James 2:18

But someone will say, “You have emunah and I have ma'asim.” You make known to me the Hisgalus haSod (the revelation of the mystery) of your emunah without your ma'asim, and I'll show you, Chaver, from my ma'asim, the Emunah.

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

Yea, a man may say, Thou hast faith, and I have works: shew me thy faith without thy works, and I will shew thee my faith by my works.

In Context

17So also Emunah, if alongside it there is not in its company Ma'asim, is by itself niftar (deceased, dead).

19So you're impressed with yourselves that with your emunah you can recite the kri'at Shema, nu? O you do so well… why, even the shedim have your da'as and emunah! But they shudder! + 2:19 Dt 6:4

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Cross References

Matthew 7:16By their perot (fruits) you will have da'as of them. Surely grapes are not gathered from thorns nor figs from thistles, are they?

Romans 4:6As also Dovid HaMelech speaks of the me'ushar (blessedness) of the person whom Hashem reckons to be YITZDAK IM HASHEM (justified with G-d) without dependence on + 4:6 zokheh (merit-earning) ma'asim (of gezetz): + 4:6 T.N. with merit viewed as “pay” earned for “work” rendered — see Ro 4:4

Romans 14:23But in the man who doubts, there is found in him a dvar ashmah (a thing of guilt, condemnation) if he eats, because it is not of emunah. And whatever is not of emunah is averah (sin).

2 Corinthians 5:17So that if anyone is in Moshiach, he is a bria chadasha + 5:17 Ro 8:1,10; Ga 6:15 (a new being): the old things passed away; hinei, all has become chadashot. + 5:17 Isa 43:18; 65:17; Rv 21:5

Galatians 5:6For in Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach Yehoshua neither milah is of any force nor the lack of it, but emunah working through ahavah. + 5:6 see Ga 5:2 Gentile context

1 Timothy 1:5But the tachlis (purpose) of the gzeira + 1:5 1:3 is ahavah (love) out of a lev tahor (pure heart) and a clear matzpun (conscience) and emunah (faith) without tzevi'ut (hypocrisy).

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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