James 2:22

2:22 You see that his faith was working together with his works and his faith was perfected by works.

James 2:18

2:18 But someone will say, “You have faith and I have works.” ¹  Show me your faith without works and I will show you faith by ²  my works.

James 2:17

2:17 So also faith, if it does not have works, is dead being by itself.

James 2:20-21

2:20 But would you like evidence, ³  you empty fellow, ⁴  that faith without works is useless? ⁵  2:21 Was not Abraham our father justified by works when he offered Isaac his son on the altar?

James 2:24

2:24 You see that a person is justified by works and not by faith alone.

James 2:26

2:26 For just as the body without the spirit is dead, so also faith without works is dead.

James 2:14

Faith and Works Together

2:14 What good is it, my brothers and sisters, ⁶  if someone claims to have faith but does not have works? Can this kind of faith ⁷  save him? ⁸ 

James 2:25

2:25 And similarly, was not Rahab the prostitute also justified by works when she welcomed the messengers and sent them out by another way?

James 3:13

True Wisdom

3:13 Who is wise and understanding among you? By his good conduct he should show his works done in the gentleness that wisdom brings. ⁹ 

James 1:4

1:4 And let endurance have its perfect effect, so that you will be perfect and complete, not deficient in anything.

James 5:16

5:16 So confess your sins to one another and pray for one another so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person has great effectiveness. ¹⁰ 

James 1:25

1:25 But the one who peers into the perfect law of liberty and fixes his attention there, ¹¹  and does not become a forgetful listener but one who lives it out – he ¹²  will be blessed in what he does. ¹³ 

James 3:16

3:16 For where there is jealousy and selfishness, there is disorder and every evil practice.

James 3:18

3:18 And the fruit that consists of righteousness ¹⁴  is planted ¹⁵  in peace among ¹⁶  those who make peace.

James 3:17

3:17 But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, accommodating, ¹⁷  full of mercy and good fruit, ¹⁸  impartial, and not hypocritical. ¹⁹ 

[2:18]  ¹ tn There is considerable doubt about where the words of the “someone” end and where James’ reply begins. Some see the quotation running to the end of v. 18; others to the end of v. 19. But most punctuate as shown above. The “someone” is then an objector, and the sense of his words is something like, “Some have faith; others have works; don’t expect everyone to have both.” James’ reply is that faith cannot exist or be seen without works.

[2:18]  ² tn Or “from.”

[2:20]  ¹ tn Grk “do you want to know.”

[2:20]  ² tn Grk “O empty man.” Here the singular vocative ἄνθρωπε (anqrwpe, “man”) means “person” or even “fellow.” Cf. BDAG 82 s.v. ἄνθρωπος 8 which views this as an instance of rhetorical address in a letter; the pejorative sense is also discussed under the previous heading (7).

[2:20]  ³ tc Most witnesses, including several important ones (א A C² P Ψ 33 Ï sy bo), have νεκρά (nekra, “dead”) here, while Ì⁷⁴ reads κενή (kenh, “empty”). Both variants are most likely secondary, derived from ἀργή (argh, “useless”). The reading of the majority is probably an assimilation to the statements in vv. 17 and 26, while Ì⁷⁴’s reading picks up on κενέ (kene) earlier in the verse. The external evidence (B C* 323 945 1739 sa) for ἀργή is sufficient for authenticity; coupled with the strong internal evidence for the reading (if νεκρά were original, how would ἀργή have arisen here and not in vv. 17 or 26?), it is strongly preferred.

[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.

[3:13]  ¹ tn Grk “works in the gentleness of wisdom.”

[5:16]  ¹ tn Or “the fervent prayer of a righteous person is very powerful”; Grk “is very powerful in its working.”

[1:25]  ¹ tn Grk “continues.”

[1:25]  ² tn Grk “this one.”

[1:25]  ³ tn Grk “in his doing.”

[3:18]  ¹ tn Grk “the fruit of righteousness,” meaning righteous living as a fruit, as the thing produced.

[3:18]  ² tn Grk “is sown.”

[3:18]  ³ tn Or “for,” or possibly “by.”

[3:17]  ¹ tn Or “willing to yield,” “open to persuasion.”

[3:17]  ² tn Grk “fruits.” The plural Greek term καρπούς has been translated with the collective singular “fruit.”

[3:17]  ³ tn Or “sincere.”