James 2:20

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ESV	Do you want to be shown, you foolish person, that faith apart from works is useless?
NIV	You foolish man, do you want evidence that faith without deeds is useless?
NLT	How foolish! Can't you see that faith without good deeds is useless?
KJV	But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead?

^{James 2:19 ← James 2:20 → James 2:21}