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24 You see[a] that a person is shown to be righteous by works and not by faith alone.

25 In the same way also, wasn’t Rahab the prostitute shown to be righteous by works when she welcomed the spies and sent them out another way? 26 For just as the body without breath[b] is dead, so also faith without works is dead.

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  1. James 2:24 A few witnesses to the text read So you see.
  2. James 2:26 Or the spirit

24 You see that a person is considered righteous by what they do and not by faith alone.

25 In the same way, was not even Rahab the prostitute considered righteous for what she did when she gave lodging to the spies and sent them off in a different direction?(A) 26 As the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without deeds is dead.(B)

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