James 2:14-24

141What use is it, 2my brothers and sisters, if someone says he has faith, but he has no works? Can 3that faith save him? 154If a brother or sister is without clothing and in need of daily food, 16and one of you says to them, “5Go in peace, 6be warmed and be filled,” yet you do not give them what is necessary for their body, what use is that? 17In the same way, 7faith also, if it has no works, is 8dead, being by itself.

189But someone 10may well say, “You have faith and I have works; show me your 11faith without the works, and I will 12show you my faith 13by my works.” 19You believe that 1415God is one. 16You do well; 17the demons also believe, and shudder. 20But are you willing to acknowledge, 18you foolish person, that 19faith without works is useless? 2120Was our father Abraham not justified by works when he offered up his son Isaac on the altar? 22You see that 21faith was working with his works, and 22as a result of the 23works, faith was 24perfected; 23and the Scripture was fulfilled which says, “25And Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness,” and he was called a 26friend of God. 24You see that a person is justified by works and not by faith alone.