| William Mason - Devotional calendars - 1765 - 526 pages
...Lord, I will joy in the God of my salvation," Habak. iii. 17, 18. Nov. 3. — What doth it profit, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works ? Can faith save him ? James ii. 14. Many of God's dear children are often in doubt and perplexity, lest their faith should... | |
| Missions - 1807 - 672 pages
...to be a believer, and to be a believer alone, it would not save him, as the apostle James saith, " What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and hare no works?" Can faith save him ? No; no more than the saying." Be ye filled, will fill any ; or,... | |
| 1805 - 590 pages
...that it is a lamp without oil, which will be extinguished in the day of the Lord's appearing. " For what doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith and hath not works, can faith save him ?" Such faith certainly will not, " for faith if it hath not works... | |
| 1804 - 476 pages
...shall have judgment without mercy that hath shewed no mercy ; and mercy rejoiceth against judgment. 14 What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say...hath faith, and have not works ? can faith save him ? 15 If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food, 16 And one of you say unto them,... | |
| John Newton - 1808 - 624 pages
...enabled him to perform the hardest and most painful act of obedience, the offering up his only son. " What " doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath " faith, and have not works ? can (this) § faith save him? " If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily " food ; and one... | |
| Jonathan Edwards - Congregational churches - 1808 - 512 pages
...he shall have judgment without mercy, that hath shewed no mercy. What doth it profit, my brethien, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works ? Can faith save him ? If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food ; and one of you say unto them, depart... | |
| Jonathan Edwards - Congregational churches - 1808 - 516 pages
...is a manifestation of it in words, whereby a man professes faith. As the apostle says, verse 14, " What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath. faith ?" , Therefore here are two ways of manifesting to our neighbor what is in our hearts ; one by what... | |
| Edward Williams - Grace (Theology) - 1809 - 604 pages
...be thou perfedl." Faith was never dcfigned to preclude obedience. And, on the other hand, " faith, if it hath not works, is " dead, being alone. Was not Abraham our fa" ther jufiified by works," (not by a dormant, unactive, uninfluencing principle, but that which... | |
| James Macknight - Bible - 1810 - 586 pages
...shall have judgment without mercy that hath shewed no mercy ; and mercy rcjoiceth against judgment. 14 What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say...hath faith, and have not works ? can faith save him ? ii C0 yap xai' Ei 6e ov &, 12 Oirrco O 7lO£«T£, xa* VO[iOV 13 'H yap xp«ri$ avixai xa?axav%arai... | |
| Thomas Brooks - Christian life - 1810 - 340 pages
...another; and the blood of Christ cleanseth us from all sin,' saith the same apostle. So James ii. ' What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say...hath faith, and have not works, can faith save him ?' ie it cannot. ' For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.'... | |
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