nkjv James:2:14-26 SEEK
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What does it profit ,
my brethren ,
if someone says he has faith but does not have works ?
Can faith save him ?
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If a brother or sister is naked and destitute of daily food ,
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and one of you says to them , "
Depart in peace ,
be warmed and filled ,"
but you do not give them the things which are needed for the body ,
what does it profit ?
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Thus also faith by itself ,
if it does not have works ,
is dead .
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But someone will say , "
You have faith ,
and I have works ."
Show me your faith without your works ,
and I will show you my faith by my works .
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You believe that there is one God .
You do well .
Even the demons believe--and tremble !
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But do you want to know ,
O foolish man ,
that faith without works is dead ?
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Was not Abraham our father justified by works when he offered Isaac his son on the altar ?
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Do you see that faith was working together with his works ,
and by works faith was made perfect ?
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And the Scripture was fulfilled which says , "
Abraham believed God ,
and it was accounted to him for righteousness ."
And he was called the friend of God .
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You see then that a man is justified by works ,
and not by faith only .
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Likewise ,
was not Rahab the harlot also justified by works when she received the messengers and sent them out another way ?
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For as the body without the spirit is dead ,
so faith without works is dead also .