15. Suppose there are brothers or sisters who need clothes and don't have enough to eat.
16. What good is there in your saying to them, “God bless you! Keep warm and eat well!” — if you don't give them the necessities of life?
17. So it is with faith: if it is alone and includes no actions, then it is dead.
18. But someone will say, “One person has faith, another has actions.” My answer is, “Show me how anyone can have faith without actions. I will show you my faith by my actions.”
19. Do you believe that there is only one God? Good! The demons also believe — and tremble with fear.
20. You fool! Do you want to be shown that faith without actions is useless?
21. How was our ancestor Abraham put right with God? It was through his actions, when he offered his son Isaac on the altar.