Can you think of any verses that relate to "faith without works is dead"?

Question

I am writing an article and so far I have James 2:17-18 written down to include somewhere in it, but can you think of any other verses that can help prove the point that volunteering, helping people, and SHOWING love is essential to the Christian faith?

I also have James 2:24 written down. ;-)

I disagree with those of you saying that works have little to do with your relationship with Christ. THE TWO GO TOGETHER. You CAN NOT have one without the other. They go together.

Answer 1

Mat 7:16 You will recognize them by their fruits. Are grapes gathered from thornbushes, or figs from thistles?
Mat 7:17 So, every healthy tree bears good fruit, but the diseased tree bears bad fruit.
Mat 7:18 A healthy tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a diseased tree bear good fruit.
Mat 7:19 Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.
Mat 7:20 Thus you will recognize them by their fruits.
Mat 7:21 "Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.
Mat 7:22 On that day many will say to me, 'Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your name, and do many mighty works in your name?'
Mat 7:23 And then will I declare to them, 'I never knew you; depart from me, you workers of lawlessness.' (ESV Translation)

Faith without works is dead, just as the fig tree cursed by Christ when it did not bear fruit (Mt. 21:19). By a Christian's fruit you will know their true nature.

Answer 2

Matthew 5:16, 11:19
John 3:21, 8:39, 14:12
Acts 10:34, 26:20
Roman 2:6-11
Don't forget James 2:14 and all the way to the end of the chapter!
1 Peter 2:12

Answer 3

James says:
Faith Without Works Is Dead... Even the demons believe—and tremble!

14 What does it profit, my brethren, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can faith save him? 15 If a brother or sister is naked and destitute of daily food, 16 and one of you says to them, “Depart in peace, be warmed and filled,” but you do not give them the things which are needed for the body, what does it profit? 17 Thus also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead.
18 But someone will say, “You have faith, and I have works.” Show me your faith without your works, and I will show you my faith by my works. 19 You believe that there is one God. You do well. Even the demons believe—and tremble! 20 But do you want to know, O foolish man, that faith without works is dead?[f] 21 Was not Abraham our father justified by works when he offered Isaac his son on the altar? 22 Do you see that faith was working together with his works, and by works faith was made perfect? 23 And the Scripture was fulfilled which says, “Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness.” And he was called the friend of God. 24 You see then that a man is justified by works, and not by faith only.
Paul says:
if I have a faith that can move mountains, but have not love, I am nothing.


1 If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. 2 If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. 3 If I give all I possess to the poor and surrender my body to the flames, but have not love, I gain nothing.
4 Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. 5It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. 6Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. 7 It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always persevere
8Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away.
13And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love. (1Cor.13:1-13)
Ephesians 2:8-10... don't ignore verse 10
8For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— 9not by works, so that no one can boast. 10For we are God's workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do. (Ephesians 2:8-10)

Answer 4

James 2:26
As the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without deeds is dead.

James 2:19-21You believe that there is one God. Good! Even the demons believe that—and shudder.

You foolish man, do you want evidence that faith without deeds is useless? Was not our ancestor Abraham considered righteous for what he did when he offered his son Isaac on the altar?

James 2:14
[ Faith and Deeds ] What good is it, my brothers, if a man claims to have faith but has no deeds? Can such faith save him?

Answer 5

Isaiah chapter 1
16 Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil;
17 Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.

Isaiah chapter 58
10 And if thou draw out thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul; then shall thy light rise in obscurity, and thy darkness be as the noonday:

Answer 6

what your talking about is not the works that faith produces. jesus said the works that i do shall you do also, yet greater works shall you do. works are not being nice and kind to people. any heathen could produce that. the works that faith produces cannot be produced by heathens. how about when you see believers that are one with God as Jesus and God were one. you will see eyeballs for in the sockets of the blind, people without limbs miraculously grow out, a man with 2 fish and 5 loaves of bread feeding 5000. that is the works of God and Christ. heathens cannot impersonate creation but they can impersonate all the spiritual gifts so it can be desceptive.

Answer 7

Matthew 7:16-20 "By their fruits YOU will recognize them. Never do people gather grapes from thorns or figs from thistles, do they? Likewise every good tree produces fine fruit, but every rotten tree produces worthless fruit; a good tree cannot bear worthless fruit, neither can a rotten tree produce fine fruit. Every tree not producing fine fruit gets cut down and thrown into the fire. Really, then, by their fruits YOU will recognize those [men]."

Matthew 7:21 "Not everyone saying to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter into the kingdom of the heavens, but the one doing the will of my Father who is in the heavens will."

Romans 2:6,7 "And he will render to each one according to his works: everlasting life to those who are seeking glory and honor and incorruptibleness by endurance in work that is good;"

1 Peter 2:12 "Maintain YOUR conduct fine among the nations, that, in the thing in which they are speaking against YOU as evildoers, they may as a result of YOUR fine works of which they are eyewitnesses glorify God in the day for [his] inspection."

Hebrews 10:24 "And let us consider one another to incite to love and fine works,"

Answer 8

Do nothing from selfishness or empty conceit, but with humility of mind let each of you regard one another as more important than himself; Phil. 2:3

Answer 9

Read chapter 25 of Matthew.

Answer 10

I'm not sure where the verse is, but it's about being a doer of the Word, not a hearer only.