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James 2:26
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James 2:26
26For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.
26For as the body without the ‖spirit is dead, so faith without workes is dead also.
- Or, breath.
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DEFINED WORDS
James 2:26
A physical body; a corpse; or an organized whole composed of members, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
Outside; not within; lacking; free from; or in the absence of.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Without life; deprived of life; also lifeless, inactive, insensible, or separated from a former state by figure.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Trust, belief, confidence, or reliance; especially trust in God and belief in his word, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828
Acts, deeds, labours, or things produced; also acts or operates.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
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Open the full verse study20But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead?
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Open the full verse study17Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone.
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Open the full verse study14What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? can faith save him?
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Open the full verse study7Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.
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Open the full verse study29Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled: thou takest away their breath, they die, and return to their dust.
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Open the full verse study59And they stoned Stephen, calling upon God, and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.
60And he kneeled down, and cried with a loud voice, Lord, lay not this sin to their charge. And when he had said this, he fell asleep.
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Open the full verse study14If he set his heart upon man, if he gather unto himself his spirit and his breath;
15All flesh shall perish together, and man shall turn again unto dust.
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Open the full verse study22Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils: for wherein is he to be accounted of?
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Open the full verse study46¶ And when Jesus had cried with a loud voice, he said, Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit: and having said thus, he gave up the ghost.
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Open the full verse study4His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day his thoughts perish.
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