James 2:25 - The Scriptures 2009

²⁵ In the same way, was not Raḥaḇ the whore also declared right by works when she received the messengers and sent them out another way?

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁵ So also with Rahab the harlot–was she not shown to be justified (pronounced righteous before God) by [good] deeds when she took in the scouts (spies) and sent them away by a different route? [Josh. 2:1-21.]

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁵ And in like manner was not also Rahab the harlot justified by works, in that she received the messengers, and sent them out another way?

Common English Bible

²⁵ In the same way, wasn’t Rahab the prostitute shown to be righteous when she received the messengers as her guests and then sent them on by another road?

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁵ Similarly also, Rahab, the harlot, was she not justified by works, by receiving the messengers and sending them out through another way?

James 2:25 Cross References

Hebrews 11:31

By belief, Raḥaḇ the whore did not perish with those who did not believe, having received the spies with peace.

Joshua 2:15

So she let them down by a rope through the window, for her house was on the city wall and she dwelt on the wall.

Joshua 2:4

But the woman had taken the two men and hid them. So she said, “The men came to me, but I did not know where they were from.

Joshua 6:17

“And the city shall be put under the ban, it and all that is in it belongs to יהוה. Only Raḥaḇ the whore is to live, she and all who are with her in the house, because she hid the messengers that we sent.

Joshua 2:1

And Yehoshua son of Nun secretly sent out two men from Shittim to spy, saying, “Go, see the land, and Yeriḥo.” And they went, and came to the house of a woman, a whore, and her name was Raḥaḇ, and they lay down there.

Matthew 21:31

“Which of the two did the desire of the father?” They said to Him, “The first.” יהושע said to them, “Truly, I say to you that tax collectors and whores are entering into the reign of Elohim before you,

Matthew 1:5

And Salmon brought forth Bo‛az by Raḥaḇ, and Bo‛az brought forth Oḇĕḏ by Ruth, and Oḇĕḏ brought forth Yishai.

James 2:22

Do you see that the belief was working with his works, and by the works the belief was perfected?

James 2:18

But someone might say, “You have belief, and I have works.” Show me your belief without your works, and I shall show you my belief by my works.

Joshua 2:6

But she had brought them up to the roof and hidden them with the stalks of flax, which she had laid out on the roof.

Joshua 2:16

And she said to them, “Go to the mountain, lest the pursuers come upon you. And you shall hide there three days, until the pursuers have returned, and afterwards go on your way.”

Acts 17:7

whom Jason has received. And all of them are acting contrary to the dogmas of Caesar, saying there is another sovereign, יהושע.”

James 2:24

You see, then, that a man is declared right by works, and not by belief alone.