But do you want to know, vain man, that faith apart from works is dead?
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
James 2:20 in context
James 2:17–23
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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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You see that faith worked with his works, and by works faith was perfected.
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So the Scripture was fulfilled which says, “Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him as righteousness,” and he was called the friend of God.
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