Bible Verses about “faith without works”
The Bible contains 39 verses about faith without 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.”
“If I have the gift of prophecy, and know all mysteries and all knowledge; and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but don't have love, I am nothing.”
“But be doers of the word, and not only hearers, deluding your own selves.”
“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.”
“Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter into the Kingdom of Heaven; but he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.”
“But whoever has the world's goods, and sees his brother in need, and closes his heart of compassion against him, how does the love of God remain in him?”
“But he who looks into the perfect law of freedom, and continues, not being a hearer who forgets, but a doer of the work, this man will be blessed in what he does.”
“For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man looking at his natural face in a mirror;”
“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.”
“for he sees himself, and goes away, and immediately forgets what kind of man he was.”
“Many will tell me in that day, 'Lord, Lord, didn't we prophesy in your name, in your name cast out demons, and in your name do many mighty works?'”
“Then I will tell them, 'I never knew you. Depart from me, you who work iniquity.'”
“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?”
“My little children, let's not love in word only, neither with the tongue only, but in deed and truth.”
“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;”
“Yes, and for this very cause adding on your part all diligence, in your faith supply moral excellence; and in moral excellence, knowledge;”
“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?”
“and in godliness brotherly affection; and in brotherly affection, love.”
“and in knowledge, self-control; and in self-control patience; and in patience godliness;”
“For if these things are yours and abound, they make you to be not idle nor unfruitful to the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.”
“They profess that they know God, but by their works they deny him, being abominable, disobedient, and unfit for any good work.”
“"Why do you call me, 'Lord, Lord,' and don't do the things which I say?”
“For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision amounts to anything, nor uncircumcision, but faith working through love.”
“He is like a man building a house, who dug and went deep, and laid a foundation on the rock. When a flood arose, the stream broke against that house, and could not shake it, because it was founded on the rock.”
“We maintain therefore that a man is justified by faith apart from the works of the law.”
“Everyone who comes to me, and hears my words, and does them, I will show you who he is like.”
“But he who hears, and doesn't do, is like a man who built a house on the earth without a foundation, against which the stream broke, and immediately it fell, and the ruin of that house was great."”