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Listen to James 2:14-24, Romans 10:9-10, Genesis 6:5, 1 Chronicles 28:9

Faith and Works

¹⁴^(A)What use is it, ^(B)my brothers and sisters, if someone says he has faith, but he has no works? Can ^[a]that faith save him? ¹⁵^(C)If a brother or sister is without clothing and in need of daily food, ¹⁶and one of you says to them, “^(D)Go in peace, ^[b]be warmed and be filled,” yet you do not give them what is necessary for their body, what use is that? ¹⁷In the same way, ^(E)faith also, if it has no works, is ^[c]dead, being by itself.

¹⁸^(F)But someone ^[d]may well say, “You have faith and I have works; show me your ^(G)faith without the works, and I will ^(H)show you my faith ^(I)by my works.” ¹⁹You believe that ^[e]^(J)God is one. ^(K)You do well; ^(L)the demons also believe, and shudder. ²⁰But are you willing to acknowledge, ^(M)you foolish person, that ^(N)faith without works is useless? ²¹^(O)Was our father Abraham not justified by works when he offered up his son Isaac on the altar? ²²You see that ^(P)faith was working with his works, and ^[f]as a result of the ^(Q)works, faith was ^[g]perfected; ²³and the Scripture was fulfilled which says, “^(R)And Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness,” and he was called a ^(S)friend of God. ²⁴You see that a person is justified by works and not by faith alone.

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James 2:14 Lit the
James 2:16 Or warm yourselves and fill yourselves
James 2:17 Or dead by its own standards
James 2:18 Lit will
James 2:19 One early ms there is one God
James 2:22 Or by the deeds
James 2:22 Or completed

Cross references

James 2:14 : James 1:22ff
James 2:14 : James 1:16
James 2:15 : Matt 25:35f; Luke 3:11
James 2:16 : 1 John 3:17f
James 2:17 : Gal 5:6; James 2:20, 26
James 2:18 : Rom 9:19
James 2:18 : Rom 3:28; 4:6; Heb 11:33
James 2:18 : James 3:13
James 2:18 : Matt 7:16f; Gal 5:6
James 2:19 : Deut 6:4; Mark 12:29
James 2:19 : James 2:8
James 2:19 : Matt 8:29; Mark 1:24; 5:7; Luke 4:34; Acts 19:15
James 2:20 : Rom 9:20; 1 Cor 15:36
James 2:20 : Gal 5:6; James 2:17, 26
James 2:21 : Gen 22:9, 10, 12, 16-18
James 2:22 : John 6:29; Heb 11:17
James 2:22 : 1 Thess 1:3
James 2:23 : Gen 15:6; Rom 4:3
James 2:23 : 2 Chr 20:7; Is 41:8

Footnotes

Romans 10:9 Or because
Romans 10:10 Lit to righteousness
Romans 10:10 Lit to salvation

Cross references

Romans 10:9 : Matt 10:32; Luke 12:8; Rom 14:9; 1 Cor 12:3; Phil 2:11
Romans 10:9 : Acts 16:31; Rom 4:24
Romans 10:9 : Acts 2:24

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⁵Then the Lord saw that the wickedness of mankind was great on the earth, and that ^(A)every intent of the thoughts of ^[a]their hearts was only evil continually.

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Footnotes

Genesis 6:5 Lit his heart

Cross references

Genesis 6:5 : Gen 8:21; Ps 14:1-3; Prov 6:18; Matt 15:19; Rom 1:28-32

Genesis 6:5 in all English translations

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⁹“As for you, my son Solomon, know the God of your father, and ^(A)serve Him wholeheartedly and with a willing ^[a]mind; ^(B)for the Lord searches all hearts, and understands every intent of the thoughts. ^(C)If you seek Him, He will let you find Him; but if you forsake Him, He will reject you forever.

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