So also faith alone without works is dead. NT TranslationsAnderson New TestamentSo, also, faith, if it has not works, is dead, being by itself.Godbey New TestamentSo indeed faith, if it may not have works, is dead, as to itself.Haweis New TestamentSo also faith, if it hath not ...
26 For just as the [human] body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works [of obedience] is also dead. Footnotes James 2:2 Lit synagogue. This word comes directly from the Greek for “gather together,” and in the present context might refer in particular to a synagogue where...
It’s like God seeing a bird with her both wings cut off and then requires that bird to fly (without giving her a new pair of wings) and shoots her because she did not fly. For God to require people to believe WITHOUT making them born again first and then sends them to hell because...
"Unproductive" (NIV) or "unfruitful" (KJV, NRSV) is the Greek adjectiveakarpos, literally, "without fruit." Here it is used figuratively, "pertaining to being useless, unproductive."[13] No fruit, no fruitfulness. This kind of person is a taker, not a giver, for he has little to giv...
James makes this point to show that we are saved by faith alone, but not by faith that is alone. That is why he says in verse 18, “You have faith and I have works; show me your faith without the works, and I will show you my faith by my works.”...
5But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness. 6Even as David also describeth the blessedness of the man, unto whom God imputeth righteousness without works,
(v. 13) Living One's Faith: A Study of the Books of James and Jude Gene Taylor -10- Lesson Four: A Study of Faith and Works Text Questions James 2:14-26 Outline 1. Of what profit is faith without works? Why? 2. Why is faith without works "dead?" V. Living One's Faith: A...
The Greek word for grace, "charis," conveys the idea of a gift freely given, without expectation of return. In the historical context of the early church, this was a radical departure from the works-based righteousness prevalent in both Jewish and pagan religious systems. Grace is the ...
1.He takes Bible verses completely out of context and changes the meaning ofGod’s Word.A lot of times he only useshalfa verse! This is not a mistake, girl-he’s doing it on purpose! No real man of God would ever do that.Ever!Anybody can hold up a Bible and wave it around, a...
12:11 says “They Overcame him [the dragon, the devil, Satan] by the blood of the Lamb, the Word of their testimony, and they love not their lives unto the death!” Here we are to be full of faith, marching onward without fear; knowing the Lord will never leave us nor forsake us...