You are also saved by it, if you hold to the message I proclaimed to you-- unless you believed to no purpose.

And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is worthless; you are still in your sins.

Did I purify my heart and wash my hands in innocence for nothing?

But I myself said: I have labored in vain, I have spent my strength for nothing and futility; yet my vindication is with the LORD, and my reward is with my God.

Then he sent out a dove to see whether the water on the earth's surface had gone down,

They worship Me in vain, teaching as doctrines the commands of men."

because He has set a day on which He is going to judge the world in righteousness by the Man He has appointed. He has provided proof of this to everyone by raising Him from the dead."

I went up because of a revelation and presented to them the gospel I preach among the Gentiles-- but privately to those recognized [as leaders]-- so that I might not be running, or have run, in vain.

If anyone thinks he is religious, without controlling his tongue but deceiving his heart, his religion is useless.

Foolish man! Are you willing to learn that faith without works is useless?