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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.
18My little sons, let us not love in words only, but in works and in truth.
23For if anyone is a listener of the Word, but not also a doer, he is comparable to a man gazing into a mirror upon the face that he was born with; 24and after considering himself, he went away and promptly forgot what he had seen. 25But he who gazes upon the perfect law of liberty, and who remains in it, is not a forgetful hearer, but instead a doer of the work. He shall be blessed in what he does.
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.
22So be doers of the Word, and not listeners only, deceiving yourselves.
17Therefore, he who knows that he ought to do a good thing, and does not do it, for him it is a sin.
13For this reason, gird the waist of your mind, be sober, and hope perfectly in the grace that is offered to you in the revelation of Jesus Christ.
5But as for you, taking up every concern, minister virtue in your faith; and in virtue, knowledge; 6and in knowledge, moderation; and in moderation, patience; and in patience, piety; 7and in piety, love of brotherhood; and in love of brotherhood, charity. 8For if these things are with you, and if they abound, they will cause you to be neither empty, nor without fruit, within the plan of our Lord Jesus Christ.
9And so I say to you: Ask, and it shall be given to you. Seek, and you shall find. Knock, and it shall be opened to you.
7For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of virtue, and of love, and of self-restraint.
26For just as the body without the spirit is dead, so also faith without works is dead.
10Concerning the rest, brothers, be strengthened in the Lord, by the power of his virtue. 11Be clothed in the armor of God, so that you may be able to stand against the treachery of the devil. 12For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against principalities and powers, against the directors of this world of darkness, against the spirits of wickedness in high places. 13Because of this, take up the armor of God, so that you may be able to withstand the evil day and remain perfect in all things. 14Therefore, stand firm, having been girded about your waist with truth, and having been clothed with the breastplate of justice, 15and having feet which have been shod by the preparation of the Gospel of peace.
10For we are his handiwork, created in Christ Jesus for the good works which God has prepared and in which we should walk.