^{13 Ref} For judgment is without mercy to him who has shown no mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment.

^{14 Ref} What good is it, my brothers, if a man says he has faith, but has no works? Can faith save him?

^{15 Ref} And if a brother or sister is naked and in lack of daily food,

^{16 Ref} 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?

^{17 Ref} Even so faith, if it has no works, is dead in itself.

^{18 Ref} Yes, a man will say, "You have faith, and I have works." Show me your faith from your works, and I by my works will show you my faith.

^{19 Ref} You believe that God is one. You do well. The demons also believe, and shudder.

^{20 Ref} But do you want to know, vain man, that faith apart from works is dead?

^{21 Ref} Wasn't Abraham our father justified by works, in that he offered up Isaac his son on the altar?

^{22 Ref} You see that faith worked with his works, and by works faith was perfected;

^{23 Ref} 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.