¹¹ John answered, “Anyone who has two shirts should share with the one who has none, and anyone who has food should do the same.”^(A)

¹⁷ If anyone has material possessions and sees a brother or sister in need but has no pity on them,^(A) how can the love of God be in that person?^(B)

¹⁸ Command them to do good, to be rich in good deeds,^(A) and to be generous and willing to share.^(B)

²² When Jesus heard this, he said to him, “You still lack one thing. Sell everything you have and give to the poor,^(A) and you will have treasure in heaven.^(B) Then come, follow me.”

¹⁵ Suppose a brother or a sister is without clothes and daily food.^{(A) 16} If one of you says to them, “Go in peace; keep warm and well fed,” but does nothing about their physical needs, what good is it?^{(B) 17} In the same way, faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is dead.^(C)

¹⁸ But someone will say, “You have faith; I have deeds.”

Show me your faith without deeds,^(D) and I will show you my faith^(E) by my deeds.^{(F) 19} You believe that there is one God.^(G) Good! Even the demons believe that^(H)—and shudder.

²⁰ You foolish person, do you want evidence that faith without deeds is useless^[a]?^{(I) 21} Was not our father Abraham considered righteous for what he did when he offered his son Isaac on the altar?^{(J) 22} You see that his faith and his actions were working together,^(K) and his faith was made complete by what he did.^{(L) 23} And the scripture was fulfilled that says, “Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness,”^[b](M) and he was called God’s friend.^{(N) 24} You see that a person is considered righteous by what they do and not by faith alone.

²⁵ In the same way, was not even Rahab the prostitute considered righteous for what she did when she gave lodging to the spies and sent them off in a different direction?^{(O) 26} As the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without deeds is dead.^(P)

²⁰ Whoever claims to love God yet hates a brother or sister^(A) is a liar.^(B) For whoever does not love their brother and sister, whom they have seen,^(C) cannot love God, whom they have not seen.^(D)

²⁷ Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after^(A) orphans and widows^(B) in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.^(C)

⁴¹ But now as for what is inside you—be generous to the poor,^(A) and everything will be clean for you.^(B)