Yea, a man may say, Thou hast faith, and I have works: shew me thy faith without thy works, and I will shew thee my faith by my works.
KJV
Greek original
Louis Segond 1910
Mais quelqu'un dira: Toi, tu as la foi; et moi, j'ai les oeuvres. Montre-moi ta foi sans les oeuvres, et moi, je te montrerai la foi par mes oeuvres.
KJV
Yea, a man may say, Thou hast faith, and I have works: shew me thy faith without thy works, and I will shew thee my faith by my works.
Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica
y one confesses the faith, but also by deeds, whereby a person shows that he has faith, according to James 2:18, "I will show thee, by works, my faith." Hence it is written of certain people ( Titus 1:16 ): "They profess that they know God but in their works they deny Him." Thus…
John Chrysostom
NPNF1-09. St. Chrysostom: On the Priesthood; Ascetic Treatises; Select Homilies and Letters; Homilies on the Statutes
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Patrologia Latina Vol. 180 (Migne)
des eligenda cum vita. Si vita deest, fides meritum non habet, quia fides sine operibus mortua est (Jac. II, 18) . Quae enim opera valeant esse sacerdotis, qui honorem tanti sacramenti convincitur obtinere per praemium? Ex qua re agitur, ut qui sacros ordines appetunt, non vitam…
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