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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.] |
Bible Question (short): How come we try to make what God told us |
Question (full): How come we try to make what God told us to do to be saved into a battle of misunderstandings? At the end of the day, when one reads the sermon from Peter on the day of Pentecost, what did he tell the people to do? Was what he said for thier salvation? Did they except what he said? Did some reject what he said? Finally, does what Peter told the people to do, contradict what Paul and James said? |