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sic et fides si non habeat opera mortua est in semet ipsam
Even so faith, if it has not works, is dead, being alone.
Even so faith, if it has not works, is dead, being alone.
Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone.
Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone.
Thus also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead.
Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone.
Even so faith, if it have not works, is dead in itself.
So also faith alone without works is dead.
So also faith, if it have not works, is dead by itself.
So faith also, if it have not works, is dead in itself.
Even so faith, if it have not works, is dead in itself.
So also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead.
In the same way, faith by itself is dead if it doesn't cause you to do any good things.
In the same way faith, if it doesn't have works, is dead by itself.
In the same way, faith by itself, if it does not prove itself with actions, is dead.
So also faith, if it does not have works, is dead being by itself.
Even so faith, if it has no works, is dead, being by itself.
In the same way, faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is dead.
So you see, faith by itself isn't enough. Unless it produces good deeds, it is dead and useless.
Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone.
So also faith, if it is unaccompanied by obedience, has no life in it--so long as it stands alone.
Even so faith, if it has no works, is dead in itself.
How we believe in God is also like that. If our faith does not lead us to do good things, then it is not worth anything. It is dead!
so also the faith, if it may not have works, is dead by itself.
A faith that does not do things is a dead faith.
Even so, faith - if it has no works - is dead by itself.
The same is true with faith. Without actions, faith is useless. By itself, it’s as good as dead.
So you see, it isn’t enough just to have faith. You must also do good to prove that you have it. Faith that doesn’t show itself by good works is no faith at all—it is dead and useless.
In the same way, faith by itself is dead if it does not have works.
Even so faith, if it has no works, is dead by itself.
Even so faith, if it does not have works, is dead in and of itself.
In the same way faith, if it does not have works, is dead by itself.
So also faith, if it does not have works (deeds and actions of obedience to back it up), by itself is destitute of power (inoperative, dead).
In the same way, faith by itself—that does nothing—is dead.
Dear friends, do you think you’ll get anywhere in this if you learn all the right words but never do anything? Does merely talking about faith indicate that a person really has it? For instance, you come upon an old friend dressed in rags and half-starved and say, “Good morning, friend! Be clothed in Christ! Be filled with the Holy Spirit!” and walk off without providing so much as a coat or a cup of soup—where does that get you? Isn’t it obvious that God-talk without God-acts is outrageous nonsense?
So also, such “faith,” if it is alone and has no works, is dead.
In the same way · · faith, if it has no works, is dead, since it is by itself.
So faith by itself, if it has no works, is dead.
Even so faith, if it has no deeds, is dead in itself.
So it is with faith: if it is alone and includes no actions, then it is dead.
So also faith, if it hath not works, is dead in itself.
In the same way, faith, all by itself and without works, is dead.
Faith that doesn't lead us to do good deeds is all alone and dead!
So faith by itself, if it has no works, is dead.
Now what use is it, my brothers, for a man to say he “has faith” if his actions do not correspond with it? Could that sort of faith save anyone’s soul? If a fellow man or woman has no clothes to wear and nothing to eat, and one of you say, “Good luck to you I hope you’ll keep warm and find enough to eat”, and yet give them nothing to meet their physical needs, what on earth is the good of that? Yet that is exactly what a bare faith without a corresponding life is like—useless and dead. If we only “have faith” a man could easily challenge us by saying, “you say that you have faith and I have merely good actions. Well, all you can do is to show me a faith without corresponding actions, but I can show you by my actions that I have faith as well.” To the man who thinks that faith by itself is enough I feel inclined to say, “So you believe that there is one God? That’s fine. So do all the devils in hell and shudder in terror!” For, my dear short-sighted man, can’t you see far enough to realise that faith without the right actions is dead and useless? Think of Abraham, our ancestor. Wasn’t it his action which really justified him in God’s sight when his faith led him to offer his son Isaac on the altar? Can’t you see that his faith and his actions were, so to speak, partners—that his faith was implemented by his deed? That is what the scripture means when it says: ‘Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness. And he was called the friend of God.’
So faith by itself, if it has no works, is dead.
So faith by itself, if it has no works, is dead.
In the same way, faith is dead when it doesn’t result in faithful activity.
So too, faith, if it does not have works [to back it up], is by itself dead [inoperative and ineffective].
So also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead.
So also faith of itself, if it does not have works, is dead.
In the same way, faith also, if it has no works, is dead, being by itself.
In the same way, faith by itself—·that does nothing [L if it does not have works]—is dead.
So also faith, if it does not have works, is dead by itself.
So faith by itself, if it has no works, is dead.
It is the same with faith. If it doesn’t cause us to do something, it’s dead.
Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone.
Thus, faith by itself, unaccompanied by actions, is dead.
Believing is like that. If it does not do anything it is no good. Belief by itself is dead.
So faith by itself, if it has no works, is dead.
So also Emunah, if alongside it there is not in its company Ma’asim, is by itself niftar (deceased, dead).
In the same way, faith by itself is dead if it doesn’t cause you to do any good things.
So faith by itself, if it has no works, is dead.
It is the same with faith. If it is just faith and nothing more—if it doesn’t do anything—it is dead.
It is the same with faith. If faith does nothing, then that faith is dead, because it is alone.
Thus also faith, if it does not have works, is dead by itself.
In the same way, faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is dead.
In this manner also faith, if it does not have works, is dead by itself.
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