Bible Verses about “faith and works”
The Bible contains 22 verses about faith and works across both Old and New Testaments. These scriptures offer guidance and inspiration for your spiritual journey.
“for by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God,”
“Even so, let your light shine before men; that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven.”
“not of works, that no one would boast.”
“For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared before that we would walk in them.”
“Without faith it is impossible to be well pleasing to him, for he who comes to God must believe that he exists, and that he is a rewarder of those who seek him.”
“Now faith is assurance of things hoped for, proof of things not seen.”
“And if a brother or sister is naked and in lack of daily food,”
“and one of you tells them, "Go in peace, be warmed and filled;" and yet you didn't give them the things the body needs, what good is it?”
“Even so faith, if it has no works, is dead in itself.”
“What good is it, my brothers, if a man says he has faith, but has no works? Can faith save him?”
“For as the body apart from the spirit is dead, even so faith apart from works is dead.”
“You see then that by works, a man is justified, and not only by faith.”
“You believe that God is one. You do well. The demons also believe, and shudder.”
“Yes, a man will say, "You have faith, and I have works." Show me your faith without works, and I by my works will show you my faith.”
“But do you want to know, vain man, that faith apart from works is dead?”
“and the Scripture was fulfilled which says, "Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him as righteousness;" and he was called the friend of God.”
“Wasn't Abraham our father justified by works, in that he offered up Isaac his son on the altar?”
“You see that faith worked with his works, and by works faith was perfected;”
“In the same way, wasn't Rahab the prostitute also justified by works, in that she received the messengers, and sent them out another way?”
“For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision amounts to anything, nor uncircumcision, but faith working through love.”
“yet knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ, even we believed in Christ Jesus, that we might be justified by faith in Christ, and not by the works of the law, because no flesh will be justified by the works of the law.”
“We maintain therefore that a man is justified by faith apart from the works of the law.”