James 2:14–26

¹⁴What is the profit, my brethren, if any one say he have faith, but have not works? can faith save him? ¹⁵Now if a brother or a sister is naked and destitute of daily food, ¹⁶and one from amongst you say to them, Go in peace, be warmed and filled; but give not to them the needful things for the body, what is the profit? ¹⁷So also faith, if it have not works, is dead by itself. ¹⁸But some one will say, Thou hast faith and I have works. Shew me thy faith without works, and I from my works will shew thee my faith. ¹⁹Thou believest that God is one. Thou doest well. The demons even believe, and tremble. ²⁰But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead? ²¹Was not Abraham our father justified by works when he had offered Isaac his son upon the altar? ²²Thou seest that faith wrought with his works, and that by works faith was perfected. ²³And the scripture was fulfilled which says, Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned to him as righteousness, and he was called Friend of God. ²⁴Ye see that a man is justified on the principle of works, and not on the principle of faith only. ²⁵But was not in like manner also Rahab the harlot justified on the principle of works, when she had received the messengers and put them forth by another way? ²⁶For as the body without a spirit is dead, so also faith without works is dead.