James 2:14-17

What good is it, my brothers, if a man claims to have faith but has no deeds? Can such faith save him? Suppose a brother or sister is without clothes or daily food. If one of you says to him, "Go, I wish you well; keep warm and well fed," but does nothing about his physical needs, what good is it? In the same way, faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is dead.

What good is it, my brothers, if a man claims to have faith but has no deeds?
Matthew 7:26 "But everyone who hears these words of mine and does not put them into practice is like a foolish man who built his house on sand."
James 1:22-24 Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says. Anyone who listens to the word but does not do what is says is like a man who looks at his face in a mirror and, after looking at himself, goes away and immediately forgets what he looks like.

Suppose a brother or sister is without clothes or daily food
Matthew 25:35-36 "'For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in. I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.'"

If one of you says to him, "Go, I wish you well; keep warm and well fed," but does nothing about his physical needs, what good is it?
Luke 3:11 John answered, "The man with two tunics should share with him who has none, and the one who has food should do the same."
1 John 3:17-18 If anyone has material possessions and sees a brother in need but has no pity on him, how can the love of God be in him? Dear children, let us not love with words or tongue but with actions and in truth.

In the same way, faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action is dead
James 2:26 As the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without deeds is dead.
Galatians 5:6 For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision has any value. The only thing that counts is faith expressing itself through love.

NOTES:
Read 1 Thessalonians 2

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