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James 2:14-17, 26

James 2:14-17 NCV

My brothers and sisters, if people say they have faith, but do nothing, their faith is worth nothing. Can faith like that save them? A brother or sister in Christ might need clothes or food. If you say to that person, “God be with you! I hope you stay warm and get plenty to eat,” but you do not give what that person needs, your words are worth nothing. In the same way, faith by itself—that does nothing—is dead.

James 2:26 NCV

Just as a person’s body that does not have a spirit is dead, so faith that does nothing is dead!