New International Reader's Version

James 2:22-25 New International Reader's Version (NIRV)

22. So you see that what he believed and what he did were working together. What he did made his faith complete.

23. That is what Scripture means where it says, "Abraham believed God. God accepted Abraham because he believed. So his faith made him right with God." (Genesis 15:6) And that's not all. God called Abraham his friend.

24. So you see that a person is made right with God by what he does. It doesn't happen only because of what he believes.

25. Didn't God make even Rahab the prostitute right with him? That's because of what she did. She gave the spies a place to stay. Then she sent them off in a different direction.