In the same way, wasn’t Rahab the prostitute also justified by works when she received the messengers and sent them out another way?
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
James 2:25 in context
James 2:22–26
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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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You see then that by works a man is justified, and not only by faith.
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In the same way, wasn’t Rahab the prostitute also 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, even so faith apart from works is dead.
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