James 2:14-26 - Faith And Works

¹⁴ What is the benefit, my brothers, if some man should say to have faith, but has no works? Can the faith save him?

¹⁵ And if a brother or sister may be unclothed, and may be destitute of daily food, ¹⁶ and some man of you would say to them, Go in peace, be ye warmed and fed, but ye would not give them the things necessary for the body, what is the benefit? ¹⁷ So also faith, if it has no works, is dead by itself.

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. ¹⁹ Thou believe that there is one God, thou do well. The demons also believe, and shudder.

²⁰ But do thou want to know, O vain man, that faith apart from works is dead? ²¹ Was not Abraham our father made righteous from works, having offered up Isaac his son upon the altar? ²² Thou see that faith was working with his works, and from the works, faith was fully perfected. ²³ And the scripture was fulfilled, which says, And Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned to him for righteousness, and he was called a friend of God. 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.