James:2:14-26

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* What does it profit , my brethren , if a man says he has faith but has not works ? Can his faith save him ? * If a brother or sister is ill-clad and in lack of daily food , * and one of you says to them , "Go in peace , be warmed and filled ," without giving them the things needed for the body , what does it profit ? * So faith by itself , if it has no works , is dead . * But some one will say , "You have faith and I have works ." Show me your faith apart from your works , and I by my works will show you my faith . * You believe that God is one ; you do well . Even the demons believe--and shudder . * Do you want to be shown , you shallow man , that faith apart from works is barren ? * Was not Abraham our father justified by works , when he offered his son Isaac upon the altar ? * You see that faith was active along with his works , and faith was completed by works , * and the scripture was fulfilled which says , "Abraham believed God , and it was reckoned to him as righteousness "; and he was called the friend of God . * You see that a man is justified by works and not by faith alone . * And in the same way was not also Rahab the harlot justified by works when she received the messengers and sent them out another way ? * For as the body apart from the spirit is dead , so faith apart from works is dead .

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