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James 2:17
Euen so the faith, if it haue no woorkes, is dead in it selfe.
James 2:17 · Geneva Bible
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James 2:17 in other translations
Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone.
So too, faith by itself, if it does not result in action, is dead.
Even so faith, if it has no works, is dead in itself.
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In context
14 What auaileth it, my brethren, though a man saith he hath faith, when he hath no workes? can that faith saue him?
15 For if a brother or a sister bee naked and destitute of daily foode,
16 And one of you say vnto them, Depart in peace: warme your selues, and fil your bellies, notwithstading ye giue them not those things which are needefull to the body, what helpeth it?
17 Euen so the faith, if it haue no woorkes, is dead in it selfe.
18 But some man might say, Thou hast the faith, and I haue woorkes: shewe me thy faith out of thy woorkes, and I will shewe thee my faith by my woorkes.
19 Thou beleeuest that there is one God: thou doest well: the deuils also beleeue it, and tremble.
20 But wilt thou vnderstand, O thou vaine man, that the faith which is without workes, is dead?
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