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Jacques 2:17

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17 Il en est ainsi de la foi: si elle n'a pas les oeuvres, elle est morte en elle-même.

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Jacques 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.


FOOTNOTES:

F2 Medulla Theolog. l. 2. c. 7. sect. 35.
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Jacques 2:17 In-Context

15 Si un frère ou une soeur sont nus et manquent de la nourriture de chaque jour,
16 et que l'un d'entre vous leur dise: Allez en paix, chauffez-vous et vous rassasiez! et que vous ne leur donniez pas ce qui est nécessaire au corps, à quoi cela sert-il?
17 Il en est ainsi de la foi: si elle n'a pas les oeuvres, elle est morte en elle-même.
18 Mais quelqu'un dira: Toi, tu as la foi; et moi, j'ai les oeuvres. Montre-moi ta foi sans les oeuvres, et moi, je te montrerai la foi par mes oeuvres.
19 Tu crois qu'il y a un seul Dieu, tu fais bien; les démons le croient aussi, et ils tremblent.
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