James 2:20
But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead?
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Vis autem scire, o homo inanis, quoniam fides sine operibus mortua est ?
- Greek New Testament (SBLGNT)
- θέλεις δὲ γνῶναι, ὦ ἄνθρωπε κενέ, ὅτι ἡ πίστις χωρὶς τῶν ἔργων ἀργή ἐστιν;
The Fathers on this verse
St Gregory the Great Register of the Epistles of St. Gregory the Great, To George, Presbyter
Moreover, after your departure I learnt from information given me by my most beloved sons the deacons that your Love had said that our Almighty Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, when He descended into hell, saved all who there acknowledged Him as God , and delivered them from the pains due to them. With regard to this subject I desire that your Charity should think very differently. For, when He descended into hell, He delivered through His grace those only who both believed that He should come and observed His precepts in their lives. For it is evident that after the incarnation of the Lord no one can be saved, even of those who hold His faith, who have not the life of faith; since it is written, They acknowledge that they know God , but in deeds they deny Him ( Tit. i. 16 ). And John says, He that saith that he knows Him, and keepeth not His commandments, is a liar ( 1 John ii. 4 ). …