James 2:20

Good News Translation

You fool! Do you want to be shown that faith without actions is useless?

Cross References

Proverbs 12:11

A hard-working farmer has plenty to eat, but it is stupid to waste time on useless projects.

Jeremiah 2:5

The Lord says: “What accusation did your ancestors bring against me? What made them turn away from me? They worshiped worthless idols and became worthless themselves.

Romans 1:21

They know God, but they do not give him the honor that belongs to him, nor do they thank him. Instead, their thoughts have become complete nonsense, and their empty minds are filled with darkness.

Romans 3:28

For we conclude that a person is put right with God only through faith, and not by doing what the Law commands.

Romans 9:20

But who are you, my friend, to talk back to God? A clay pot does not ask the man who made it, “Why did you make me like this?”

Galatians 5:6

For when we are in union with Christ Jesus, neither circumcision nor the lack of it makes any difference at all; what matters is faith that works through love.

Galatians 6:3

If you think you are something when you really are nothing, you are only deceiving yourself.

Colossians 2:8

See to it, then, that no one enslaves you by means of the worthless deceit of human wisdom, which comes from the teachings handed down by human beings and from the ruling spirits of the universe, and not from Christ.

1 Timothy 1:6

Some people have turned away from these and have lost their way in foolish discussions.

Titus 1:10

For there are many, especially the converts from Judaism, who rebel and deceive others with their nonsense.

James 1:26

Do any of you think you are religious? If you do not control your tongue, your religion is worthless and you deceive yourself.

James 2:17

So it is with faith: if it is alone and includes no actions, then it is dead.

James 2:26

So then, as the body without the spirit is dead, also faith without actions is dead.