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14 What good is it, my brothers, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can that faith save him?
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What good is it, my brothers and sisters, if someone claims to have faith but has no deeds? Can such faith save them?
15 If a brother or sister is poorly clothed and lacking in daily food,
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Suppose a brother or a sister is without clothes and daily food.
16 and one of you says to them, "Go in peace, be warmed and filled," without giving them the things needed for the body, what good is that?
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If one of you says to them, “Go in peace; keep warm and well fed,” but does nothing about their physical needs, what good is it?
17 So also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead.
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In the same way, faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is dead.
18 But someone will say, "You have faith and I have works." Show me your faith apart from your works, and I will show you my faith by my works.
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But someone will say, “You have faith; I have deeds.” Show me your faith without deeds, and I will show you my faith by my deeds.
19 You believe that God is one; you do well. Even the demons believe--and shudder!
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You believe that there is one God. Good! Even the demons believe that—and shudder.
20 Do you want to be shown, you foolish person, that faith apart from works is useless?
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You foolish person, do you want evidence that faith without deeds is useless ?
21 Was not Abraham our father justified by works when he offered up his son Isaac on the altar?
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Was not our father Abraham considered righteous for what he did when he offered his son Isaac on the altar?
22 You see that faith was active along with his works, and faith was completed by his works;
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You see that his faith and his actions were working together, and his faith was made complete by what he did.
23 and the Scripture was fulfilled that says, "Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness"--and he was called a friend of God.
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And the scripture was fulfilled that says, “Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness,” and he was called God’s friend.
24 You see that a person is justified by works and not by faith alone.
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You see that a person is considered righteous by what they do and not by faith alone.
25 And in the same way was not also Rahab the prostitute justified by works when she received the messengers and sent them out by another way?
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In the same way, was not even Rahab the prostitute considered righteous for what she did when she gave lodging to the spies and sent them off in a different direction?
26 For as the body apart from the spirit is dead, so also faith apart from works is dead.
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As the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without deeds is dead.
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