James 2:10-22

New International Version

¹⁰ For whoever keeps the whole law and yet stumbles^(A) at just one point is guilty of breaking all of it.^{(B) 11} For he who said, “You shall not commit adultery,”^[a](C) also said, “You shall not murder.”^[b](D) If you do not commit adultery but do commit murder, you have become a lawbreaker.

¹² Speak and act as those who are going to be judged^(E) by the law that gives freedom,^{(F) 13} because judgment without mercy will be shown to anyone who has not been merciful.^(G) Mercy triumphs over judgment.

Faith and Deeds

¹⁴ What good is it, my brothers and sisters, if someone claims to have faith but has no deeds?^(H) Can such faith save them? ¹⁵ Suppose a brother or a sister is without clothes and daily food.^{(I) 16} If one of you says to them, “Go in peace; keep warm and well fed,” but does nothing about their physical needs, what good is it?^{(J) 17} In the same way, faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is dead.^(K)

¹⁸ But someone will say, “You have faith; I have deeds.”

Show me your faith without deeds,^(L) and I will show you my faith^(M) by my deeds.^{(N) 19} You believe that there is one God.^(O) Good! Even the demons believe that^(P)—and shudder.

²⁰ You foolish person, do you want evidence that faith without deeds is useless^[c]?^{(Q) 21} Was not our father Abraham considered righteous for what he did when he offered his son Isaac on the altar?^{(R) 22} You see that his faith and his actions were working together,^(S) and his faith was made complete by what he did.^(T)