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James 2:14-17 (MSG)

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¹⁴ Dear friends, do you think you'll get anywhere in this if you learn all the right words but never do anything? Does merely talking about faith indicate that a person really has it? ¹⁵ For instance, you come upon an old friend dressed in rags and half-starved ¹⁶ and say, "Good morning, friend! Be clothed in Christ! Be filled with the Holy Spirit!" and walk off without providing so much as a coat or a cup of soup--where does that get you? ¹⁷ Isn't it obvious that God-talk without God-acts is outrageous nonsense?


This passage relates to the following topic(s):
(v. 17) Faith / Doubt / Worry - Faith by itself is dead

This passage is referenced in the following quiet time(s):
(v. 14) Life to the Full - Dead or Alive? (part 5) (2010-04-05)
(v. 14) Mission - All Nations (2010-11-27)
(v. 15) Life to the Full - Dead or Alive? (part 5) (2010-04-05)
(v. 15) Mission - All Nations (2010-11-27)
(v. 16) Life to the Full - Dead or Alive? (part 5) (2010-04-05)
(v. 16) Mission - All Nations (2010-11-27)
(v. 17) Life to the Full - Dead or Alive? (part 5) (2010-04-05)

This passage is referenced in the following study note(s):
(v. 14) Devotional: Faith, Good Works and Grace - The Balance (2008-12-12)
(v. 14) Devotional: Loving God (2008-12-12)
(v. 15) Devotional: Faith, Good Works and Grace - The Balance (2008-12-12)
(v. 16) Devotional: Faith, Good Works and Grace - The Balance (2008-12-12)
(v. 17) Devotional: Faith, Good Works and Grace - The Balance (2008-12-12)