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James 2:13-15
1599 Geneva Bible
James 2:13-15
1599 Geneva Bible
13 For there shall be condemnation merciless to him that showeth not [a]mercy, and mercy rejoiceth against condemnation.
14 [b]What availeth it my brethren, though a man saith, he hath faith, when he hath no works? can that faith save him?
15 [c]For if a brother or a sister be naked and destitute of daily food,
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- James 2:13 He that is hard and currish against his neighbor, or else helpeth him not, he shall find God an hard and rough Judge to himselfward.
- James 2:14 The fifth place which hangeth very well with the former treatise, touching a true and lively faith. And the proposition of this place is this: faith which bringeth not forth works, is not that faith whereby we are justified, but an image of faith: or else this, they are not justified by faith, which show not the effects of faith.
- James 2:15 The first reason taken of a similitude: If a man say to one that is hungry, Fill thy belly, and yet giveth him nothing, this shall not be true charity: so if a man say he believeth, and bringeth forth no works of his faith, this shall not be a true faith, but a certain dead thing set out with the name of faith, whereof no man hath to brag, unless he will openly incur reprehension, seeing that the cause is understood by the effects.
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