24 [a]Ye see then how that of works a man is [b]justified, and not of [c]faith only.

25 [d]Likewise also was not (A)Rahab the harlot justified through works, when she had received the messengers, and sent them out another way?

26 [e]For as the body without the spirit is dead, even so the faith without works is dead.

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Footnotes

  1. James 2:24 The conclusion: he is only justified that hath that faith which hath works following it.
  2. James 2:24 Is proved to be just.
  3. James 2:24 Of that dead and fruitless faith which you boast of.
  4. James 2:25 A fourth reason taken from a like example of Rahab the harlot, who also proved by her works that she was justified by a true faith.
  5. James 2:26 The conclusion repeated again: faith which bringeth not forth fruits and works, is not faith, but a dead carcass.

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