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.”[a] Show me your faith without works, and I will show you faith from my works.[b](B)

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Footnotes

  1. James 2:18 The quotation may end here or after v. 18b or v. 19.
  2. James 2:18 Other mss read Show me your faith from your works, and from my works I will show you my faith.

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