James 2:25

New Century Version

Another example is Rahab, a prostitute, who was made right with God by something she did. She welcomed the spies into her home and helped them escape by a different road.

Cross References

Matthew 1:5

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

Matthew 21:31

Which of the two sons obeyed his father?” The priests and leaders answered, “The first son.” Jesus said to them, “I tell you the truth, the tax collectors and the prostitutes will enter the kingdom of God before you do.

Acts 17:7

Jason is keeping them in his house. All of them do things against the laws of Caesar, saying there is another king, called Jesus.”

Hebrews 11:31

It was by faith that Rahab, the prostitute, welcomed the spies and was not killed with those who refused to obey God.

James 2:18

Someone might say, “You have faith, but I have deeds.” Show me your faith without doing anything, and I will show you my faith by what I do.

James 2:22

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

James 2:24

So you see that people are made right with God by what they do, not by faith only.

Joshua 2:1

Joshua son of Nun secretly sent out two spies from Acacia and said to them, “Go and look at the land, particularly at the city of Jericho.” So the men went to Jericho and stayed at the house of a prostitute named Rahab.

Joshua 2:15

The house Rahab lived in was built on the city wall, so she used a rope to let the men down through a window.

Joshua 2:16

She said to them, “Go into the hills so the king’s men will not find you. Hide there for three days. After the king’s men return, you may go on your way.”

Joshua 2:4

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

Joshua 2:6

(The woman had taken the men up to the roof and had hidden them there under stalks of flax that she had spread out.)

Joshua 6:17

The city and everything in it are to be destroyed as an offering to the Lord. Only Rahab the prostitute and everyone in her house should remain alive. They must not be killed, because Rahab hid the two spies we sent out.