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A man offers food and a cloak to a cold neighbor in a first-century courtyard.
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James 2:14-19

Warmth and bread, not empty words

Faith Without Works Is Dead · James 2

Story guide: A man offers food and a cloak to a cold neighbor in a first-century courtyard. A believer responds to a hungry neighbor with bread and a warm cloak.

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14What good is it, my brothers, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can that faith save him?

15If a brother or sister is poorly clothed and lacking daily food,

16and one of you says to them, “Go in peace; keep warm and be filled,” but you do not give them the necessities of the body, what benefit is that?

17So also faith, if it does not have works, is dead by itself.

18But someone will say, “You have faith, and I have works.” Show me your faith apart from works, and I will show you my faith by my works.

19You believe that God is one; you do well. Even the demons believe—and shudder.

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