart in peace , find warmth and food for yourselves ," but at the same time you do not give the necessaries of the body , what good would that do them ? * In just the same way faith , if it have not deeds , is by itself a lifeless thing . * Some one indeed may say , "You have faith , and I have deeds ." "Then show me your faith ," I answer , "apart from any deeds , and I will show you my faith by my deeds ." * You believe that God is one ? You do well ; even the demons believe , and they shudder . * But do you want to be convinced , O foolish man , that faith apart from deeds is barren ? * Was not Abraham our ancestor justified by deeds , in that he offered up Isaac , his son , upon the altar ? * You see how faith was cooperating with deeds , and faith was made perfect by deeds . * And the Scripture was fulfilled which said , And Abraham believed God , and this was imputed to him as righteousness , and he was called Gods friend . * You see , then , that it is by his deeds a man is justified , and not simply by his faith . * In like manner was not Rahab , the harlot , justified by her deeds , in the fact that she received the messengers and sent them forth by another way ? * So just as the body without a spirit is dead , so faith is dead without deeds .

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