⁶ Then Jesus said, “Leave her alone. Why are you bothering her? She has done a noble thing^(A) for Me.

⁸ And God is able^(A) to make every grace overflow to you, so that in every way, always having everything you need, you may excel in every good work.

Law and Promise

¹⁰ For all who rely on the works of the law are under a curse,^(A) because it is written:^(B) Everyone who does not continue doing everything written in the book of the law is cursed.^(C)[a]

Faith and Works

¹⁴ What good is it, my brothers, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can his faith^[a] save him?

¹⁵ If a brother or sister is without clothes and lacks daily food ¹⁶ and one of you says to them, “Go in peace, keep warm, and eat well,” but you don’t give them what the body needs, what good is it?^{(A) 17} In the same way faith, if it doesn’t have works, is dead by itself.

¹⁸ But someone will say, “You have faith, and I have works.”^[b] Show me your faith without works, and I will show you faith from my works.^{[c](B) 19} You believe that God is one; you do well. The demons also believe—and they shudder.^(C)

²⁰ Foolish man! Are you willing to learn that faith without works is useless? ²¹ Wasn’t Abraham our father justified by works when he offered Isaac his son on the altar? ²² You see that faith was active together with his works, and by works, faith was perfected.^{(D) 23} So the Scripture was fulfilled that says, Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him for righteousness,^(E)[d] and he was called God’s friend.^{(F) 24} You see that a man is justified by works and not by faith alone. ²⁵ And in the same way, wasn’t Rahab the prostitute also justified by works when she received the messengers and sent them out by a different route?^{(G) 26} For just as the body without the spirit is dead, so also faith without works is dead.