Salmon fathered Boaz by Rahab, Boaz fathered Obed by Ruth, Obed fathered Jesse,
James 2:25 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised In the same way, wasn’t Rahab the prostitute also justified by works in receiving the messengers and sending them out by a different route? Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Likewise also was not Rahab the harlot justified by works, when she had received the messengers, and had sent them out another way? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition So also with Rahab the harlot–was she not shown to be justified (pronounced righteous before God) by [good] deeds when she took in the scouts (spies) and sent them away by a different route? [Josh. 2:1-21.] American Standard Version (1901) And in like manner was not also Rahab the harlot justified by works, in that she received the messengers, and sent them out another way? Common English Bible In the same way, wasn’t Rahab the prostitute shown to be righteous when she received the messengers as her guests and then sent them on by another road? Catholic Public Domain Version Similarly also, Rahab, the harlot, was she not justified by works, by receiving the messengers and sending them out through another way? Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And in like manner also Rahab the harlot, was not she justified by works, receiving the messengers, and sending them out another way? |
Salmon fathered Boaz by Rahab, Boaz fathered Obed by Ruth, Obed fathered Jesse,
Which of the two did his father’s will? ’ They said, ‘The first.’ Jesus said to them, ‘Truly I tell you, tax collectors and prostitutes are entering the kingdom of God before you.
and Jason has welcomed them. They are all acting contrary to Caesar’s decrees, saying that there is another king #– #Jesus.’
By faith Rahab the prostitute welcomed the spies in peace and didn’t perish with those who disobeyed.
But someone will say, ‘You have faith, and I have works.’ Show me your faith without works, and I will show you faith by my works.
You see that faith was active together with his works, and by works, faith was made complete,
Joshua son of Nun secretly sent two men as spies from the Acacia Grove, saying, ‘Go and scout the land, especially Jericho.’ So they left, and they came to the house of a prostitute named Rahab, and stayed there.
Then she let them down by a rope through the window, since she lived in a house that was built into the wall of the city.
‘Go to the hill country so that the men pursuing you won’t find you,’ she said to them. ‘Hide there for three days until they return; afterwards, go on your way.’
But the woman had taken the two men and hidden them. So she said, ‘Yes, the men did come to me, but I didn’t know where they were from.
But she had taken them up to the roof and hidden them among the stalks of flax that she had arranged on the roof.
But the city and everything in it are set apart to the Lord for destruction. Only Rahab the prostitute and everyone with her in the house will live, because she hid the messengers we sent.