James 2:14

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James 2:14

What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? can faith save him?

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1 Corinthians 15:2

Ephesians 2:8

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and one of you says to them, “Go in peace, be warmed and be filled,” and yet you do not give them what is necessary for their body, what use is that?

“Behold, you are trusting in deceptive words to no avail.

For indeed circumcision is of value if you practice the Law; but if you are a transgressor of the Law, your circumcision has become uncircumcision.

And if I give all my possessions to feed the poor, and if I surrender my body to be burned, but do not have love, it profits me nothing.

for bodily discipline is only of little profit, but godliness is profitable for all things, since it holds promise for the present life and also for the life to come.

Do not be carried away by varied and strange teachings; for it is good for the heart to be strengthened by grace, not by foods, through which those who were so occupied were not benefited.

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But someone may well say, “You have faith and I have works; show me your faith without the works, and I will show you my faith by my works.”

But prove yourselves doers of the word, and not merely hearers who delude themselves.

“For I say to you that unless your righteousness surpasses that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will not enter the kingdom of heaven.

“Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father who is in heaven will enter.

But the one who has heard and has not acted accordingly, is like a man who built a house on the ground without any foundation; and the torrent burst against it and immediately it collapsed, and the ruin of that house was great.”

Even Simon himself believed; and after being baptized, he continued on with Philip, and as he observed signs and great miracles taking place, he was constantly amazed.

and He made no distinction between us and them, cleansing their hearts by faith.

If I have the gift of prophecy, and know all mysteries and all knowledge; and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing.

If anyone does not love the Lord, he is to be

accursed.

Maranatha.

For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision means anything, but faith working through love.

constantly bearing in mind your work of faith and labor of love and

steadfastness of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ in the presence of our God and Father,

But the goal of our

instruction is love from a pure heart and a good conscience and a sincere faith.

They profess to know God, but by their deeds they deny Him, being detestable and disobedient and worthless for any good deed.

This is a trustworthy statement; and concerning these things I want you to speak confidently, so that those who have believed God will be careful to engage in good deeds. These things are good and profitable for men.

By faith Noah, being warned by God about things not yet seen,

in reverence prepared an ark for the salvation of his household, by which he condemned the world, and became an heir of the righteousness which is according to faith.

Now for this very reason also, applying all diligence, in your faith supply moral excellence, and in your moral excellence, knowledge,

For whatever is

born of God overcomes the world; and this is the victory that has overcome the world—our faith.

Can

by which also you are saved, if you hold fast the word which I preached to you, unless you believed in vain.

For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God;