14 What good is it, my brothers, if someone claims to have faith, but has no deeds? Can such faith save him?
James 2:14
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James 2:19–21
19 You believe that God is one. Good for you! Even the demons believe that—and shudder. 20 O foolish man, do you want evidence that faith without deeds is worthless? 21 Was not our father Abraham justified by what he did when he offered his son Isaac on the altar?
James 2:25–26
25 In the same way, was not even Rahab the prostitute justified by her actions when she welcomed the spies and sent them off on another route? 26 As the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without deeds is dead.
1 John 3:16–18
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James 3:12–14
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James 1:25–27
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James 1:21–23
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James 2:4–6
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Luke 9:24–26
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