James 2:18
Someone, indeed, may say – “You are a man of faith, and I am a man of action.” “Then show me your faith,” I reply, “apart from any actions, and I will show you my faith by my actions.”
Open English Bible (US)
In The King James Version
In Context
17In just the same way faith, if not followed by actions, is, by itself, a lifeless thing.
Cross References
Matthew 7:16By the fruit of their lives you will know them. Do people pick grapes from thorn bushes, or figs from thistles?
Romans 4:6In precisely the same way David speaks of the blessing pronounced on the person who is regarded by God as righteous apart from actions –
Romans 14:23The person, however, who has misgivings stands condemned if they still eat, because their doing so is not the result of faith. And anything not done as the result of faith is a sin.
2 Corinthians 5:17Therefore, if anyone is in union with Christ, he is a new being! His old life has passed away; a new life has begun!
Galatians 5:6If we are in union with Christ Jesus, neither is circumcision nor the omission of it anything, but faith, working through love, is everything.
1 Timothy 1:5The object of all instruction is to call forth that love which comes from a pure heart, a clear conscience, and a sincere faith.
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 →