James 2:26

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

English Majority Text (NT)

In The King James Version

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

In Context

25Likewise, was not Rahab the harlot also justified by means of works, when she received the messengers and sent them out another way?

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Cross References

Acts 7:59And they stoned Stephen as he was calling on God and saying, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.”

James 2:17Thus also that faith, if it does not have works, is dead, being by itself.

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 →

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