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James 2:20

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← James 2:19	James 2:20 (KJV)	James 2:21 →
Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the devils also believe, and tremble.	But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead?	Was not Abraham our father justified by works, when he had offered Isaac his son upon the altar?

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

But^G1161 wilt^G2309 thou know^G1097, O vain^G2756 man^G444, that^G3754 faith^G4102 without^G5565 works^G2041 is^G2076 dead^G3498?

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Original Greek

Θέλεις δὲ γνῶναι, ὦ ἄνθρωπε κενέ, ὅτι ἡ πίστις χωρὶς τῶν ἔργων νεκρά ἐστιν;

Greek	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
Θέλεις	Theleis	G2309	V-PAI-2S	wilt
δὲ	de	G1161	CONJ	But
γνῶναι,	gnōnai	G1097	V-2AAN	thou know
ὦ	ō	G5599	INJ	O
ἄνθρωπε	anthrōpe	G444	N-VSM	man
κενέ,	kene	G2756	A-VSM	vain
ὅτι	hoti	G3754	CONJ	that
ἡ	hē	G3588	T-NSF	*
πίστις	pistis	G4102	N-NSF	faith
χωρὶς	chōris	G5565	ADV	without
τῶν	tōn	G3588	T-GPN	*
ἔργων	ergōn	G2041	N-GPN	works
νεκρά	nekra	G3498	A-NSF	dead
ἐστιν;	estin	G2076	V-PAI-3S	is

Source: Textus Receptus (Scrivener 1894)

Strong's References

• G444 — ἄνθρωπος (ánthrōpos, anth'-ro-pos): a man, one of the human race — from ἀνήρ and (the countenance; from ὀπτάνομαι); man-faced, i.e. a human being:--certain, man.
• G1097 — γινώσκω (ginṓskō, ghin-oce'-ko): I come to know, learn, realize — a prolonged form of a primary verb; to "know" (absolutely) in a great variety of applications and with many implications (as follow, with others not thus clearly expressed):--allow, be aware (of), feel, (have) know(-ledge), perceived, be resolved, can speak, be sure, understand.
• G1161 — δέ (dé, deh): but, on the other hand, and — a primary particle (adversative or continuative); but, and, etc.:--also, and, but, moreover, now (often unexpressed in English).
• G2041 — ἔργον (érgon, er'-gon): work, labor, action, deed — from a primary (but obsolete) (to work); toil (as an effort or occupation); by implication, an act:--deed, doing, labour, work.
• G2076 — ἐστί (estí, es-tee'): third person singular present indicative of εἰμί; he (she or it) is; also (with neuter plural) they are:--are, be(-long), call, X can(-not), come, consisteth, X dure for a while, + follow, X have, (that) is (to say), make, meaneth, X must needs, + profit, + remaineth, + wrestle.
• G2309 — θέλω (thélō, thel'-o): I will, wish, desire — apparently strengthened from the alternate form of αἱρέομαι; to determine (as an active option from subjective impulse; whereas βούλομαι properly denotes rather a passive acquiescence in objective considerations), i.e. choose or prefer (literally or figuratively); by implication, to wish, i.e. be inclined to (sometimes adverbially, gladly); impersonally for the future tense, to be about to; by Hebraism, to delight in:--desire, be disposed (forward), intend, list, love, mean, please, have rather, (be) will (have, -ling, - ling(-ly)).
• G2756 — κενός (kenós, ken-os'): empty, vain, hollow — apparently a primary word; empty (literally or figuratively):--empty, (in) vain.
• G3498 — νεκρός (nekrós, nek-ros'): dead, a corpse — from an apparently primary (a corpse); dead (literally or figuratively; also as noun):--dead.
• G3754 — ὅτι (hóti, hot'-ee): that, since, because — neuter of ὅστις as conjunction; demonstrative, that (sometimes redundant); causative, because:--as concerning that, as though, because (that), for (that), how (that), (in) that, though, why.
• G4102 — πίστις (pístis, pis'-tis): faith, belief, trust — from πείθω; persuasion, i.e. credence; moral conviction (of religious truth, or the truthfulness of God or a religious teacher), especially reliance upon Christ for salvation; abstractly, constancy in such profession; by extension, the system of religious (Gospel) truth itself:--assurance, belief, believe, faith, fidelity.
• G5565 — χωρίς (chōrís, kho-rece'): apart from, without — adverb from χώρα; at a space, i.e. separately or apart from (often as preposition):--beside, by itself, without.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Greek (Textus Receptus, Scrivener 1894) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

• G3588 — ὁ (ho, ho): the — the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom):--the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
• G5599 — ὦ (ō, o): O, an exclamation — a primary interjection; as a sign of the vocative case, O; as a note of exclamation, oh:--O.

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