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James 2:21-26 Catholic Public Domain Version (CPDV)

21. Was not our father Abraham justified by means of works, by offering his son Isaac upon the altar?

22. Do you see that faith was cooperating with his works, and that by means of works faith was brought to fulfillment?

23. And so the Scripture was fulfilled which says: "Abraham believed God, and it was reputed to him unto justice." And so he was called the friend of God.

24. Do you see that a man is justified by means of works, and not by faith alone?

25. Similarly also, Rahab, the harlot, was she not justified by works, by receiving the messengers and sending them out through another way?

26. For just as the body without the spirit is dead, so also faith without works is dead.

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