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works

Meaning of “works”

Plural of work: acts, deeds, labours, operations, products, or things made.

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237 occurrences224 verses41 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Exodus 5:4

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James 2:14
What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? can faith save him?
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · James 2:14 · retained source text

What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say hee hath faith, and haue not workes? can faith saue him?

James 2:17
Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · James 2:17 · retained source text

Euen so faith, if it hath not works, is dead being alone.

1611 marginal noteGr. by it selfe.

James 2:18
Yea, a man may say, Thou hast faith, and I have works: shew me thy faith without thy works, and I will shew thee my faith by my works.
3 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · James 2:18 · retained source text

Yea, a man may say, Thou hast faith, and I haue workes: shew mee thy faith without thy workes, and I will shew thee my faith by my workes.

1611 marginal noteSome copies reade, by thy workes.

James 2:21
Was not Abraham our father justified by works, when he had offered Isaac his son upon the altar?
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · James 2:21 · retained source text

Was not Abraham our father iustified by works, when hee had offered Isaac his sonne vpon the altar?

James 2:22
Seest thou how faith wrought with his works, and by works was faith made perfect?
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · James 2:22 · retained source text

Seest thou how faith wrought with his works, and by works was faith made perfect?

1611 marginal noteOr, thou seest.

James 2:24
Ye see then how that by works a man is justified, and not by faith only.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · James 2:24 · retained source text

Ye see then, how that by workes a man is iustified, and not by faith only.

James 2:25
Likewise also was not Rahab the harlot justified by works, when she had received the messengers, and had sent them out another way?
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · James 2:25 · retained source text

Likewise also, was not Rahab the harlot iustified by works, when she had receiued the messengers, and had sent them out another way?

James 2:26
For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · James 2:26 · retained source text

For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without workes is dead also.

1611 marginal noteOr, breath.

James 3:13
Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge among you? let him shew out of a good conversation his works with meekness of wisdom.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · James 3:13 · retained source text

Who is a wise man and indued with knowledge amongst you? let him shew out of a good conuersation his workes with meekenes of wisedome.

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