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16So then, let your light shine in the sight of men, so that they may see your good works, and may glorify your Father, who is in heaven.

14My brothers, what benefit is there if someone claims to have faith, but he does not have works? How would faith be able to save him? 15So if a brother or sister is naked and daily in need of food, 16and if anyone of you were to say to them: “Go in peace, keep warm and nourished,” and yet not give them the things that are necessary for the body, of what benefit is this? 17Thus even faith, if it does not have works, is dead, in and of itself.

8For by grace, you have been saved through faith. And this is not of yourselves, for it is a gift of God. 9And this is not of works, so that no one may glory.

23Whatever you do, do it from the heart, as for the Lord, and not for men. 24For you know that you will receive from the Lord the repayment of an inheritance. Serve Christ the Lord.

18Now someone may say: “You have faith, and I have works.” Show me your faith without works! But I will show you my faith by means of works.

28Therefore, they said to him, “What should we do, so that we may labor in the works of God?” 29Jesus responded and said to them, “This is the work of God, that you believe in him whom he sent.”