16 Bible Verses about Futile Faith

And if Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is futile and your faith is empty.

For if the dead are not raised, then not even Christ has been raised. And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is useless; you are still in your sins.

But would you like evidence, you empty fellow, that faith without works is useless?

I went there because of a revelation and presented to them the gospel that I preach among the Gentiles. But I did so only in a private meeting with the influential people, to make sure that I was not running -- or had not run -- in vain.

and they worship me in vain, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.'"

If someone thinks he is religious yet does not bridle his tongue, and so deceives his heart, his religion is futile.

For ignoring the righteousness that comes from God, and seeking instead to establish their own righteousness, they did not submit to God's righteousness.

and by which you are being saved, if you hold firmly to the message I preached to you -- unless you believed in vain.

But avoid foolish controversies, genealogies, quarrels, and fights about the law, because they are useless and empty.

What good is an idol? Why would a craftsman make it? What good is a metal image that gives misleading oracles? Why would its creator place his trust in it and make such mute, worthless things?

Those who trust in idols will turn back and be utterly humiliated, those who say to metal images, 'You are our gods.'"

They say to a wooden idol, 'You are my father.' They say to a stone image, 'You gave birth to me.' Yes, they have turned away from me instead of turning to me. Yet when they are in trouble, they say, 'Come and save us!' But where are the gods you made for yourselves? Let them save you when you are in trouble. The sad fact is that you have as many gods as you have towns, Judah.

Their idols are made of silver and gold -- they are man-made. They have mouths, but cannot speak, eyes, but cannot see, ears, but cannot hear, noses, but cannot smell,read more.
hands, but cannot touch, feet, but cannot walk. They cannot even clear their throats. Those who make them will end up like them, as will everyone who trusts in them.

Be careful not to allow anyone to captivate you through an empty, deceitful philosophy that is according to human traditions and the elemental spirits of the world, and not according to Christ.

For if anyone thinks he is something when he is nothing, he deceives himself.

For there are many rebellious people, idle talkers, and deceivers, especially those with Jewish connections,