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James 2:26

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For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.

For {G1063} as {G5618} the body {G4983} without {G5565} the spirit {G4151} is {G2076} dead {G3498}, so {G3779} faith {G4102} without {G5565} works {G2041} is {G2076} dead {G3498} also {G2532}.

Indeed, just as the body without a spirit is dead, so too faith without actions is dead.

As the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without deeds is dead.

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

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Cross-References

  • James 2:20 (15 votes)

    But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead?

  • James 2:17 (13 votes)

    Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone.

  • James 2:14 (9 votes)

    ¶ What [doth it] profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? can faith save him?

  • Ecclesiastes 12:7 (5 votes)

    Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.

  • Psalms 104:29 (3 votes)

    Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled: thou takest away their breath, they die, and return to their dust.

  • Job 34:14 (1 votes)

    If he set his heart upon man, [if] he gather unto himself his spirit and his breath;

  • Job 34:15 (1 votes)

    All flesh shall perish together, and man shall turn again unto dust.