I will show thee the faith by my works.
(19)Thou believest that God is one. Thou doest well; the demons also
believe, and tremble. (20)But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith
without works is dead?

(21)Was not Abraham our father justified by works, when he offered
Isaac his son upon the altar? (22)Thou seest that faith wrought with
his works, and by works was faith made complete. (23)And the scripture
was fulfilled which says: Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned to
him for righteousness; and he was called, Friend of God.

(24)Ye see that by works a man is justified, and not by faith only.
(25)And in like manner, was not also Rahab the harlot justified by
works, when she received the messengers, and sent them out by another
way? (26)For as the body without the spirit is dead, so also faith
without works is dead.

III.

MY brethren, be not many teachers, knowing that we shall receive
greater condemnation. (2)For in many things we all offend. If any one
offends not in word, the same is a perfect man, able to bridle also
the whole body.

(3)Now if we put the bits into the horses' mouths[3:3], that they may
obey us, we turn about also their whole body. (4)Behold also the
ships, though they are so great, and driven by fierce winds, are
turned about by a very small helm, whithersoever the steersman may
desire. (5)So also the tongue is a little member, and boasts great
things. Behold, how great a forest a little fire kindles! (6)And the
tongue is a fire, that world of iniquity! The tongue among our members
is that which defiles the whole body, and sets on fire the course of
life, and is set on fire by hell. (7)For every nature of beasts and
birds, of reptiles and things in the sea, is tamed, and has been
tamed, by the nature of man. (8)But the tongue no man can tame; a
restless evil, full of deadly poison. (9)Therewith we bless the Lord
and Father; and therewith we curse men, who have been made after the
likeness of God. (10)Out of the same mouth comes forth blessing and
cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so to be. (11)Does the
fountain, out of the same opening, send forth the sweet and the
bitter? (12)Can a fig-tree, my brethren, bear olives, or a vine figs?
Neither can salt water yield fresh.

(13)Who is wise and endued with knowledge among you? Let him show, out
of his good deportment, his works in meekness of wisdom. (14)But if ye
have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, do not glory,