Cross References

James 2:26

New American Bible - revised edition

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

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When you hide your face, they panic. Take away their breath, they perish and return to the dust.

Who breathing his last, returns to the earth; that day all his planning comes to nothing.

And the dust returns to the earth as it once was, and the life breath returns to God who gave it.

As for you, stop worrying about mortals, in whose nostrils is but a breath; for of what worth are they?

Jesus cried out in a loud voice, “Father, into your hands I commend my spirit”; and when he had said this he breathed his last.

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

What good is it, my brothers, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can that faith save him?

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

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