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James 2:26

King James Version (public domain)

Traditionally attributed to James · 1st century AD · Brother of Jesus and leader of the church in Jerusalem

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

Context

24Ye see then how that by works a man is justified, and not by faith only.

25Likewise also was not Rahab the harlot justified by works, when she had received the messengers, and had sent them out another way?

26For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.