James 2:20

New American Bible - revised edition

Do you want proof, you ignoramus, that faith without works is useless?

Cross References

Proverbs 12:11

Those who till their own land have food in plenty, but those who engage in idle pursuits lack sense.

Jeremiah 2:5

thus says the Lord: What fault did your ancestors find in me that they withdrew from me, Went after emptiness, and became empty themselves?

Romans 1:21

for although they knew God they did not accord him glory as God or give him thanks. Instead, they became vain in their reasoning, and their senseless minds were darkened.

Romans 3:28

For we consider that a person is justified by faith apart from works of the law.

Romans 9:20

But who indeed are you, a human being, to talk back to God? Will what is made say to its maker, “Why have you created me so?”

Galatians 5:6

For in Christ Jesus, neither circumcision nor uncircumcision counts for anything, but only faith working through love. Be Not Misled.

Galatians 6:3

For if anyone thinks he is something when he is nothing, he is deluding himself.

Colossians 2:8

See to it that no one captivate you with an empty, seductive philosophy according to human tradition, according to the elemental powers of the world and not according to Christ. Sovereign Role of Christ.

1 Timothy 1:6

Some people have deviated from these and turned to meaningless talk,

Titus 1:10

For there are also many rebels, idle talkers and deceivers, especially the Jewish Christians.

James 1:26

If anyone thinks he is religious and does not bridle his tongue but deceives his heart, his religion is vain.

James 2:17

So also faith of itself, if it does not have works, is dead.

James 2:26

For just as a body without a spirit is dead, so also faith without works is dead.