Faith Without Deeds

What <FI>is<Fi> the profit, my brethren, if faith, any one may speak of having, and works he may not have? is that faith able to save him? — read the full passage →

for in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth anything, nor uncircumcision, but faith through love working.

God they profess to know, and in the works they deny <FI>Him<Fi> , being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work disapproved.

`And why do ye call me, Lord, Lord, and do not what I say? — read the full passage →

and if I have prophecy, and know all the secrets, and all the knowledge, and if I have all the faith, so as to remove mountains, and have not love, I am nothing;

for by grace ye are having been saved, through faith, and this not of you--of God the gift, — read the full passage →

and become ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves, — read the full passage →

and whoever may have the goods of the world, and may view his brother having need, and may shut up his bowels from him--how doth the love of God remain in him? — read the full passage →

`Not every one who is saying to me Lord, lord, shall come into the reign of the heavens; but he who is doing the will of my Father who is in the heavens. — read the full passage →

And this same also--all diligence having brought in besides, superadd in your faith the worthiness, and in the worthiness the knowledge, — read the full passage →

so let your light shine before men, that they may see your good works, and may glorify your Father who <FI>is<Fi> in the heavens.

And faith is of things hoped for a confidence, of matters not seen a conviction,

and apart from faith it is impossible to please well, for it behoveth him who is coming to God to believe that He is, and to those seeking Him He becometh a rewarder.

`If ye love me, my commands keep,

`Not every one who is saying to me Lord, lord, shall come into the reign of the heavens; but he who is doing the will of my Father who is in the heavens.

`And whenever the Son of Man may come in his glory, and all the holy messengers with him, then he shall sit upon a throne of his glory; — read the full passage →

and let them learn--ours also--to be leading in good works to the necessary uses, that they may not be unfruitful.

therefore do we reckon a man to be declared righteous by faith, apart from works of law.

for all of us it behoveth to be manifested before the tribunal of the Christ, that each one may receive the things <FI>done<Fi> through the body, in reference to the things that he did, whether good or evil;

unceasingly remembering of you the work of the faith, and the labour of the love, and the endurance of the hope, of our Lord Jesus Christ, in the presence of our God and Father,

for not the hearers of the law <FI>are<Fi> righteous before God, but the doers of the law shall be declared righteous: --

who shall render to each according to his works; — read the full passage →

for as the body apart from the spirit is dead, so also the faith apart from the works is dead.

so also the faith, if it may not have works, is dead by itself.

My little children, may we not love in word nor in tongue, but in word and in truth!

By faith Abraham, being called, did obey, to go forth to the place that he was about to receive for an inheritance, and he went forth, not knowing whither he doth go;

So that, my beloved, as ye always obey, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, with fear and trembling your own salvation work out, — read the full passage →

if these things ye have known, happy are ye, if ye may do them;

for of Him we are workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to good works, which God did before prepare, that in them we may walk.

By faith Abraham, being called, did obey, to go forth to the place that he was about to receive for an inheritance, and he went forth, not knowing whither he doth go; — read the full passage →

for by grace ye are having been saved, through faith, and this not of you--of God the gift, — read the full passage →

`And every one who is hearing of me these words, and is not doing them, shall be likened to a foolish man who built his house upon the sand; — read the full passage →

My brethren, hold not, in respect of persons, the faith of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ, — read the full passage →

and the world doth pass away, and the desire of it, and he who is doing the will of God, he doth remain--to the age.

What <FI>is<Fi> the profit, my brethren, if faith, any one may speak of having, and works he may not have? is that faith able to save him?

If any one doth think to be religious among you, not bridling his tongue, but deceiving his heart, of this one vain <FI>is<Fi> the religion;

and become ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves,

for which also we do pray always for you, that our God may count you worthy of the calling, and may fulfil all the good pleasure of goodness, and the work of the faith in power,

And this: He who is sowing sparingly, sparingly also shall reap; and he who is sowing in blessings, in blessings also shall reap; — read the full passage →

for through faith we walk, not through sight--

What, then, shall we say? shall we continue in the sin that the grace may abound? — read the full passage →

And he hath believed in Jehovah, and He reckoneth it to him--righteousness.

And dost thou wish to know, O vain man, that the faith apart from the works is dead?

and all, whatever ye may do--out of soul work--as to the Lord, and not to men, — read the full passage →

Many teachers become not, my brethren, having known that greater judgment we shall receive, — read the full passage →

so that if any one <FI>is<Fi> in Christ--<FI> he is<Fi> a new creature; the old things did pass away, lo, become new have the all things.

that if thou mayest confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and mayest believe in thy heart that God did raise him out of the dead, thou shalt be saved,

so also the faith, if it may not have works, is dead by itself. — read the full passage →

religion pure and undefiled with the God and Father is this, to look after orphans and widows in their tribulation--unspotted to keep himself from the world.

by faith Rahab the harlot did not perish with those who disbelieved, having received the spies with peace.

Be not led astray; God is not mocked; for what a man may sow--that also he shall reap, — read the full passage →

and that in law no one is declared righteous with God, is evident, because `The righteous by faith shall live;'

Your own selves try ye, if ye are in the faith; your own selves prove ye; do ye not know your own selves, that Jesus Christ is in you, if ye be not in some respect disapproved of?

Having been declared righteous, then, by faith, we have peace toward God through our Lord Jesus Christ,

in this we have known the love, because he for us his life did lay down, and we ought for the brethren the lives to lay down; — read the full passage →

And this same also--all diligence having brought in besides, superadd in your faith the worthiness, and in the worthiness the knowledge, — read the full passage →

Many teachers become not, my brethren, having known that greater judgment we shall receive,

and fulfilled was the Writing that is saying, `And Abraham did believe God, and it was reckoned to him--to righteousness;' and, `Friend of God' he was called.

