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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 .
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You believe that God is one ;
you do well .
Even the demons believe--and shudder .
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Do you want to be shown ,
you shallow man ,
that faith apart from works is barren ?
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Was not Abraham our father justified by works ,
when he offered his son Isaac upon the altar ?
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You see that faith was active along with his works ,
and faith was completed by works ,
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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 .
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You see that a man is justified by works and not by faith alone .
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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 ?
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For as the body apart from the spirit is dead ,
so faith apart from works is dead .