What good is it, my brothers, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can that faith save him?
And everyone who hears these words of mine and does not do them will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand. And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell, and great was the fall of it.”
“Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. On that day many will say to me, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your name, and do many mighty works in your name?’ And then will I declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from me, you workers of lawlessness.’
But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man who looks intently at his natural face in a mirror. For he looks at himself and goes away and at once forgets what he was like. But the one who looks into the perfect law, the law of liberty, and perseveres, being no hearer who forgets but a doer who acts, he will be blessed in his doing.
But the one who hears and does not do them is like a man who built a house on the ground without a foundation. When the stream broke against it, immediately it fell, and the ruin of that house was great.”
They profess to know God, but they deny him by their works. They are detestable, disobedient, unfit for any good work.
For this very reason, make every effort to supplement your faith with virtue, and virtue with knowledge,
For as the body apart from the spirit is dead, so also faith apart from works is dead.
By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac, and he who had received the promises was in the act of offering up his only son,
Do not be led away by diverse and strange teachings, for it is good for the heart to be strengthened by grace, not by foods, which have not benefited those devoted to them.
By faith Noah, being warned by God concerning events as yet unseen, in reverent fear constructed an ark for the saving of his household. By this he condemned the world and became an heir of the righteousness that comes by faith. By faith Abraham obeyed when he was called to go out to a place that he was to receive as an inheritance. And he went out, not knowing where he was going.
For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision counts for anything, but only faith working through love.
And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. If I give away all I have, and if I deliver up my body to be burned, but have not love, I gain nothing.
But someone will say, “You have faith and I have works.” Show me your faith apart from your works, and I will show you my faith by my works.
For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast. For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.
You have neither part nor lot in this matter, for your heart is not right before God.
For I tell you, unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.
For everyone who has been born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world—our faith. Who is it that overcomes the world except the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?
The saying is trustworthy, and I want you to insist on these things, so that those who have believed in God may be careful to devote themselves to good works. These things are excellent and profitable for people.
The aim of our charge is love that issues from a pure heart and a good conscience and a sincere faith.
remembering before our God and Father your work of faith and labor of love and steadfastness of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ.
For you were called to freedom, brothers. Only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another.
and by which you are being saved, if you hold fast to the word I preached to you—unless you believed in vain.
and he made no distinction between us and them, having cleansed their hearts by faith.
and one of you says to them, “Go in peace, be warmed and filled,” without giving them the things needed for the body, what good is that?
for while bodily training is of some value, godliness is of value in every way, as it holds promise for the present life and also for the life to come.
Even Simon himself believed, and after being baptized he continued with Philip. And seeing signs and great miracles performed, he was amazed.
“Behold, you trust in deceptive words to no avail.
If anyone has no love for the Lord, let him be accursed. Our Lord, come!
For circumcision indeed is of value if you obey the law, but if you break the law, your circumcision becomes uncircumcision.
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