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16 and one of you says to them “Go in peace; be warmed and filled”, but you do not give them the necessities of the body, what is the profit[a]? 17 In this manner also faith, if it does not have works, is dead by[b] itself.

Faith Cannot Be Seen Apart From Works

18 But someone will say “You have faith, and I have works”. Show me your faith without[c] the works, and I will show you the faith by my works.

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Footnotes

  1. James 2:16 Or, use, benefit.
  2. James 2:17 That is, being by itself. Or, faith by itself is dead.
  3. James 2:18 Or, apart-from. This could only be done by pointing to one’s beliefs, which James addresses next.

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