25In the same way, was not even Rahab the prostitute justified by her actions when she welcomed the spies and sent them off on another route?
26As the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without deeds is dead.
Focused Passage
James 2:25-26
Mercy, Partiality, and Living Faith
James moves from condemning favoritism in the assembly, to exposing partiality as lawbreaking, to calling believers to mercy before judgment, and finally to demonstrating that genuine faith is living, active, and completed in works.
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Verse 25
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vvvδὲG1161ConjunctionIn the same wayὉμοίωςG3668Adverb{was} notοὐκG3756AdverbevenκαὶG2532ConjunctionRahabῬαὰβG4460Noun - Nominative Feminine SingulartheἡG3588Article - Nominative Feminine SingularprostituteπόρνηG4204Noun - Nominative Feminine SingularjustifiedἐδικαιώθηG1344Verb - Aorist Indicative Passive - 3rd Person SingularbyἐξG1537Prepositionher actionsἔργωνG2041Noun - Genitive Neuter Pluralwhen she welcomedὑποδεξαμένηG5264Verb - Aorist Participle Middle - Nominative Feminine SingulartheτοὺςG3588Article - Accusative Masculine PluralspiesἀγγέλουςG32Noun - Accusative Masculine PluralandκαὶG2532Conjunctionsent [them] offἐκβαλοῦσαG1544Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Feminine Singularon anotherἑτέρᾳG2087Adjective - Dative Feminine SingularrouteὁδῷG3598Noun - Dative Feminine Singular
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- Literally messengers
Verse 26
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-γὰρG1063ConjunctionAsὥσπερG5618AdverbtheτὸG3588Article - Nominative Neuter SingularbodyσῶμαG4983Noun - Nominative Neuter SingularwithoutχωρὶςG5565Preposition[the] spiritπνεύματοςG4151Noun - Genitive Neuter SingularisἐστινG1510Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person SingulardeadνεκρόνG3498Adjective - Nominative Neuter SingularsoοὕτωςG3779Adverb-καὶG2532Conjunction-ἡG3588Article - Nominative Feminine SingularfaithπίστιςG4102Noun - Nominative Feminine SingularwithoutχωρὶςG5565PrepositiondeedsἔργωνG2041Noun - Genitive Neuter PluralisἐστινG1510Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person SingulardeadνεκράG3498Adjective - Nominative Feminine Singular