James 2:24 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

²⁴ [So], you see, it is by deeds that a person is made right with God, and not by faith alone.

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁴ You see that a man is justified (pronounced righteous before God) through what he does and not alone through faith [through works of obedience as well as by what he believes].

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

²⁴ So you see that a person is shown to be righteous through faithful actions and not through faith alone.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁴ Do you see that a man is justified by means of works, and not by faith alone?

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²⁴ Do you see that by works a man is justified; and not by faith only?

James 2:24 Cross References

Romans 3:28

For we conclude that a person is made right with God by faith [in Christ], apart from [obedience to] the requirements of a law [or, the Law of Moses, See verse 20].

James 2:23

So, the Scripture was fulfilled, which says [Gen. 15:6], “Abraham believed God and [so] God considered him righteous,” and he was called God’s friend.

James 2:25

And in the same way, was not the prostitute Rahab made right with God by [her] deeds when she welcomed [and protected] the messengers, and [then] sent them away by a different road?