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James 2:24 ESV / 103 helpful votes You see that a person is justified by works and not by faith alone.Hebrews 11:6 ESV / 77 helpful votes And without faith it is impossible to please him, for whoever would draw near to God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him.Ephesians 2:8-10 ESV / 70 helpful votes For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast. For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.James 2:26 ESV / 63 helpful votes For as the body apart from the spirit is dead, so also faith apart from works is dead.James 2:18 ESV / 59 helpful votes 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.James 2:20-24 ESV / 52 helpful votes Do you want to be shown, you foolish person, that faith apart from works is useless? Was not Abraham our father justified by works when he offered up his son Isaac on the altar? You see that faith was active along with his works, and faith was completed by his works; and the Scripture was fulfilled that says, “Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness”—and he was called a friend of God. You see that a person is justified by works and not by faith alone.James 2:17 ESV / 43 helpful votes So also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead.Romans 3:28 ESV / 43 helpful votes For we hold that one is justified by faith apart from works of the law.Hebrews 11:1 ESV / 42 helpful votes Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.John 3:16 ESV / 41 helpful votes “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.Ephesians 2:8 ESV / 37 helpful votes For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God,James 2:14-26 ESV / 36 helpful votes What good is it, my brothers, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can that faith save him? If a brother or sister is poorly clothed and lacking in daily food, and one of you says to them, “Go in peace, be warmed and filled,” without giving them the things needed for the body, what good is that? So also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead. 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. …James 2:14 ESV / 34 helpful votes What good is it, my brothers, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can that faith save him?Galatians 2:16 ESV / 32 helpful votes Yet we know that a person is not justified by works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ, so we also have believed in Christ Jesus, in order to be justified by faith in Christ and not by works of the law, because by works of the law no one will be justified.James 2:1-26 ESV / 31 helpful votes My brothers, show no partiality as you hold the faith in our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory. For if a man wearing a gold ring and fine clothing comes into your assembly, and a poor man in shabby clothing also comes in, and if you pay attention to the one who wears the fine clothing and say, “You sit here in a good place,” while you say to the poor man, “You stand over there,” or, “Sit down at my feet,” have you not then made distinctions among yourselves and become judges with evil thoughts? Listen, my beloved brothers, has not God chosen those who are poor in the world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom, which he has promised to those who love him? …
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