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James 2:17

First Nations Version

In the same way, without deeds, faith by itself is dead.

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In the same way that a body has no life without the spirit, so faith has no life without deeds.


What good is it, my sacred family members, if a man says “I have faith,” but has no deeds to show for it? Can that kind of “faith” set him free and make him whole?


My aim in telling you these things is that you would walk the path of love with a pure heart, being true to what you trust in and honest to who you are deep inside.


But until then, these three remain—faith, hope, and love—and love is the greatest!


We remember how your trust became a labor of love and how hope kept you hand in hand with our Honored Chief, Creator Sets Free (Jesus) the Chosen One, as you walked under the shadow of the Great Spirit, who is our Father from above.


I may give all my possessions to the poor and give my body to be burned as a sacrifice, but if I fail to love, I have gained no honor.


So then, in Creator Sets Free (Jesus) the Chosen One, whether or not you participate in the cutting of the flesh ceremony does not matter. What matters is walking out our faith on the road of love.





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