James 2:26 KJV — MannaFest

James 2:26

For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.

KJV

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ASV

For as the body apart from the spirit is dead, even so faith apart from works is dead.

WEB

As the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without deeds is dead.

YLT

for as the body apart from the spirit is dead, so also the faith apart from the works is dead.

DBT

For as the body without a spirit is dead, so also faith without works is dead.

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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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18 verses on the floor

James 2:17
Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone.
James 2:20
But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead?
Revelation 3:1
And unto the angel of the church in Sardis write; These things saith he that hath the seven Spirits of God, and the seven stars; I know thy works, that thou hast a name that thou livest, and art dead.
James 2:14
What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? can faith save him?
Ecclesiastes 12:7
Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.

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For, (1.) The best works, without faith, are dead; they want their root and principle. It is by faith that any thing we do is really good, as done with an eye to God, in obedience to him, and so as to aim principally at his acceptance. (2.) The most plausible profession of faith, without works, is dead: as the root is dead when it produces nothing green, nothing of fruit.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

Faith is a spiritual thing: works are material. Hence we might expect faith to answer to the spirit, works to the body. He therefore does not mean that faith in all cases answers to the body; but the FORM of faith without the working reality answers to the body without the animating spirit.

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

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JAS 2:26ECC 12:7 PSA 146:4
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JAS 2:26JAS 2:14 MAT 7:26-27
JAS 2:26ECC 12:7 GEN 3:19
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JAS 2:26ECC 12:7 JOB 34:14-15
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JAS 2:26ECC 12:7 DAN 12:2
JAS 2:26JAS 2:14 MAT 7:21-23
JAS 2:26JAS 2:17 2PE 1:5-9
JAS 2:26ECC 12:7 ECC 3:20-21

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