James 2:18-26

New American Standard Bible

^18 (A)But someone ^[a]may well say, “You have faith and I have works; show me your ^(B)faith without the works, and I will ^(C)show you my faith ^(D)by my works.” ¹⁹ You believe that ^[b](E)God is one. ^(F)You do well; ^(G)the demons also believe, and shudder. ²⁰ But are you willing to acknowledge, ^(H)you foolish person, that ^(I)faith without works is useless? ^21 (J)Was our father Abraham not justified by works when he offered up his son Isaac on the altar? ²² You see that ^(K)faith was working with his works, and ^[c]as a result of the ^(L)works, faith was ^[d]perfected; ²³ and the Scripture was fulfilled which says, “^(M)And Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness,” and he was called a ^(N)friend of God. ²⁴ You see that a person is justified by works and not by faith alone. ²⁵ In the same way, was ^(O)Rahab the prostitute not justified by works also ^(P)when she received the messengers and sent them out by another way? ²⁶ For just as the body without the spirit is dead, so also ^(Q)faith without works is dead.