James 2:17
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17 So also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead.
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James 2:26
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26 For as the body apart from the spirit is dead, so also faith apart from works is dead.
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2 Peter 1:5-9
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5 For this very reason, make every effort to supplement your faith (A)with virtue,[a] and virtue (B)with knowledge, 6 and knowledge with self-control, and self-control (C)with steadfastness, and steadfastness with godliness, 7 and godliness (D)with brotherly affection, and brotherly affection (E)with love. 8 For if these qualities[b] are yours and are increasing, they keep you from being ineffective or (F)unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. 9 For whoever lacks these qualities is so nearsighted that he (G)is blind, having forgotten that he was (H)cleansed from his former sins.
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- 2 Peter 1:5 Or excellence; twice in this verse
- 2 Peter 1:8 Greek these things; also verses 9, 10, 12
James 2:19-20
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19 (A)You believe that God is one; you do well. Even (B)the demons believe—and shudder! 20 Do you want to be shown, you foolish person, that faith apart from works is useless?
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James 2:14
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Faith Without Works Is Dead
14 What good is it, my brothers, if someone says he has faith (A)but does not have works? Can that faith save him?
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1 Corinthians 13:13
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13 So now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; but the greatest of these is love.
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1 Timothy 1:5
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5 The aim of our charge is love (A)that issues from a pure heart and (B)a good conscience and (C)a sincere faith.
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1 Thessalonians 1:3
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3 remembering before (A)our God and Father (B)your work of faith and labor of (C)love and (D)steadfastness of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ.
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1 Corinthians 13:3
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3 (A)If I give away all I have, and (B)if I deliver up my body to be burned,[a] but have not love, I gain nothing.
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- 1 Corinthians 13:3 Some manuscripts deliver up my body [to death] that I may boast
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