Daily Reading for Personal Growth, 40 Days with God
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]?
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