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 tells them, "Go in peace, be warmed and filled;" and yet you didn't give them the things the body needs, what good is it?

Behold, you trust in lying words, that can't profit.

For circumcision indeed profits, if you are a doer of the law, but if you are a transgressor of the law, your circumcision has become uncircumcision.

If I dole out all my goods to feed the poor, and if I give my body to be burned, but don't have love, it profits me nothing.

For bodily exercise has some value, but godliness has value in all things, having the promise of the life which is now, and of that which is to come.

Don't be carried away by various and strange teachings, for it is good that the heart be established by grace, not by food, through which those who were so occupied were not benefited.

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Yes, a man will say, "You have faith, and I have works." Show me your faith without works, and I by my works will show you my faith.

But be doers of the word, and not only hearers, deluding your own selves.

For I tell you that unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, there is no way you will enter into the Kingdom of Heaven.

Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter into the Kingdom of Heaven; but he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.

But he who hears, and doesn't do, is like a man who built a house on the earth without a foundation, against which the stream broke, and immediately it fell, and the ruin of that house was great."

Simon himself also believed. Being baptized, he continued with Philip. Seeing signs and great miracles occurring, he was amazed.

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 don't have love, I am nothing.

If any man doesn't love the Lord Jesus Christ, let him be accursed. Come, Lord!

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

remembering without ceasing your work of faith and labor of love and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, before our God and Father.

but the goal of this command is love, out of a pure heart and a good conscience and sincere faith;

They profess that they know God, but by their works they deny him, being abominable, disobedient, and unfit for any good work.

This saying is faithful, and concerning these things I desire that you affirm confidently, so that those who have believed God may be careful to maintain good works. These things are good and profitable to men;

By faith, Noah, being warned about things not yet seen, moved with godly fear, prepared a ship for the saving of his house, through which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is according to faith.

Yes, and for this very cause adding on your part all diligence, in your faith supply moral excellence; and in moral excellence, knowledge;

For whatever is born of God overcomes the world. This is the victory that has overcome the world: your faith.

Can

by which also you are saved, if you hold firmly 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,