James 2:24
Ye see then how that by works a man is justified, and not by faith only.
KJV
ὁρᾶτε ὅτι ἐξ ἔργων δικαιοῦται ἄνθρωπος καὶ οὐκ ἐκ πίστεως μόνον.
Greek NT
Videtis quoniam ex operibus justificatur homo, et non ex fide tantum ?
Vulgate
Ye see that by works a man is justified, and not only by faith.
ASV
Do you see that by works a man is justified, and not by faith only?
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
10 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
δικαιόω
dikaioo
verb · 39×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
μόνον
monon
adverb · 66×
οὐ
ou
particle · 1626×
πίστις
pistis
noun · 243×
ἄνθρωπος
anthropos
noun · 549×
ἐκ
ek
preposition · 915×
ἔργον
ergon
noun · 169×
ὁράω
orao
verb · 682×
ὅτι
oti
conjunction · 1299×
Textual variants
1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
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SBLGNT: ὁρᾶτε | WH/Treg/NIV: ὁρᾶτε | RP: + τοίνυν
- ὁρᾶτε — SBLGNT
- ὁρᾶτε — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- + τοίνυν — Robinson-Pierpont
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Doctrines that cite this verse
Historic Christian voices
7 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
§162Faith is an entirely free gift that God makes to man. We can lose this priceless gift, as St. Paul indicated to St. Timothy: "Wage the good warfare, holding faith and a good conscience. By rejecting conscience, certain persons have made shipwreck of their faith."44 To live, grow and persevere in the faith until the end we must nourish it with the word of God; we must beg the Lo…
If anyone saith that by faith alone the impious is justified, in such wise as to mean that nothing else is required to co-operate in order to the obtaining the grace of Justification, and that it is not in any way necessary that he be prepared and disposed by the movement of his own will — let him be anathema.
Confession of Dositheus · 2 passages
We believe that no one is saved without faith. And by faith we mean the right notion that is in us concerning God and divine things. Which being joined with a living hope in God and a fervent love, or rather being formed by charity, justifieth us in Christ. And without this faith it is impossible to please God. But we affirm that this faith which justifieth is not the faith of…
We believe a man to be not simply justified through faith alone, but through faith which worketh through love, that is to say, through faith and works. Not that the foundation and certainty of our salvation resteth upon works; for no man can do the works of God — for Christ hath said, "Without me ye can do nothing" (John 15:5) — but that faith without works is dead, and worketh…
Cross-references
- Jas 2:15 — If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food,
- Jas 2:21 — Was not Abraham our father justified by works, when he had offered Isaac his son upon the altar?
- Luke 10:29 — But he, willing to justify himself, said unto Jesus, And who is my neighbour?
- Rom 3:28 — Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith without the deeds of the law.