James 2
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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 acknowledge, 10you foolish person, that 11faith without works is useless?

2112Was our father Abraham not justified by works when he offered up his son Isaac on the altar?

22You see that 13faith was working with his works, and 14as a result of the 15works, faith was 16perfected;

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Notes

  1. 1. James 2:18 Rom 9:19 ↩
  2. 2. James 2:18 Lit will ↩
  3. 3. James 2:18 Rom 3:28; 4:6; Heb 11:33 ↩
  4. 4. James 2:18 James 3:13 ↩
  5. 5. James 2:18 Matt 7:16f; Gal 5:6 ↩
  6. 6. James 2:19 One early ms there is one God ↩
  7. 7. James 2:19 Deut 6:4; Mark 12:29 ↩
  8. 8. James 2:19 James 2:8 ↩
  9. 9. James 2:19 Matt 8:29; Mark 1:24; 5:7; Luke 4:34; Acts 19:15 ↩
  10. 10. James 2:20 Rom 9:20; 1 Cor 15:36 ↩
  11. 11. James 2:20 Gal 5:6; James 2:17, 26 ↩
  12. 12. James 2:21 Gen 22:9, 10, 12, 16-18 ↩
  13. 13. James 2:22 John 6:29; Heb 11:17 ↩
  14. 14. James 2:22 Or by the deeds ↩
  15. 15. James 2:22 1 Thess 1:3 ↩
  16. 16. James 2:22 Or completed ↩

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