²⁰ Do you want to be shown, you foolish person, that faith apart from works is useless?

¹⁷ So also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead.

²⁶ For as the body apart from the spirit is dead, so also faith apart from works is dead.

²¹ For although they knew God, they did not honor him as God or give thanks to him, but they ^(A)became futile in their thinking, and their foolish hearts were darkened.

²⁶ If anyone thinks he is religious ^(A)and does not bridle his tongue but deceives his heart, this person's ^(B)religion is worthless.

¹⁰ For there are many who are insubordinate, ^(A)empty talkers and deceivers, especially those of ^(B)the circumcision party.^[a]

⁶ Certain persons, by ^(A)swerving from these, have wandered away into ^(B)vain discussion,

⁸ See to it that no one takes you captive by ^(A)philosophy and ^(B)empty deceit, according to ^(C)human tradition, according to the ^(D)elemental spirits^[a] of the world, and not according to Christ.

³ For ^(A)if anyone thinks he is something, ^(B)when he is nothing, he deceives himself.