James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, To the twelve tribes in the Dispersion: Greetings.
- James 1:1
James makes an important statement about faith.
14 What good is it, my brothers, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can that faith save him? 15 If a brother or sister is poorly clothed and lacking in daily food, 16 and one of you says to them, “Go in peace, be warmed and filled,” without giving them the things needed for the body, what good is that? 17 So also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead.
- James 2:14-17
8 For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, 9 not a result of works, so that no one may boast.
- Ephesians 2:8-9
Genuine faith is always accompanied by good works.
10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.
- Ephesians 2:10
I want you to insist on these things, so that those who have believed in God may be careful to devote themselves to good works. These things are excellent and profitable for people.
- Titus 3:8
Can that [kind of] faith save him? [No, a mere claim of faith is not sufficient—genuine faith produces good works.]
- James 2:14, Amplified
If we believe in God, then we should behave like it.
18 But someone will say, “You have faith and I have works.” Show me your faith apart from your works, and I will show you my faith by my works.
- James 2:18