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James 2:17-18 KJV
James · chapter 2 · verses 17–18 · King James Version
17Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone. 18Yea, a man may say, Thou hast faith, and I have works: shew me thy faith without thy works, and I will shew thee my faith by my works.James 2:17-18 · King James Version
James 2:17-18 in context
15If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food,
16And 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?
17Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone.
18Yea, a man may say, Thou hast faith, and I have works: shew me thy faith without thy works, and I will shew thee my faith by my works.
19Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the devils also believe, and tremble.
20But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead?
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- withoutekout of, from, by, away fromG1537 →
- faithpistisconviction of the truth of anything, belief in the NT of a conviction or belief…G4102 →
- worksergonbusiness, employment, that which any one is occupied, that which one undertakes to do…G2041 →
- alonekatadown from, through out, according to, toward, alongG2596 →
- deadnekrosproperly, one that has breathed his last, lifeless, deceased, departed, one whose soul is…G3498 →
- shewdeiknyōto show, expose to the eyes, metaph., to give evidence or proof of a thing, to show by…G1166 →
- sayereōto utter, speak, sayG2046 →
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In this latter part of the chapter, the apostle shows the error of those who rested in a bare profession of the Christian faith, as if that would save them, while the temper of their minds and the tenour of their lives were altogether disagreeable to that holy religion which they professed.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 14-26