James 2:26
For as the body apart from the spirit is dead, even so faith apart from works is dead.
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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.
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Cross References
Job 34:14If he ever set his intentions only on himself, 1 and if he ever gathered back to himself his spirit and his breath, 1
Psalms 146:4When a person's life's breath stops, he returns to the ground; 1 on that day his plans end. 1
Isaiah 2:22Stop trusting in man, whose life-breath is in his nostrils, 1 for what does he amount to?
Acts 7:59As they were stoning Stephen, he was calling out to the Lord and saying, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.”
James 2:17In the same way faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead.
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 →