Parallel Verses
A Conservative Version
And likewise also was not Rahab the harlot made righteous from works, having received the agents, and having sent them out another way?
New American Standard Bible
In the same way, was not
King James Version
Likewise also was not Rahab the harlot justified by works, when she had received the messengers, and had sent them out another way?
Holman Bible
And in the same way, wasn’t Rahab the prostitute also justified by works when she received the messengers and sent them out by a different route?
International Standard Version
Likewise, Rahab the prostitute was justified through actions when she welcomed the messengers and sent them away on a different road, wasn't she?
American Standard Version
And in like manner was not also Rahab the harlot justified by works, in that she received the messengers, and sent them out another way?
Amplified
In the same way, was Rahab the prostitute not justified by works too, when she received the [Hebrew]
An Understandable Version
And in the same way, was not the prostitute Rahab made right with God by [her] deeds when she welcomed [and protected] the messengers, and [then] sent them away by a different road?
Anderson New Testament
Likewise, was not Rahab the harlot justified by works, when she had received the messengers, and sent them out another way?
Bible in Basic English
And in the same way, was not the righteousness of Rahab, the loose woman, judged by her works, when she took into her house those who were sent and let them go out by another way?
Common New Testament
In the same way was not Rahab the harlot also justified by works, when she received the messengers and sent them out by another way?
Daniel Mace New Testament
was it not likewise for her actions, that Rahab, formerly a loose liver, was accounted as just, for having entertain'd the messengers of Joshuah, and dismiss'd them the securest way?
Darby Translation
But was not in like manner also Rahab the harlot justified on the principle of works, when she had received the messengers and put them forth by another way?
Godbey New Testament
And likewise also was not Rahab the harlot justified by works, having received the spies, and sent them out by another way?
Goodspeed New Testament
Was not even Rahab the prostitute made upright for her good deeds, in entertaining the scouts and sending them off by a different road?
John Wesley New Testament
In like manner Rahab the harlot also was justified by works, having received the messengers and sent them out another way?
Julia Smith Translation
And likewise also was not Rehab the harlot justified by works, having received the messengers, and cast out by another way?
King James 2000
Likewise also was not Rahab the harlot justified by works, when she had received the messengers, and had sent them out another way?
Lexham Expanded Bible
And likewise was not Rahab the prostitute also justified by works [when she] welcomed the messengers and sent [them] out by a different route?
Modern King James verseion
And in the same way, was not Rahab the harlot also justified by works when she had received the messengers and had sent them out another way?
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Likewise also, was not Rahab the harlot justified through works, when she received the messengers, and sent them out another way?
Moffatt New Testament
So too with Rahab the harlot. Was she not justified by what she did, when she entertained the scouts and got them away by a different road?
Montgomery New Testament
In like manner was not Rahab, the harlot, justified by her deeds, in the fact that she received the messengers and sent them forth by another way?
NET Bible
And similarly, was not Rahab the prostitute also justified by works when she welcomed the messengers and sent them out by another way?
New Heart English Bible
In like manner was not Rahab the prostitute also justified by works, in that she received the messengers, and sent them out another way?
Noyes New Testament
And in like manner was not also Rahab the harlot accounted as righteous through works, when she received the messengers, and sent them out another way?
Sawyer New Testament
And in like manner also was not Rahab the harlot justified by works, when she received the messengers and sent them out another way?
The Emphasized Bible
And, in like manner also, Rahab the harlot, Was it not, by works, she was declared righteous, when she gave welcome unto the messengers, and, by another way, urged them forth?
Thomas Haweis New Testament
But was not Rahab the harlot in like manner justified by works, when she entertained the messengers, and sent them away by a different road?
Twentieth Century New Testament
Was not it the same with the prostitute, Rahab? Was not it as the result of her actions that she was pronounced righteous, after she had welcomed the messengers and hastened them away by a different road?
Webster
Likewise also was not Rahab the harlot justified by works, when she had received the messengers, and had sent them out another way?
Weymouth New Testament
In the same way also was not the notorious sinner Rahab declared to be righteous because of her actions when she welcomed the spies and hurriedly helped them to escape another way?
Williams New Testament
Was not even Rahab the prostitute shown to be upright by her good deeds, namely, by entertaining the scouts and sending them off by a different road?
World English Bible
In the same way, wasn't Rahab the prostitute also justified by works, in that she received the messengers, and sent them out another way?
Worrell New Testament
And, in like manner, was not also Rahab the harlot justified by works, when she received the messengers, and sent them out by another way?
Worsley New Testament
And in like manner also was not the harlot Rahab justified by works, when she entertained the spies, and let them out another way?
Youngs Literal Translation
and in like manner also Rahab the harlot -- was she not out of works declared righteous, having received the messengers, and by another way having sent forth?
Themes
Faith » True, evidenced by its fruits
Faith/faithfulness » Faith without works
Justification » What you are justified by
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Word Count of 37 Translations in James 2:25
Questions on James 2:25
Verse Info
Context Readings
Faith And Works
24 Ye see therefore that from works a man is made righteous, and not from faith only. 25 And likewise also was not Rahab the harlot made righteous from works, having received the agents, and having sent them out another way? 26 For as the body without a spirit is dead, so also faith without the works is dead.
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Cross References
Hebrews 11:31
By faith Rahab the harlot was not destroyed with those who were disobedient, having received the spies with peace.
Joshua 2:1
And Joshua the son of Nun sent out of Shittim two men as spies secretly, saying, Go, view the land, and Jericho. And they went and came into the house of a harlot whose name was Rahab, and lay there.
Joshua 2:19-21
And it shall be, that whoever shall go out of the doors of thy house into the street, his blood shall be upon his head, and we shall be guiltless. And whoever shall be with thee in the house, his blood shall be on our head if any h
Matthew 1:5
and Salmon begot Boaz from Rahab, and Boaz begot Obed from Ruth, and Obed begot Jesse,
Joshua 2:4
And the woman took the two men, and hid them. And she said, Yes, the men came to me, but I did not know from where they were.
Joshua 2:6
But she had brought them up to the roof, and hid them with the stalks of flax, which she had laid in order upon the roof.
Joshua 2:15
Then she let them down by a cord through the window, for her house was upon the side of the wall, and she dwelt upon the wall.
Joshua 6:17
And the city shall be set apart, even it and all that is in it, to LORD. Only Rahab the harlot shall live, she and all who are with her in the house, because she hid the messengers that we sent.
Joshua 6:22-25
And Joshua said to the two men who had spied out the land, Go into the harlot's house, and bring out there the woman, and all that she has, as ye swore to her.
Matthew 21:31
Which of the two did the will of the father? They say to him, The first. Jesus says to them, Truly I say to you, that the tax collectors and the harlots go into the kingdom of God before you.
James 2:18
But some man will say, Thou have faith, and I have works. Show me thy faith from thy works, and I will show thee from my works my faith.
James 2:22
Thou see that faith was working with his works, and from the works, faith was fully perfected.