MNT(i)
14 My brothers, what good is it if any one says that he has faith, if he has no deeds? Can such faith save him?
15 If a brother or sister be naked and in need of daily food,
16 and one of you says to them, "Depart in peace, find warmth and food for yourselves," but at the same time you do not give the necessaries of the body, what good would that do them?
17 In just the same way faith, if it have not deeds, is by itself a lifeless thing.
18 Some one indeed may say, "You have faith, and I have deeds." "Then show me your faith," I answer, "apart from any deeds, and I will show you my faith by my deeds."
19 You believe that God is one? You do well; even the demons believe, and they shudder.
20 But do you want to be convinced, O foolish man, that faith apart from deeds is barren?
21 Was not Abraham our ancestor justified by deeds, in that he offered up Isaac, his son, upon the altar?
22 You see how faith was cooperating with deeds, and faith was made perfect by deeds.
23 And the Scripture was fulfilled which said, And Abraham believed God, and this was imputed to him as righteousness, and he was called God's friend.
24 You see, then, that it is by his deeds a man is justified, and not simply by his faith.
25 In like manner was not Rahab, the harlot, justified by her deeds, in the fact that she received the messengers and sent them forth by another way?
26 So just as the body without a spirit is dead, so faith is dead without deeds.