Faith Without Works

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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 →

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

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

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;

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

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 →

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:

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

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

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

`If ye love me, my commands keep,

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

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,

And faith is of things hoped for a confidence, of matters not seen a conviction, — read the full passage →

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

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?

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

Stedfast <FI>is<Fi> the word; and concerning these things I counsel thee to affirm fully, that they may be thoughtful, to be leading in good works--who have believed God; these are the good and profitable things to men,

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 →

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.'

`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.

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

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 we may live in the Spirit, in the Spirit also we may walk;

`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 →

he who is saying, `I have known him,' and his command is not keeping, a liar he is, and in him the truth is not;

`For, the Son of Man is about to come in the glory of his Father, with his messengers, and then he will reward each, according to his work.

This people doth draw nigh to Me with their mouth, and with the lips it doth honour Me, but their heart is far off from Me; — read the full passage →

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

who did give himself for us, that he might ransom us from all lawlessness, and might purify to himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works;

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 to him who is not working, and is believing upon Him who is declaring righteous the impious, his faith is reckoned--to righteousness:

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

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

(not by works that <FI>are<Fi> in righteousness that we did but according to His kindness,) He did save us, through a bathing of regeneration, and a renewing of the Holy Spirit,

And this know thou, that in the last days there shall come perilous times, — 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,

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;

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 →

thou--thou dost believe that God is one; thou dost well, and the demons believe, and they shudder!

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;

and now there doth remain faith, hope, love--these three; and the greatest of these <FI>is<Fi> love.

and they said, `Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved--thou and thy house;'

he who is believing in the Son, hath life age-during; and he who is not believing the Son, shall not see life, but the wrath of God doth remain upon him.'

dost thou see that the faith was working with his works, and out of the works the faith was perfected?

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

not of works, that no one may boast;

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

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

reform ye, therefore, and turn back, for your sins being blotted out, that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord,

`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 →

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.

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.

and the truth shall make you free.'

for God is not unrighteous to forget your work, and the labour of the love, that ye shewed to His name, having ministered to the saints and ministering;

ye were freed from the Christ, ye who in law are declared righteous; from the grace ye fell away;

for through faith we walk, not through sight--

and if by grace, no more of works, otherwise the grace becometh no more grace; and if of works, it is no more grace, otherwise the work is no more work.

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

wherefore by works of law shall no flesh be declared righteous before Him, for through law is a knowledge of sin.

`A new commandment I give to you, that ye love one another; according as I did love you, that ye also love one another;

Lo, a presumptuous one! Not upright is his soul within him, And the righteous by his stedfastness liveth.

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?

What, then, shall we say Abraham our father, to have found, according to flesh? — read the full passage →

and now, why tarriest thou? having risen, baptize thyself, and wash away thy sins, calling upon the name of the Lord.

the times, indeed, therefore, of the ignorance God having overlooked, doth now command all men everywhere to reform,

And they, having heard these things, were silent, and were glorifying God, saying, `Then, indeed, also to the nations did God give the reformation to life.'

`I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman; — read the full passage →

for God did so love the world, that His Son--the only begotten--He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during.

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

so that he who is thinking to stand--let him observe, lest he fall.

are ye ignorant that we, as many as were baptized to Christ Jesus, to his death were baptized?

for I am not ashamed of the good news of the Christ, for it is the power of God to salvation to every one who is believing, both to Jew first, and to Greek.

but as many as did receive him to them he gave authority to become sons of God--to those believing in his name,

he who hath believed, and hath been baptized, shall be saved; and he who hath not believed, shall be condemned.

and he said to them, `Having gone to all the world, proclaim the good news to all the creation;

And he said to him, `Why me dost thou call good? no one <FI>is<Fi> good except One--God; but if thou dost will to enter into the life, keep the commands.'

And it cometh to pass after these things that God hath tried Abraham, and saith unto him, `Abraham;' and he saith, `Here <FI>am<Fi> I.' — read the full passage →

and we are not of those drawing back to destruction, but of those believing to a preserving of soul.

and when again He may bring in the first-born to the world, He saith, `And let them bow before him--all messengers of God;'

for as many as to Christ were baptized did put on Christ;

But, not as the offence so also <FI>is<Fi> the free gift; for if by the offence of the one the many did die, much more did the grace of God, and the free gift in grace of the one man Jesus Christ, abound to the many;

Where then <FI>is<Fi> the boasting? it was excluded; by what law? of works? no, but by a law of faith:

and Peter said unto them, `Reform, and be baptized each of you on the name of Jesus Christ, to remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit,

They said therefore unto him, `What may we do that we may work the works of God?'

And he said, `Yea, rather, happy those hearing the word of God, and keeping <FI>it<Fi> !'