For I say to you, that unless your righteousness exceeds the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, you shall by no means enter the kingdom of heaven.
James 2:14 - English Majority Text Version What does it profit, my brothers, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Is that kind of faith able to save him? Higit pang mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? can faith save him? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition What is the use (profit), my brethren, for anyone to profess to have faith if he has no [good] works [to show for it]? Can [such] faith save [his soul]? American Standard Version (1901) What doth it profit, my brethren, if a man say he hath faith, but have not works? can that faith save him? Common English Bible My brothers and sisters, what good is it if people say they have faith but do nothing to show it? Claiming to have faith can’t save anyone, can it? Catholic Public Domain Version My brothers, what benefit is there if someone claims to have faith, but he does not have works? How would faith be able to save him? Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version What shall it profit, my brethren, if a man say he hath faith, but hath not works? Shall faith be able to save him? |
For I say to you, that unless your righteousness exceeds the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, you shall by no means enter the kingdom of heaven.
He answered and said to them, "He who has two shirts, let him give to him who has none; and he who has food, let him do likewise."
But he who hears and does not do is like a man building a house on the ground without a foundation, against which the stream burst upon; and immediately it fell. And the breaking of that house was great."
and made no distinction between us and them, purifying their hearts by faith.
Then Simon himself also believed; and having been baptized, he was continuing with Philip, and observing miracles and signs occurring, he was astounded.
You have neither part nor portion in this word, for your heart is not right before God.
For indeed circumcision profits if you keep the law; but if you are a transgressor of the law, your circumcision has become uncircumcision.
through which also you are saved, if you hold fast that word which I preached to you--unless you believed in vain.
If anyone does not love the Lord Jesus Christ, let him be Anathema. Marana tha!
For you, brothers were called to freedom; only do not use freedom for an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another.
For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision means anything, but faith working through love.
constantly remembering your work of faith, labor of love, and perseverance of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ in the presence of our God and Father,
Now the goal of the commandment is love out of a pure heart, from a good conscience, and from sincere faith,
For bodily exercise is profitable a little, but godliness is profitable for all things, having promise of the present life and of the coming life.
They profess to know God, but in their works they deny Him, being abominable, disobedient, and disqualified for every good work.
Faithful is this word, and concerning these things I want you to strongly affirm, so that those who have believed in God may take thought to maintain good works. These things are good and profitable to men.
By faith Abraham, when he was tested, had offered up Isaac, and he that received the promises offered up his only begotten son,
Do not be carried away with various and strange doctrines. For it is good for the heart to be established by grace, not by foods, by which those having walked were not profited.
and one of you says to them, "Go in peace, be warmed and filled," but you do not give them the necessary things of the body, what is the benefit?
But someone will say, "You have faith, and I have works." Show me your faith apart from your works, and I will show you my faith by means of my works.
For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.
But also for this very reason, making every effort, provide with your faith virtue, and with virtue knowledge,