Jam 2:15-26, 1Jo 3:17, 4:20 | ESV | STEP | If a brother or sister is poorly clothed and lacking in daily food ,

James 2:15-26

15 ^aIf a brother or sister is poorly clothed and lacking in daily food, 16 ^band one of you says to them, “Go in peace, be warmed and filled,” without giving them the things needed for the body, what good ^{▼▼Or benefit} is that? 17 So also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead.

18 But someone will say, “You have faith and I have works.” Show me your faith ^dapart from your works, and I will show you my faith ^eby my works. 19 ^fYou believe that God is one; you do well. Even ^gthe demons believe—and shudder! 20 Do you want to be shown, you foolish person, that faith apart from works is useless? 21 ^hWas not Abraham our father justified by works when he offered up his son Isaac on the altar? 22 You see that ⁱfaith was active along with his works, and faith was completed ^jby his works; 23 and the Scripture was fulfilled that says, ^k“Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness”—and he was called a ^lfriend of God. 24 You see that a person is justified by works and not by faith alone. 25 And in the same way was not also ^mRahab the prostitute justified by works ⁿwhen she received the messengers and sent them out by another way? 26 For as the body apart from the spirit is dead, so also faith apart from works is dead.

1 John 3:17

17 But ^oif anyone has the world’s goods and sees his brother in need, yet ^pcloses his heart against him, ^qhow does God’s love abide in him?

1 John 4:20

20 ^rIf anyone says, “I love God,” and ^shates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen cannot ^{▼▼Some manuscripts how can he} love God ^uwhom he has not seen.