James 2:26
Just as the body is dead without the spirit, trust in God is dead if you don't do what's right.
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In The King James Version
For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.
In Context
Cross References
Job 34:14If he were to withdraw his spirit, if he were to take back his breath,
Psalms 146:4Once they breathe no more, they go back to dust. On that very day everything they planned dies with them.
Isaiah 2:22Don't bother trusting human beings who only live for a while. How much do they count?
Acts 7:59As they went on stoning him, Stephen prayed, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.”
James 2:17By itself even your trust-based faith in God is dead and worthless if you don't actually do what's good and right.
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 →