But say may some one, Thou hast faith, and I have works, shew me thy faith out of thy works, and I will shew thee out of my works my faith:

and he who did look into the perfect law--that of liberty, and did continue there, this one--not a forgetful hearer becoming, but a doer of work--this one shall be happy in his doing.

James, of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ a servant, to the Twelve Tribes who are in the dispersion: Hail! — read the full passage →

concerning all things thyself showing a pattern of good works; in the teaching uncorruptedness, gravity, incorruptibility,

and in the doing good we may not be faint-hearted, for at the proper time we shall reap--not desponding;

having known also that a man is not declared righteous by works of law, if not through the faith of Jesus Christ, also we in Christ Jesus did believe, that we might be declared righteous by the faith of Christ, and not by works of law, wherefore declared righteous by works of law shall be no flesh.'

And this: He who is sowing sparingly, sparingly also shall reap; and he who is sowing in blessings, in blessings also shall reap; — read the full passage →

and he who is making a difference, if he may eat, hath been condemned, because <FI>it is<Fi> not of faith; and all that <FI>is<Fi> not of faith is sin.

have ye not known that to whom ye present yourselves servants for obedience, servants ye are to him to whom ye obey, whether of sin to death, or of obedience to righteousness?

Law then do we make useless through the faith? let it not be! yea, we do establish law.

`In this was my Father glorified, that ye may bear much fruit, and ye shall become my disciples.

`Verily, verily, I say to you, he who is believing in me, the works that I do--that one also shall do, and greater than these he shall do, because I go on to my Father;

`A new commandment I give to you, that ye love one another; according as I did love you, that ye also love one another; — read the full passage →

make, therefore, fruits worthy of the reformation, and begin not to say within yourselves, We have a father--Abraham; for I say to you, that God is able out of these stones to raise children to Abraham; — read the full passage →

And Jesus said to them, `Through your want of faith; for verily I say to you, if ye may have faith as a grain of mustard, ye shall say to this mount, Remove hence to yonder place, and it shall remove, and nothing shall be impossible to you,

`And every one who is hearing of me these words, and is not doing them, shall be likened to a foolish man who built his house upon the sand;

Ye see, then, that out of works is man declared righteous, and not out of faith only;

If, indeed, royal law ye complete, according to the Writing, `Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself,' --ye do well;

and all, whatever ye may do--out of soul work--as to the Lord, and not to men,

with Christ I have been crucified, and live no more do I, and Christ doth live in me; and that which I now live in the flesh--in the faith I live of the Son of God, who did love me and did give himself for me;

According to the grace of God that was given to me, as a wise master-builder, a foundation I have laid, and another doth build on <FI>it<Fi> , — read the full passage →

And this, knowing the time, that for us, the hour already <FI>is<Fi> to be aroused out of sleep, for now nearer <FI>is<Fi> our salvation than when we did believe;

that if thou mayest confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and mayest believe in thy heart that God did raise him out of the dead, thou shalt be saved, — read the full passage →

Afterwards turned back have the sons of Israel, and sought Jehovah their God, and David their king, and have hastened unto Jehovah, and unto His goodness, in the latter end of the days.

and to fearful, and unstedfast, and abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all the liars, their part <FI>is<Fi> in the lake that is burning with fire and brimstone, which is a second death.'

and I saw the dead, small and great, standing before God, and scrolls were opened, and another scroll was opened, which is that of the life, and the dead were judged out of the things written in the scrolls--according to their works;

And I saw a great white throne, and Him who is sitting upon it, from whose face the earth and the heaven did flee away, and place was not found for them; — read the full passage →

And I saw a messenger coming down out of the heaven, having the key of the abyss, and a great chain over his hand, — read the full passage →

And after these things I saw four messengers, standing upon the four corners of the land, holding the four winds of the land, that the wind may not blow upon the land, nor upon the sea, nor upon any tree; — read the full passage →

if we may say--`we have not sin,' ourselves we lead astray, and the truth is not in us; — read the full passage →

the Lord is not slow in regard to the promise, as certain count slowness, but is long-suffering to us, not counselling any to be lost but all to pass on to reformation,

and in like manner also Rahab the harlot--was she not out of works declared righteous, having received the messengers, and by another way having sent forth?

Abraham our father--was not he declared righteous out of works, having brought up Isaac his son upon the altar? — read the full passage →

and if a brother or sister may be naked, and may be destitute of the daily food, — read the full passage →

For we--wilfully sinning after the receiving the full knowledge of the truth--no more for sins doth there remain a sacrifice, — read the full passage →

so also the Christ, once having been offered to bear the sins of many, a second time, apart from a sin-offering, shall appear, to those waiting for him--to salvation!

for <FI>it is<Fi> impossible for those once enlightened, having tasted also of the heavenly gift, and partakers having became of the Holy Spirit, — read the full passage →

for by grace ye are having been saved, through faith, and this not of you--of God the gift,

so, then, each of us concerning himself shall give reckoning to God;

And thou, why dost thou judge thy brother? or again, thou, why dost thou set at nought thy brother? for we shall all stand at the tribunal of the Christ;

the love to the neighbour doth work no ill; the love, therefore, <FI>is<Fi> the fulness of law.

I call upon you, therefore, brethren, through the compassions of God, to present your bodies a sacrifice--living, sanctified, acceptable to God--your intelligent service;