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James 2:14-26 (RSV)

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¹⁴ What does it profit, my brethren, if a man says he has faith but has not works? Can his faith save him? ¹⁵ If a brother or sister is ill-clad and in lack of daily food, ¹⁶ and one of you says to them, "Go in peace, be warmed and filled," without giving them the things needed for the body, what does it profit? ¹⁷ So faith by itself, if it has no works, is dead. ¹⁸ 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. ¹⁹ You believe that God is one; you do well. Even the demons believe--and shudder. ²⁰ Do you want to be shown, you shallow man, that faith apart from works is barren? ²¹ Was not Abraham our father justified by works, when he offered his son Isaac upon the altar? ²² You see that faith was active along with his works, and faith was completed by works, ²³ 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. ²⁴ You see that a man is justified by works and not by faith alone. ²⁵ 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? ²⁶ For as the body apart from the spirit is dead, so faith apart from works is dead.


This passage relates to the following topic(s):
(v. 17) Faith / Doubt / Worry - Faith by itself is dead
(v. 21) Righteousness - Abraham - considered righteous because offered his son on the alter
(v. 24) False Teachings - Not only faith
(v. 26) Faith / Doubt / Worry - Faith is dead without good works

This passage relates to the following question(s):
(v. 25) Is lying forbidden or approved?

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)
(v. 18) Trusting God - Samuel (2010-11-29)
(v. 18) Life to the Full - Dead or Alive? (part 5) (2010-04-05)
(v. 19) Trusting God - Samuel (2010-11-29)
(v. 20) Trusting God - Samuel (2010-11-29)
(v. 21) Trusting God - Samuel (2010-11-29)
(v. 22) Trusting God - Samuel (2010-11-29)
(v. 23) Names of the Believers (part VI) (2011-05-06)
(v. 23) Trusting God - Samuel (2010-11-29)
(v. 23) Prayer of the Righeous - Intimate Prayer (2013-03-22)
(v. 24) Trusting God - Samuel (2010-11-29)
(v. 24) Life to the Full - Dead or Alive? (part 6) (2010-04-06)

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)
(v. 18) Devotional: Faith, Good Works and Grace - The Balance (2008-12-12)
(v. 19) Devotional: Faith, Good Works and Grace - The Balance (2008-12-12)
(v. 20) Devotional: Faith, Good Works and Grace - The Balance (2008-12-12)
(v. 21) Devotional: Faith, Good Works and Grace - The Balance (2008-12-12)
(v. 22) Devotional: Faith, Good Works and Grace - The Balance (2008-12-12)
(v. 23) Devotional: Faith, Good Works and Grace - The Balance (2008-12-12)
(v. 24) Devotional: Faith, Good Works and Grace - The Balance (2008-12-12)
(v. 25) Devotional: Faith, Good Works and Grace - The Balance (2008-12-12)
(v. 26) Devotional: Faith, Good Works and Grace - The Balance (2008-12-12)

Definition(s):
Abraham (Ab-ra-ham): father of a great multitude
Abraham (Ehb-ra-ham): father of a great multitude
Isaac (Eye-zakk): laughter
Rahab (Reh-hab): proud; quarrelsome (applied to Egypt)
Rahab (Ra-hab): proud; quarrelsome (applied to Egypt)
Rahab (Reh-hab): large; extended (name of a woman)
Rahab (Ra-hab): large; extended (name of a woman)