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James 2:24 KJV
James · chapter 2 · verse 24
Ye see then how that by works a man is justified, and not by faith only.James 2:24 · King James Version
James 2:24 in context
22Seest thou how faith wrought with his works, and by works was faith made perfect?
23And the scripture was fulfilled which saith, Abraham believed God, and it was imputed unto him for righteousness: and he was called the Friend of God.
24Ye see then how that by works a man is justified, and not by faith only.
25Likewise also was not Rahab the harlot justified by works, when she had received the messengers, and had sent them out another way?
26For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.
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Key words (Strong's)
- justifieddikaioōto render righteous or such he ought to be, to show, exhibit, evince, one to be…G1344 →
- worksergonbusiness, employment, that which any one is occupied, that which one undertakes to do…G2041 →
- faithpistisconviction of the truth of anything, belief in the NT of a conviction or belief…G4102 →
- seehoraōto see with the eyes, to see with the mind, to perceive, know, to seeG3708 →
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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