James 2:17-26

17Even so 1faith, if it has no works, is 2dead, being by itself.

183But someone 4may well say, “You have faith and I have works; show me your 5faith without the works, and I will 6show you my faith 7by my works.” 19You believe that 89God is one. 10You do well; 11the demons also believe, and shudder. 20But are you willing to recognize, 12you foolish fellow, that 13faith without works is useless? 2114Was not Abraham our father justified by works when he offered up Isaac his son on the altar? 22You see that 15faith was working with his works, and 16as a result of the 17works, faith was 18perfected; 23and the Scripture was fulfilled which says, “19And Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned to him as righteousness,” and he was called 20the friend of God. 24You see that a man is justified by works and not by faith alone. 25In the same way, was not 21Rahab the harlot also justified by works 22when she received the messengers and sent them out by another way? 26For just as the body without the spirit is dead, so also 23faith without works is dead.