James 2:26

The Passion Translation

For just as a human body without the spirit is a dead corpse, so faith without the expression of good works is dead!

Cross References

Psalm 104:29

But if you were to withhold from them and turn away, they all would panic. And when you choose to take away their breath, each one dies and returns to the dust.

Isaiah 2:22

So once and for all, stop trusting in man, who is but one breath from death—frail and puny man!

Luke 23:46

Then Jesus cried out with a loud voice, “Father, I surrender my Spirit into your hands.” And he took his last breath and died.

Galatians 5:6

When you’re joined to the Anointed One, circumcision and religious obligations can benefit you nothing. All that matters now is living in the faith that works and expresses itself through love.

James 2:14

My dear brothers and sisters, what good is it if someone claims to have faith but demonstrates no good works to prove it? How could this kind of faith save anyone?

James 2:17

So then faith that doesn’t involve action is phony.

James 2:20

O feeble sons of Adam, do you need further evidence that faith divorced from good works is phony?