James Chapter 2 verse 26 Holy Bible
For as the body apart from the spirit is dead, even so faith apart from works is dead.
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For as the body without the spirit is dead even so faith without works is dead.
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For as the body without a spirit is dead, so also faith without works is dead.
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For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.
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For as the body apart from the spirit is dead, even so faith apart from works is dead.
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for as the body apart from the spirit is dead, so also the faith apart from the works is dead.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 26. - Conclusion of the whole matter: "As the body apart from the spirit is dead, even so faith apart from works is dead."
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(26) As the body without the spirit . . .--A closing simile of much force, As the body without the spirit, so faith without works. But the term "without" is hardly strong enough to represent the Greek "apart from." Of our own human wisdom we had been rather inclined to say that works were likest to the body, and faith to the breath or animation thereof. "The Apostle's view," says Alford, "seems to be this, Faith is the body, the sum and substance of the Christian life; works (= obedience) the moving and quickening of that body, just as the spirit is the moving and quickening principle of the natural body. So that 'as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is also dead.' "
