23 And the scripture was fulfilled that says, “And Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him for righteousness,”[a] and he was called God’s friend. 24 You see that a person is justified by works and not by faith alone. 25 And likewise was not Rahab the prostitute also justified by works when she[b] welcomed the messengers and sent them out by a different route?

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Footnotes

  1. James 2:23 A quotation from Gen 15:6
  2. James 2:25 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“welcomed”) which is understood as temporal