James 2:20 KJV — MannaFest

James 2:20

But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead?

KJV

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ASV

But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith apart from works is barren?

WEB

O foolish man, do you want evidence that faith without deeds is worthless?

YLT

And dost thou wish to know, O vain man, that the faith apart from the works is dead?

DBT

But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead?

About this book

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James — The Lord's brother writes to the twelve tribes scattered abroad — five chapters of direct, practical wisdom on the life faith produces. Pure religion, the tongue, the prayer of the righteous.

Author: James the Lord's brother (traditional — cf. Gal 1:19), leader of the Jerusalem church
Date: Early — possibly mid-40s AD, making it likely the earliest NT letter

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James 2:26
For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.
Matthew 7:21
Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.
Micah 6:8
He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the Lord require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?
Matthew 7:26
And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand:
James 2:17
Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone.

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Faith without works is said to be dead, not only as void of all those operations which are the proofs of spiritual life, but as unavailable to eternal life: such believers as rest in a bare profession of faith are dead while they live. We are taught that a justifying faith cannot be without works, from two examples, Abraham and Rahab.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

wilt thou know--"Vain" men are not willing to know, since they have no wish to "do" the will of God.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

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JAS 2:20ROM 1:21 EPH 4:17-18
JAS 2:20JAS 2:26 JAS 2:14
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
JAS 2:20GAL 6:3 PRO 26:12
JAS 2:20JAS 2:17 JAS 2:26
JAS 2:20GAL 6:3 1CO 8:2
JAS 2:20JAS 2:17 2PE 1:5-9
JAS 2:20GAL 6:3 1CO 3:18
JAS 2:20JAS 2:26 JAS 2:17

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