James 2:25

New International Reader's Version

Didn’t God consider even Rahab the prostitute to be right with him? That’s because of what she did for the spies. She gave them a place to stay. Then she sent them off in a different direction.

Cross References

Matthew 1:5

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

Matthew 21:31

“Which of the two sons did what his father wanted?” “The first,” they answered. Jesus said to them, “What I’m about to tell you is true. Tax collectors and prostitutes will enter the kingdom of God ahead of you.

Acts 17:7

Jason has welcomed them into his house. They are all disobeying Caesar’s commands. They say there is another king. He is called Jesus.”

Hebrews 11:31

Rahab, the prostitute, had faith. So she welcomed the spies. That’s why she wasn’t killed with those who didn’t obey God.

James 2:18

But someone will say, “You have faith. I do good deeds.” Show me your faith that doesn’t cause you to do good deeds. And I will show you my faith by the goods deeds I do.

James 2:22

So you see that what he believed and what he did were working together. What he did made his faith complete.

James 2:24

So you see that a person is considered right with God by what they do. It doesn’t happen only because they believe.

Joshua 2:1

Joshua, the son of Nun, sent two spies from Shittim. He sent them in secret. He said to them, “Go and look over the land. Most of all, check out Jericho.” So they went to Jericho. They stayed at the house of a prostitute. Her name was Rahab.

Joshua 2:15

The house Rahab lived in was part of the city wall. So she let the spies down by a rope through the window.

Joshua 2:16

She said to them, “Go up into the hills. The men chasing you won’t be able to find you. Hide yourselves there for three days until they return. Then you can go on your way.”

Joshua 2:4

But the woman had hidden the two men. She said, “It’s true that the men came here. But I didn’t know where they had come from.

Joshua 2:6

But in fact she had taken them up on the roof. There she had hidden them under some flax she had piled up.

Joshua 6:17

The city and everything in it must be set apart to the Lord to be destroyed. But the prostitute Rahab and all those with her in her house must be spared. That’s because she hid the spies we sent.