Book of Common Prayer
Faith Without Works Is Dead
14 What is the profit, my brothers, if someone claims to have faith but does not have works[a]? The[b] faith is not able to save him, is it? 15 If brother or sister are naked and lacking daily food 16 and one of you says to them “Go in peace; be warmed and filled”, but you do not give them the necessities of the body, what is the profit[c]? 17 In this manner also faith, if it does not have works, is dead by[d] itself.
Faith Cannot Be Seen Apart From Works
18 But someone will say “You have faith, and I have works”. Show me your faith without[e] the works, and I will show you the faith by my works. 19 You believe that God is one[f]? You do well. Even the demons believe and shudder!
Faith Is Perfected By Works
20 But do you want to know[g], O empty[h] person, that faith without works is useless[i]? 21 Abraham our father— was he not declared-righteous by works[j], having offered Isaac his son on the altar? 22 Do you[k] see that faith was working-with his works, and the faith was perfected[l] by the works? 23 And the Scripture was fulfilled, the one saying [in Gen 15:6] “And Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him for righteousness”. And he was called a friend of God. 24 Do you[m] all see that a person is declared-righteous by works, and not by faith alone[n]? 25 And likewise also Rahab the prostitute— was she not declared-righteous by works, having received the messengers and sent-them-out by a different way? 26 For just as the body without spirit[o] is dead, so also faith without works is dead.
Peter Denies Jesus Three Times
66 And Peter being below in the courtyard, one of the servant-girls of the high priest comes. 67 And having seen Peter warming himself, having looked at him, she says “You also were with the One from-Nazareth, Jesus”. 68 But the one denied it, saying “I neither know nor understand what you are saying”. And he went outside to the entryway[a]. And a rooster crowed. 69 And the[b] servant-girl having seen him began again[c] to say to the ones standing near that “This one is one of them”. 70 But the one was again denying it. And after a little while, again the ones standing near were saying to Peter, “Truly you are one of them, for you also are a Galilean”. 71 But the one began to curse[d], and to swear-with-an-oath[e] that “I do not know this man Whom you are saying”. 72 And immediately a rooster crowed for a second-time. And Peter remembered the word, how Jesus said to him that “Before a rooster crows twice, you will deny Me three-times”. And having put his mind upon[f] it, he was weeping.
Disciples' Literal New Testament: Serving Modern Disciples by More Fully Reflecting the Writing Style of the Ancient Disciples, Copyright © 2011 Michael J. Magill. All Rights Reserved. Published by Reyma Publishing