James 2:17-26

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? 2114Was our father Abraham not justified by works when he offered up his son Isaac 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 credited to him as righteousness,” and he was called a 20friend of God. 24You see that a person is justified by works and not by faith alone. 25In the same way, was 21Rahab the prostitute not justified by works also 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.