James 2:18
But some one will say, You have faith, and I have works; show me your faith by your works, and I will show you my faith by my works.
Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
17So, also, faith, if it has not works, is dead, being by itself.
19You believe that there is one God; you do well: the demons also believe, and tremble.
Cross References
Matthew 7:16By their fruits you will know them. Are grapes gathered from thorns, or figs from thistles?
Romans 4:6Even as David also speaks of the blessedness of the man to whom God counts righteousness without works, saying:
Romans 14:23But he that doubts is condemned, if he eat, because he eats not with faith. Every thing that is not of faith, is sin.
2 Corinthians 5:17So, then, if any man is in Christ, he is a new creature; the old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.
Galatians 5:6For, in Christ Jesus, neither circumcision avails any thing, nor uncircumcision, but faith that works by love.
1 Timothy 1:5(Now the end of the commandment is love out of a pure heart, and out of a good conscience, and out of faith unfeigned:
Matthew Henry on James 2:15-26
Faith and Works. ( a. d. 61.) 14 What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? can faith save him? 15 If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food, 16 And one of you say unto them, Depart in peace, be ye warmed and filled; notwithstanding ye give them not those things which are needful to the body; what doth it profit? 17 Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone. 18 Yea, a man may say, Thou hast faith, and I have works: show me thy faith… Read the whole commentary →