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18 But someone will say, “You have faith, and I have works.” Show me your faith without your works, and I will show you my faith by my works. 19 You believe that there is one God. You do well. Even the demons believe—and tremble! 20 But do you want to know, O foolish man, that faith without works is dead?
Faith And Works. James 2:14-26 ESV / 290 helpful votes. Helpful. Not Helpful. What good is it, my brothers, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can that faith save him?
Faith and Works - What good is it, my brothers and sisters, if someone claims to have faith but does not have works? Can such faith save him? If a brother or sister is without clothes and lacks daily ...
James doesn’t mean that faith can exist without works yet be insufficient for salvation. He means that any “faith” that doesn’t lead to works is dead; in other words, it is no faith at all. “As the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is also dead” (James 2:26).
But someone may say, “You [claim to] have faith and I have [good] works; show me your [alleged] faith without the works [if you can], and I will show you my faith by my works [that is, by what I do].”
James 2:18-26 ESV / 3 helpful votes. Helpful. Not Helpful. But someone will say, “You have faith and I have works.” Show me your faith apart from your works, and I will show you my faith by my works. You believe that God is one; you do well. Even the demons believe—and shudder!
You observe that a person is justified through actions and not through faith alone. Literal Standard Version. You see, then, that man is considered righteous out of works, and not out of faith only; Majority Standard Bible. As you can see, then, a man is justified by his deeds and not by faith alone.
