James 2:25

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Another example is Rahab. She was a prostitute, but she was made right with God by something she did. She helped those who were spying for God’s people. She welcomed them into her home and helped them escape by a different road.

Cross References

Hebrews 11:31

And Rahab, the prostitute, welcomed the Israelite spies like friends. And because of her faith, she was not killed with the ones who refused to obey.

Joshua 2:15

Rahab’s house was built into the city wall, so she used a rope to let the men down through a window.

Joshua 2:4

Rahab had hidden the two men, but she said, “They did come here, but I didn’t know where they came from.

Joshua 6:17

The city and everything is to be destroyed as an offering to the Lord. Only Rahab the prostitute and everyone in her house will be left alive. These people must not be killed because she helped the two spies.

Joshua 2:1

Joshua son of Nun and all the people were camped at Acacia. Joshua sent out two spies. No one knew that Joshua sent out these men. Joshua said to them, “Go and look at the land, especially the city of Jericho.” So the men went to the city of Jericho and stayed at the house of a prostitute named Rahab.

Matthew 21:31

“Which of the two sons obeyed his father?” The Jewish leaders answered, “The first son.” Jesus said to them, “The truth is, you are worse than the tax collectors and the prostitutes. In fact, they will enter God’s kingdom before you enter.

Matthew 1:5

Salmon was the father of Boaz. (His mother was Rahab.) Boaz was the father of Obed. (His mother was Ruth.) Obed was the father of Jesse.

James 2:22

So you see that Abraham’s faith and what he did worked together. His faith was made perfect by what he did.

James 2:18

But someone might argue, “Some people have faith, and others have good works.” My answer would be that you can’t show me your faith if you don’t do anything. But I will show you my faith by the good I do.

Joshua 2:6

(Rahab said this, but really she had taken the men up to the roof and had hidden them in the flax that she had piled up there.)

Joshua 2:16

Then she said to them, “Go into the hills so that the king’s men will not accidentally find you. Hide there for three days. After the king’s men come back, you can go on your way.”

Acts 17:7

Jason is keeping them in his house. They all do things against the laws of Caesar. They say there is another king called Jesus.”

James 2:24

So you see that people are made right with God by what they do. They cannot be made right by faith alone.