James 2
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James 2:17-20

17In the same way, 1faith also, 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 acknowledge, 12you foolish person, that 13faith without works is useless?

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Notes

  1. 1. James 2:17 Gal 5:6; James 2:20, 26 ↩
  2. 2. James 2:17 Or dead by its own standards ↩
  3. 3. James 2:18 Rom 9:19 ↩
  4. 4. James 2:18 Lit will ↩
  5. 5. James 2:18 Rom 3:28; 4:6; Heb 11:33 ↩
  6. 6. James 2:18 James 3:13 ↩
  7. 7. James 2:18 Matt 7:16f; Gal 5:6 ↩
  8. 8. James 2:19 One early ms there is one God ↩
  9. 9. James 2:19 Deut 6:4; Mark 12:29 ↩
  10. 10. James 2:19 James 2:8 ↩
  11. 11. James 2:19 Matt 8:29; Mark 1:24; 5:7; Luke 4:34; Acts 19:15 ↩
  12. 12. James 2:20 Rom 9:20; 1 Cor 15:36 ↩
  13. 13. James 2:20 Gal 5:6; James 2:17, 26 ↩

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