hath not works, is dead itself.

(18)Perhaps a man will say, Thou hast faith, and I have works: shew me
thy faith by thy works, and I will shew thee by my works my faith.
(19)Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the devils
also believe and tremble. (20)But wilt thou know, O vain man, that
faith without works is dead? (21)Was not our father Abraham justified
by works, when he offered up Isaac his son upon the altar? (22)Thou
seest that faith wrought with his works, and by works was faith
consummated. (23)And the scripture was fulfilled, which saith, "Abraham
believed God, and it was imputed to him for righteousness[145];" and he
was called "the friend of God[146]." (24)Observe therefore that by
works a man is justified, and not by faith merely. (25)But was not
Rahab the harlot in like manner justified by works, when she
entertained the messengers, and sent them away by a different road?
(26)For as the body without breath is dead, so faith without works is
dead also.

CHAP. III.

MY brethren, be not many teachers, knowing that we shall receive a
severer judgment. (2)For in many things we all offend. If any man
offend not in word, he is a perfect man, and capable of reining in the
whole body. (3)Behold, we put bits into the horses' mouths, that they
may obey us, and we turn about their whole body. (4)Behold also the
ships, though so great, and driven by tempestuous winds, are turned
about by the smallest rudder, whithersoever the inclination of the
pilot pleaseth. (5)So also the tongue is a little member, and proudly
vaunts. Behold how great a pile of wood, a little fire kindleth! (6)And
the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: in such manner is the tongue
placed among our members, that it defileth all the body, and setteth on
fire the circle of nature; and is set on fire of hell. (7)For every
species of wild beasts, and also of birds, of reptiles, and even of
fishes, is tamed, and hath also been tamed by human ingenuity: (8)but
the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly
poison. (9)With it we bless God even the Farther; and with the same we
curse men, though after the likeness of God. (10)Out of the same mouth
goeth forth blessing and cursing. These things, my brethren, ought not
to be thus. (11)Doth a fountain from the same aperture spout forth
sweet water and bitter? (12)Can a fig-tree, my brethren, produce
olives; or a vine figs? so also can no fountain send forth salt water