 Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone. Yea, a man may say, Thou hast faith, and I have works : show me thy faith without thy works, and I will show thee my faith by my works. But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works...  A new self-interpreting Testament, containing thousands of various readings ... - Page 199edited by - 1827Full view - About this book
 | New Church gen. confer - 640 pages
...service of his life, without which the most philosophically accurate belief is ineffectual and worthless. "Wilt thou know, O vain man, that Faith without works is dead 1 For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also" (James ii. 20, 26).... | |
 | Bible - 1815 - 294 pages
...them not those things which are needful to the body ; what doth it profit ? Even so faith, if it bath not works, is dead being alone. Yea, a man may say, Thou hast faith, and I have works : shew me thy 4aith without thy works, and I will shew thee ray faith by my works. Thou believest that... | |
 | 1815 - 406 pages
...notwithstanding ye give them not those things which are needful to the body, what doth it firofit? Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone. By the works which prove the sincerity of faith, may we not consistently understand the apostle to... | |
 | George Horne (bp. of Norwich.) - 1818 - 600 pages
...only this, that St. James brings this very instance of Abraham as of one who was justified by works: " Wilt thou " know, O vain man, that faith without works is "dead? Was not Abraham our father justified by " works, when he offered Isaac his son upon the " altar ? Seest... | |
 | 1819 - 774 pages
...while employed in devising excuses for living in the neglect of known duty, he read James ii. 20: " But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead." He could no longer pacify his conscience with vain excuses. These words swept away all his refuges... | |
 | John Bellamy - Religions - 1820 - 332 pages
...and that a genuine faith can only be known by good works, agreeably to the words of the apostle, " show me thy faith without thy works, and I will show thee my faith by my works." Concerning the infallibility of the pope, they believe that he may err in matters which relate to private... | |
 | John Newton - 1821 - 686 pages
...notwithstanding ye give them not those things which are needful to the body; what doth it profit ? Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being...works, and I will show thee my faith by my works. Thou believest that there is one God; thou dost well: the devils also believe and tremble. But wilt... | |
 | Jonathan Edwards - Christian life - 1821 - 464 pages
...faith withou works, or not by works, does plainly and abundantly prefer the former; James ii. 18, " Yea, a man may say, thou hast faith, and I have works;...works, and I will show thee my faith by my works." A manifestation of our faith without works, or in a way diverse from works, is a manifestation of it... | |
 | Richard Keynes - 1821 - 144 pages
...notwithstanding ye give them not *? those things which are needful for the body; what " doth it profit ? Even so faith, if it hath not works, " is dead, being...a man may say thou " hast faith, and I have works ; shew me thy faith " without thy works, and I will shew thee my faith " by my works. Thou believest... | |
 | Church of England articles - 1821 - 234 pages
...out of a pure heart, and of a good conscience, and of faith unfeigned. 1 Tim. i. 5. Faith, if it have not works, is dead, being alone. Yea, a man may say, Thou hast faith, and I have works; shew me thy faith without thy works, and I will shew thee my faith by my works. By works was faith... | |
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