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James 2:14-26 (TNIV)

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¹⁴ What good is it, my brothers and sisters, if people claim to have faith but have no deeds? Can such faith save them? ¹⁵ Suppose a brother or sister is without clothes and daily food. ¹⁶ If one of you says to them, "Go in peace; keep warm and well fed," but does nothing about their physical needs, what good is it? ¹⁷ In the same way, faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is dead. ¹⁸ But someone will say, "You have faith; I have deeds." Show me your faith without deeds, and I will show you my faith by what I do. ^{19 20} You foolish person, do you want evidence that faith without deeds is useless? ²¹ Was not our father Abraham considered righteous for what he did when he offered his son Isaac on the altar? ²² You see that his faith and his actions were working together, and his faith was made complete by what he did. ²³ And the scripture was fulfilled that says, "Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness," and he was called God's friend. ²⁴ You see that people are justified by what they do and not by faith alone. ²⁵ In the same way, was not even Rahab the prostitute considered righteous for what she did when she gave lodging to the spies and sent them off in a different direction? ²⁶ As the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without deeds 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)