25and in like manner also Rahab the harlot — was she not out of works declared righteous, having received the messengers, and by another way having sent forth?


In Context

22 dost thou see that the faith was working with his works, and out of the works the faith was perfected?

23 and fulfilled was the Writing that is saying, 'And Abraham did believe God, and it was reckoned to him — to righteousness;' and, 'Friend of God' he was called.

24 Ye see, then, that out of works is man declared righteous, and not out of faith only;

25 and in like manner also Rahab the harlot — was she not out of works declared righteous, having received the messengers, and by another way having sent forth?

26 for as the body apart from the spirit is dead, so also the faith apart from the works is dead.

James 2:25 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:25Likewise also was not Rahab the harlot justified by works, when she had received the messengers, and had sent [them] out another way?

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

2:25In the same way, was not even Rahab the prostitute considered righteous for what she did when she gave lodging to the spies and sent them off in a different direction?

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

2:25And in like manner also Rahab the harlot, was not she justified by works, receiving the messengers, and sending them out another way?

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

2:25And in like manner was not also Rahab the harlot justified by works, in that she received the messengers, and sent them out another way?

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:25But was not in like manner also Rahab the harlot justified on the principle of works, when she had received the messengers and put them forth by another way?

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

2:25And in like manner was not also Rahab the harlot justified by works, in that she received the messengers, and sent them out another way?

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:25Likewise also was not Rahab the harlot justified by works, when she had received the messengers, and had sent them out another way?

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:25In the same way, wasn't Rahab the prostitute also justified by works, in that she received the messengers, and sent them out another way?

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:25Likewise also was not Rahab the harlot justified by works, when she had received the messengers, and had sent them out another way?