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James 2:14

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Faith and Works Together

2:14 What good is it, my brothers and sisters, 1  if someone claims to have faith but does not have works? Can this kind of faith 2  save him? 3 

James 2:22

Context
2:22 You see that his faith was working together with his works and his faith was perfected by works.
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[2:14]  1 tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:2.

[2:14]  2 tn Grk “the faith,” referring to the kind of faith just described: faith without works. The article here is anaphoric, referring to the previous mention of the noun πίστις (pisti") in the verse. See ExSyn 219.

[2:14]  3 sn The form of the question in Greek expects a negative answer.



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