So whoever knows what is good to do and does not do it is guilty of sin.

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

Do they not blaspheme the good name of the one you belong to?

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

You believe that God is one; well and good. Even the demons believe that – and tremble with fear.

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

Is anyone among you suffering? He should pray. Is anyone in good spirits? He should sing praises.

do you pay attention to the one who is finely dressed and say, “You sit here in a good place,” and to the poor person, “You stand over there,” or “Sit on the floor”?

and one of you says to them, “Go in peace, keep warm and eat well,” but you do not give them what the body needs, what good is it?

All generous giving and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or the slightest hint of change.

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

But would you like evidence, you empty fellow, that faith without works is useless?

But if you fulfill the royal law as expressed in this scripture, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself,” you are doing well.

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

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

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

And the fruit that consists of righteousness is planted in peace among those who make peace.

You have condemned and murdered the righteous person, although he does not resist you.

By his sovereign plan he gave us birth through the message of truth, that we would be a kind of firstfruits of all he created.

For if someone comes into your assembly wearing a gold ring and fine clothing, and a poor person enters in filthy clothes,