James 2:12-26

12So speak and so act as those who are to be judged by 1the law of liberty. 13For 2judgment will be merciless to one who has shown no mercy; mercy 3triumphs over judgment.

144What use is it, 5my brethren, if someone says he has faith but he has no works? Can 6that faith save him? 157If a brother or sister is without clothing and in need of daily food, 16and one of you says to them, “8Go in peace, 9be warmed and be filled,” and yet you do not give them what is necessary for their body, what use is that? 17Even so 10faith, if it has no works, is 11dead, being by itself.

1812But someone 13may well say, “You have faith and I have works; show me your 14faith without the works, and I will 15show you my faith 16by my works.” 19You believe that 1718God is one. 19You do well; 20the demons also believe, and shudder. 20But are you willing to recognize, 21you foolish fellow, that 22faith without works is useless? 2123Was not Abraham our father justified by works when he offered up Isaac his son on the altar? 22You see that 24faith was working with his works, and 25as a result of the 26works, faith was 27perfected; 23and the Scripture was fulfilled which says, “28And Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned to him as righteousness,” and he was called 29the friend of God. 24You see that a man is justified by works and not by faith alone. 25In the same way, was not 30Rahab the harlot also justified by works 31when she received the messengers and sent them out by another way? 26For just as the body without the spirit is dead, so also 32faith without works is dead.