The one who works his land will have plenty of food, but whoever chases fantasies lacks sense.
James 2:20 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Senseless person! Are you willing to learn that faith without works is useless? Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Are you willing to be shown [proof], you foolish (unproductive, spiritually deficient) fellow, that faith apart from [good] works is inactive and ineffective and worthless? American Standard Version (1901) But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith apart from works is barren? Common English Bible Are you so slow? Do you need to be shown that faith without actions has no value at all? Catholic Public Domain Version So then, are you willing to understand, O foolish man, that faith without works is dead? Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead? |
The one who works his land will have plenty of food, but whoever chases fantasies lacks sense.
This is what the Lord says: What fault did your ancestors find in me that they went so far from me, followed worthless idols, and became worthless themselves?
For though they knew God, they did not glorify him as God or show gratitude. Instead, their thinking became worthless, and their senseless hearts were darkened.
For we conclude that a person is justified by faith apart from the works of the law.
On the contrary, who are you, a human being, to talk back to God? Will what is formed say to the one who formed it, ‘Why did you make me like this? ’
For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision accomplishes anything; what matters is faith working through love.
For if anyone considers himself to be something when he is nothing, he deceives himself.
Be careful that no one takes you captive through philosophy and empty deceit based on human tradition, based on the elements of the world, rather than Christ.
Some have departed from these and turned aside to fruitless discussion.
For there are many rebellious people, full of empty talk and deception, especially those from the circumcision party.
If anyone thinks he is religious without controlling his tongue, his religion is useless and he deceives himself.
For just as the body without the spirit is dead, so also faith without works is dead.