James 2:14-26

14What good is it, my brothers and sisters, if someone says he has faith, but does not have works? Can such faith save him?

15If a brother or sister is naked and lacks daily food,

16and one of you says to them, “Go in shalom, keep warm and well fed, ” but you do not give them what the body needs, what good is that?

17So also faith, if it does not have works, is dead by itself.

18But someone will say, “You have faith and I have works.” Show me your faith without works and I will show you faith by my works.

19You believe that God is one. You do well. The demons also believe—and shudder!

20But do you want to know, you empty person, that faith without works is dead?

21Wasn’t Abraham our father proved righteous by works when he offered up Isaac his son on the altar?

22You see that faith worked together with his works, and by the works his faith was made complete.

23The Scripture was fulfilled that says, “And Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness”—and he was called God’s friend.

24You see that a man is proved righteous by works and not by faith alone.

25And likewise, wasn’t Rahab the prostitute also proved righteous by works when she welcomed the messengers and sent them out another way?

26For just as the body without the spirit is dead, so also faith without works is dead.