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NASB | James 2:14 ¶ What use is it, my brethren, if someone says he has faith but he has no works? Can that faith save him? |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | James 2:14 ¶ What is the benefit, my fellow believers, if someone claims to have faith but has no [good] works [as evidence]? Can that [kind of] faith save him? [No, a mere claim of faith is not sufficient--genuine faith produces good works.] |
Subject: What is Faith Without Works - Part 1 |
Bible Note: You must take James 2:14-26 in context with the whole Bible. It is just a small part of the whole. What is faith without works? It is dead. In other words it is no faith at all. That is why Christians will be "known by their works". (Matt 5:16, John 3:21, John 6:28, John 14:12, Rom 3:20-22,27,28, Rom 11:6, etc.) ----(YLT) James 2:14 What [is] the profit, my brethren, if faith, any one may speak of having, and works he may not have? is that faith able to save him? 15 and if a brother or sister may be naked, and may be destitute of the daily food, 16 and any one of you may say to them, "Depart ye in peace, be warmed, and be filled," and may not give to them the things needful for the body, what [is] the profit? 17 so also the faith, if it may not have works, is dead by itself. 18 But say may some one, Thou hast faith, and I have works, shew me thy faith out of thy works, and I will shew thee out of my works my faith:---- What is the profit of faith with no works? There is none. In Isaiah it says that if God's word comes down to eath it will not return to him void. Likewise, if His Word (Jesus) is in us it will not be void. It will serve its purpose so that we will be changed and will do works. If there are no works then there is no saving faith. ---(YLT) John 6:28 They said therefore unto him, "What may we do that we may work the works of God?" 29 Jesus answered and said to them, "This is the work of God, that ye may believe in him whom He did send."--- How do we work the works of God? By believing in Jesus. True belief will bring about works. (2 Cor 5:17 niv - "Whoever is in Christ is a NEW creation, the old has gone and the NEW has come") If there is no new, which will be evidenced by works, then there is no new creation and hence no saving faith/belief. |