¹⁵If a brother or sister is without clothes and lacks daily food ¹⁶and one of you says to them, “Go in peace, keep warm, and eat well,” but you don’t give them what the body needs, what good is it? ^a¹⁷In the same way faith, if it doesn’t have works, is dead by itself.

¹⁸But someone will say, “You have faith, and I have works.” ^bShow me your faith without works, and I will show you faith from my works. ^c^d¹⁹You believe that God is one; you do well. The demons also believe—and they shudder. ^e

²⁰Foolish man! Are you willing to learn that faith without works is useless? ²¹Wasn’t Abraham our father justified by works when he offered Isaac his son on the altar? ²²You see that faith was active together with his works, and by works, faith was perfected. ^f²³So the Scripture was fulfilled that says, Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him for righteousness, ^g^hand he was called God’s friend. ⁱ²⁴You see that a man is justified by works and not by faith alone.

Read in Logos

James 2:22: You see that faith was active along with his works, and faith was completed by his works…

Footnotes

z2:14 Or Can faith, or Can that faith, or Can such faith
b2:18 The quotation may end here or after v. 18b or v. 19.
c2:18 Other read Show me your faith from your works, and from my works I will show you my faith.

Cross references

a2:14–16 Mt 25:35–36; Lk 3:11; 1Jn 3:16–18
d2:18 Rm 3:28; Heb 11:33; Jms 3:13
e2:19 Dt 6:4; Mt 8:29; Lk 4:34
f2:21–22 Gn 22:9; 1Th 1:3; Heb 11:17
g2:23 Gn 15:6; Rm 4:3; Gl 3:6
h2:23 Gn 15:6
i2:23 2Ch 20:7; Is 41:8