17. So also belief, if it does not have works, is in itself dead.
18. But someone might say, “You have belief, and I have works.” Show me your belief without your works, and I shall show you my belief by my works.
19. You believe that Elohim is one. You do well. The demons also believe – and shudder!
20. But do you wish to know, O foolish man, that the belief without the works is dead?
21. Was not Aḇraham our father declared right by works when he offered Yitsḥaq his son on the altar?