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24 Do you[a] all see that a person is declared-righteous by works, and not by faith alone[b]? 25 And likewise also Rahab the prostitute— was she not declared-righteous by works, having received the messengers and sent-them-out by a different way? 26 For just as the body without spirit[c] is dead, so also faith without works is dead.

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Footnotes

  1. James 2:24 This ‘you’ is plural. Or, You all see (a statement).
  2. James 2:24 Or, only. That is, by faith with works, and not by faith alone. Faith alone is the faith of hearers only (1:22) and demons (2:19). Works as the inevitable fruit of genuine faith are in view here, not works done to earn salvation (as in Romans).
  3. James 2:26 Or, breath.

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