Faith and Works

14 What is the benefit, my brothers, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can that faith save him? 15 If a brother or sister is poorly clothed and lacks daily food, 16 and one of you says to them, “Go in peace, be warmed and filled,” without giving them anything to address their physical needs, what is the benefit? 17 In the same way faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead.

18 But someone will say, “Yoʋ have faith, and I have works.” Show me yoʋr faith [fn]by yoʋr works, and I, by my works, will show yoʋ my faith. 19 Yoʋ believe that God is one; yoʋ do well. Even the demons believe—and shudder! 20 Do yoʋ want to be shown, O foolish man, that faith without works is [fn]dead? 21 Was not Abraham our father justified by works when he offered his son Isaac on the altar? 22 Do yoʋ see how faith was active along with his works, and by works his faith was made perfect? 23 And the Scripture was fulfilled that says, “Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness,” and he was called a friend of God. 24 You see [fn]then that a person is justified by works, and not by faith alone. 25 In the same way, was not Rahab the prostitute also justified by works when she received the messengers and sent them out by another way? 26 [fn]For just as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is also dead.