Trust completed by action

20But do you want to know, O foolish man, that faith apart from works is useless?

21Was not Abraham our father justified by works when he offered up Isaac his son on the altar?

22You see that faith was working together with his works, and by the works faith was brought to completion.

23And the Scripture was fulfilled that says, “Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness,” and he was called a friend of God.

24You see that a man is justified by works and not by faith alone.

25And likewise, was not Rahab the prostitute also justified by works when she welcomed the messengers and sent them out by another way?

26For just as the body without the spirit is dead, so also faith without works is dead.