James 2:18
Nay, some one will say, "You have faith, I have actions: prove to me your faith apart from corresponding actions and I will prove mine to you by my actions.
Weymouth NT (1912)
In The King James Version
In Context
17So also faith, if it is unaccompanied by obedience, has no life in it--so long as it stands alone.
19You believe that God is one, and you are quite right: evil spirits also believe this, and shudder."
Cross References
Matthew 7:16By their fruits you will easily recognize them. Are grapes gathered from thorns or figs from brambles?
Romans 4:6In this way David also tells of the blessedness of the man to whose credit God places righteousness, apart from his actions.
Romans 14:23But he who has misgivings and yet eats meat is condemned already, because his conduct is not based on faith; for all conduct not based on faith is sinful.
2 Corinthians 5:17So that if any one is in Christ, he is a new creature: the old state of things has passed away; a new state of things has come into existence.
Galatians 5:6For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision is of any importance; but only faith working through love.
1 Timothy 1:5But the end sought to be secured by exhortation is the love which springs 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 →