Yǎgèshū 2:17

17 Zhèyàng xìnxīn ruò méiyǒu xíngwéi jiù shì sǐ de .

Yǎgèshū 2:17 Meaning and Commentary

James 2:17

Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone.
] It is like a lifeless carcass, a body without a soul, ( James 2:26 ) for as works, without faith, are dead works, so faith, without works, is a dead faith, and not like the lively hope and faith of regenerated persons: and indeed, such who have no other faith than this are dead in trespasses and sins; not that works are the life of faith, or that the life of faith lies in, and flows from works; but, as Dr. Ames observes ^F2, good works are second acts, necessarily flowing from the life of faith; to which may be added, and by these faith appears to be living, lively and active, or such who perform them appear to be true and living believers.

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FOOTNOTES:

F2 Medulla Theolog. l. 2. c. 7. sect. 35.

Yǎgèshū 2:17 In-Context

15 Ruò shì dìxiōng , huò shì jiĕmeì , chìshēnlòutǐ , yòu quē le rìyòng de yǐnshí ,

16 Nǐmen zhōngjiān yǒu rén duì tāmen shuō , píng píngān ān de qù ba , yuàn nǐmen chuān de nuǎn chī de bǎo . què bù gĕi tāmen shēntǐ suǒ xū yòng de , zhè yǒu shénme yìchu ne .

17 Zhèyàng xìnxīn ruò méiyǒu xíngwéi jiù shì sǐ de .

18 Bì yǒu rén shuō , nǐ yǒu xìnxīn , wǒ yǒu xíngwéi . nǐ jiāng nǐ méiyǒu xíngwéi de xìnxīn zhǐ gĕi wǒ kàn , wǒ biàn jiè zhe wǒde xíngwéi , jiāng wǒde xìnxīn zhǐ gĕi nǐ kàn .

19 Nǐ xìn shén zhǐyǒu yī wèi , nǐ xìn de búcuò . guǐ mó yĕ xìn , què shì zhàn jīng .