Parallel Verses

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?

New American Standard Bible

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?

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?

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?

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] spies as guests and protected them, and sent them away [to escape] by a different route?

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?

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
ὁμοίως 
Homoios 
Usage: 20


and, also, even, both, then, so, likewise, not tr., , vr and
Usage: 0

was
δικαιόω 
Dikaioo 
Usage: 35

not
οὐ 
Ou 
not, no, cannot ,
Usage: 1032

Ῥαάβ 
Rhaab 
Usage: 2

the harlot
πόρνη 
Porne 
Usage: 9

δικαιόω 
Dikaioo 
Usage: 35

by
ἐκ ἐξ 
Ek 
of, from, out of, by, on, with,
Usage: 709

ἔργον 
Ergon 
Usage: 130

ὑποδέχομαι 
Hupodechomai 
Usage: 4

G32
ἄγγελος 
Aggelos 
Usage: 153

and

and, also, even, both, then, so, likewise, not tr., , vr and
Usage: 0

ἐκβάλλω 
Ekballo 
Usage: 43

ἐκβάλλω 
Ekballo 
Usage: 43

ἕτερος 
heteros 
Usage: 76

Questions on James 2:25

Context Readings

Faith And Works

24 Ye see, then, that out of works is man declared righteous, and not out of faith only; 25 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? 26 for as the body apart from the spirit is dead, so also the faith apart from the works is dead.

Cross References

Hebrews 11:31

by faith Rahab the harlot did not perish with those who disbelieved, having received the spies with peace.

Joshua 2:1

And Joshua son of Nun sendeth from Shittim, two men, spies, silently, saying, 'Go, see the land -- and Jericho;' and they go and come into the house of a woman, a harlot, and her name is Rahab, and they lie down there.

Joshua 2:19-21

and it hath been, any one who goeth out from the doors of thy house without, his blood is on his head, and we are innocent; and any one who is with thee in the house, his blood is on our head, if a hand is on him;

Matthew 1:5

and Salmon begat Boaz of Rahab, and Boaz begat Obed of Ruth, and Obed begat Jesse,

Joshua 2:4

And the woman taketh the two men, and hideth them, and saith thus: 'The men came in unto me, and I have not known whence they are;

Joshua 2:6

and she hath caused them to go up on the roof, and hideth them with the flax wood, which is arranged for her on the roof.

Joshua 2:15

And she causeth them to go down by a rope through the window, for her house is in the side of the wall, and in the wall she is dwelling;

Joshua 6:17

and the city hath been devoted, it and all that is in it, to Jehovah; only Rahab the harlot doth live, she and all who are with her in the house, for she hid the messengers whom we sent;

Joshua 6:22-25

And to the two men who are spying the land Joshua said, 'Go into the house of the woman, the harlot, and bring out thence the woman, and all whom she hath, as ye have sworn to her.'

Matthew 21:31

which of the two did the will of the father?' They say to him, 'The first.' Jesus saith to them, 'Verily I say to you, that the tax-gatherers and the harlots do go before you into the reign of God,

James 2:18

But say may some one, Thou hast faith, and I have works, shew me thy faith out of thy works, and I will shew thee out of my works my faith:

James 2:22

dost thou see that the faith was working with his works, and out of the works the faith was perfected?

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