25 Bible Verses about Works Of Faith

My Brothers, what is the good of a man's saying that he has faith, if he does not prove it by actions? Can such faith save him?

In just the same way faith, if not followed by actions, is, by itself, a lifeless thing.

Exactly as a body is dead without a spirit, so faith is dead without actions.

Now do you really want to understand, you foolish man, how it is that faith without actions leads to nothing?

Some one, indeed, may say--"You are a man of faith, and I am a man of action." "Then show me your faith," I reply, "apart from any actions, and I will show you my faith by my actions."

You see how, in his case, faith and actions went together; that his faith was perfected as the result of his actions;

Look at our ancestor, Abraham. Was not it the result of his actions that he was pronounced righteous after he had offered his son, Isaac, on the altar?

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?

Indeed, when we were with you, what we urged upon you was-- 'If a man does not choose to work, then he shall not eat.'

On the contrary, first to those at Damascus and Jerusalem, and then through the whole of Judea, and to the Gentiles as well, I began to preach repentance and conversion to God, and a life befitting that repentance.

With this in view, our constant prayer for you is that our God may count you worthy of the Call that you have received, and by his power make perfect your delight in all goodness and the efforts that have resulted from your faith.

You see, then, that it is as the result of his actions that a man is pronounced righteous, and not of his faith only.

Therefore, my dear friends, as you have always been obedient in the past, so now work out your own Salvation with anxious care, not only when I am with you, but all the more now that I am absent.

Urge upon them to show kindness, to exhibit a wealth of good actions, to be open-handed and generous,

How true that saying is! And it is on these subjects that I desire you to lay especial stress, so that those who have learned to trust in God may be careful to devote themselves to doing good. Such subjects are excellent in themselves, and of real use to mankind.

Let all our People learn to devote themselves to doing good, so as to meet the most pressing needs, and that their lives may not be unfruitful.

I also desire that women should adorn themselves with appropriate dress, worn quietly and modestly, and not with wreaths or gold ornaments for the hair, or pearls, or costly clothing, but--as is proper for women who profess to be religious--with good actions.

Let your light so shine before the eyes of your fellow men, that, seeing your good actions, they may praise your Father who is in Heaven.

Let your daily life among the Gentiles be so upright, that, whenever they malign you as evil-doers, they may learn, as they watch, from the uprightness of your conduct, to praise God 'at the time when he shall visit them.'

But he who acts up to the truth comes to the light, that his actions may be shown to have been done in dependence upon God.

Happy will that servant be whom his master, when he comes home, shall find doing this.

Happy will that servant be whom his master, when he comes home, shall find doing this.

Recalling continually before our God and Father the efforts that have resulted from your faith, the toil prompted by your love, and the patient endurance sustained by your hope in our Lord Jesus Christ.

Therefore, my dear Brothers, stand firm, unshaken, always diligent in the Lord's work, for you know that, in union with him, your toil is not in vain.

In truth I tell you, he who believes in me will himself do the work that I am doing; and he will do greater work still, because I am going to the Father.