Yes, a man will say, “You have faith, and I have works.” Show me your faith without works, and I will show you my faith by my works.
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
James 2:18 in context
James 2:15–21
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And if a brother or sister is naked and in lack of daily food,
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and one of you tells them, “Go in peace. Be warmed and filled;” yet you didn’t give them the things the body needs, what good is it?
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Even so faith, if it has no works, is dead in itself.
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Yes, a man will say, “You have faith, and I have works.” Show me your faith without works, and I will show you my faith by my works.
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You believe that God is one. You do well. The demons also believe—and shudder.
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But do you want to know, vain man, that faith apart from works is dead?
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Wasn’t Abraham our father justified by works, in that he offered up Isaac his son on the altar?
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