New American Standard Bible 1995
James 2:18-22
181But someone 2may well say, “You have faith and I have works; show me your 3faith without the works, and I will 4show you my faith 5by my works.”
19You believe that 67God is one. 8You do well; 9the demons also believe, and shudder.
20But are you willing to recognize, 10you foolish fellow, that 11faith without works is useless?
2112Was not Abraham our father justified by works when he offered up Isaac his son on the altar?
22You see that 13faith was working with his works, and 14as a result of the 15works, faith was 16perfected;
Notes
- 1. James 2:18 Rom 9:19 ↩
- 2. James 2:18 Lit will ↩
- 3. James 2:18 Rom 3:28; 4:6; Heb 11:33 ↩
- 4. James 2:18 James 3:13 ↩
- 5. James 2:18 Matt 7:16f; Gal 5:6 ↩
- 6. James 2:19 One early ms reads there is one God ↩
- 7. James 2:19 Deut 6:4; Mark 12:29 ↩
- 8. James 2:19 James 2:8 ↩
- 9. James 2:19 Matt 8:29; Mark 1:24; 5:7; Luke 4:34; Acts 19:15 ↩
- 10. James 2:20 Rom 9:20; 1 Cor 15:36 ↩
- 11. James 2:20 Gal 5:6; James 2:17, 26 ↩
- 12. James 2:21 Gen 22:9, 10, 12, 16-18 ↩
- 13. James 2:22 John 6:29; Heb 11:17 ↩
- 14. James 2:22 Or by the deeds ↩
- 15. James 2:22 1 Thess 1:3 ↩
- 16. James 2:22 Or completed ↩
Commentaries on James 2
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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