25 Bible Verses about Works Of Faith
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What good is it, my brethren, if a man professes to have faith, and yet his actions do not correspond? Can such faith save him?
So also faith, if it is unaccompanied by obedience, has no life in it--so long as it stands alone.
For just as a human body without a spirit is lifeless, so also faith is lifeless if it is unaccompanied by obedience.
But, idle boaster, are you willing to be taught how it is that faith apart from obedience is worthless? Take the case of Abraham our forefather.
Nay, some one will say, "You have faith, I have actions: prove to me your faith apart from corresponding actions and I will prove mine to you by my actions.
You notice that his faith was co-operating with his actions, and that by his actions his faith was perfected;
Was it, or was it not, because of his actions that he was declared to be righteous as the result of his having offered up his son Isaac upon the altar?
In the same way also was not the notorious sinner Rahab declared to be righteous because of her actions when she welcomed the spies and hurriedly helped them to escape another way?
For even when we were with you, we laid down this rule for you: "If a man does not choose to work, neither shall he eat."
but I proceeded to preach first to the people in Damascus, and then to those in Jerusalem and in all Judaea, and to the Gentiles, that they must repent and turn to God, and live lives consistent with such repentance.
It is with this view also that we continually pray to our God for you, asking that He will count you worthy of His call, and by His mighty power fully gratify your every desire for what is truly good and make your work of faith complete;
You all see that it is because of actions that a man is pronounced righteous, and not simply because of faith.
Therefore, my dearly-loved friends, as I have always found you obedient, labour earnestly with fear and trembling--not merely as though I were present with you, but much more now since I am absent from you--labour earnestly, I say, to make sure of your own salvation.
They must be beneficent, rich in noble deeds, open-handed and liberal;
This is a faithful saying, and on these various points I would have you insist strenuously, in order that those who have their faith fixed on God may be careful to set an example of good actions. For these are not only good in themselves, but are also useful to mankind.
And let our people too learn to set a good example in following honest occupations for the supply of their necessities, so that they may not live useless lives.
and I would have the women dress becomingly, with modesty and self-control, not with plaited hair or gold or pearls or costly clothes, but--as befits women making a claim to godliness--with the ornament of good works.
Just so let your light shine before all men, in order that they may see your holy lives and may give glory to your Father who is in Heaven.
Live honourable lives among the Gentiles, in order that, although they now speak against you as evil-doers, they may yet witness your good conduct, and may glorify God on the day of reward and retribution.
But he who does what is honest and right comes to the light, in order that his actions may be plainly shown to have been done in God.
For we never fail to remember your works of faith and labours of love and your persistent and unwavering hope in our Lord Jesus Christ in the presence of our God and Father;
Therefore, my dear brethren, be firm, unmovable, busily occupied at all times in the Lord's work, knowing that your toil is not fruitless in the Lord.
In most solemn truth I tell you that he who trusts in me--the things which I do he shall do also; and greater things than these he shall do, because I am going to the Father.
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