James 2:20 BSB — MannaFest

Original language & word study

14 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
θέλεις	theleis	Do you want	G2309 →
δὲ	de	however	G1161 →
γνῶναι,	gnōnai	to come to know,	G1097 →
ὦ	ō	O	G5599 →
ἄνθρωπε	anthrōpe	man	G444 →
κενέ,	kene	foolish,	G2756 →
ὅτι	hoti	that	G3754 →
ἡ	hē	<the>	G3588 →
πίστις	pistis	faith	G4102 →
χωρὶς	chōris	apart from	G5565 →
τῶν	tōn	<the>	G3588 →
ἔργων	ergōn	works	G2041 →
ἀργή	argē	worthless	G692 →
ἐστιν;	estin	is?	G1510 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Romans 1:21
For although they knew God, they neither glorified Him as God nor gave thanks to Him, but they became futile in their thinking and darkened in their foolish hearts.
leads to
- Ephesians 4:17–18
  So I tell you this, and insist on it in the Lord, that you must no longer walk as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their thinking.
Through
James 2:26
As the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without deeds is dead.
leads to
- James 2:14
  What good is it, my brothers, if someone claims to have faith, but has no deeds? Can such faith save him?
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- James 2:17
  So too, faith by itself, if it does not result in action, is dead.
Through
Galatians 6:3
If anyone thinks he is something when he is nothing, he deceives himself.
leads to
- Proverbs 26:12
  Do you see a man who is wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.
- 1 Corinthians 8:2
  The one who thinks he knows something does not yet know as he ought to know.
- 1 Corinthians 3:18
  Let no one deceive himself. If any of you thinks he is wise in this age, he should become a fool, so that he may become wise.
Through
James 2:17
So too, faith by itself, if it does not result in action, is dead.
leads to
- James 2:26
  As the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without deeds is dead.
- 2 Peter 1:5–9
  For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith virtue; and to virtue, knowledge;

The gold bar shows how strongly the cross-reference sources tie the two verses together: a long bar means many compiled references make the connection, a short one means few.

Micah 6:8He has shown you, O man, what is good. And what does the LORD require of you but to act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?Matthew 7:26But everyone who hears these words of Mine and does not act on them is like a foolish man who built his house on sand.James 2:17So too, faith by itself, if it does not result in action, is dead.James 2:26As the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without deeds is dead.Proverbs 12:11The one who works his land will have plenty of food, but whoever chases fantasies lacks judgment.Romans 2:1You, therefore, have no excuse, you who pass judgment on another. For on whatever grounds you judge the other, you are condemning yourself, because you who pass judgment do the same things.Mark 7:7They worship Me in vain; they teach as doctrine the precepts of men.’Matthew 15:9They worship Me in vain; they teach as doctrine the precepts of men.’”Romans 1:21For although they knew God, they neither glorified Him as God nor gave thanks to Him, but they became futile in their thinking and darkened in their foolish hearts.Job 11:12But a witless man can no more become wise than the colt of a wild donkey can be born a man!1 Corinthians 15:14And if Christ has not been raised, our preaching is worthless, and so is your faith.Revelation 2:26And to the one who overcomes and continues in My work until the end, I will give authority over the nations.Galatians 6:3If anyone thinks he is something when he is nothing, he deceives himself.Psalms 94:8–11Take notice, O senseless among the people! O fools, when will you be wise?Colossians 2:8See to it that no one takes you captive through philosophy and empty deception, which are based on human tradition and the spiritual forces of the world rather than on Christ.1 Timothy 1:6Some have strayed from these ways and turned aside to empty talk.Jeremiah 2:5This is what the LORD says: “What fault did your fathers find in Me that they strayed so far from Me, and followed worthless idols, and became worthless themselves?1 Corinthians 15:35–36But someone will ask, “How are the dead raised? With what kind of body will they come?”

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