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Main point summary
Faith without works is dead. Faith is seen by works.
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James 2:14-26
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What good is it, my brothers,
if someone says he has faith
o but does not have works?
concessive
Can that faith save him?
conditional
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p If a brother or sister is poorly clothed
and lacking in daily food,
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q and one of you says to them,
“Go in peace, be warmed and filled,”
without giving them the things needed for the body,
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what good 1 is that?
So also faith by itself,
if it does not have works,
is dead.
inference
But someone will say,
“You have faith
and I have works.”
situationresponse
Show me your faith
r apart from your works,
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and I will show you my faith
s by my works.
t You believe that God is one;
you do well.
Even u the demons believe—
and shudder!
comparison
Do you want to be shown,
you foolish person,
that faith apart from works
is useless?
v Was not Abraham our father justified by works
when he offered up his son Isaac on the altar?
temporal
You see that w faith was active along with his works,
and faith was completed x by his works;
and the Scripture was fulfilled that says,
y “Abraham believed God,
and it was counted to him as righteousness”—
and he was called a z friend of God.
You see that a person is justified by works
and not by faith alone.
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And in the same way was not also a Rahab the prostitute justified by works
b when she received the messengers
and sent them out by another way?
questionanswer
For as the body apart from the spirit is dead,
so also faith apart from works is dead.
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