en_tn/jas/02/18.md

# General information: 
Here James describes how someone may argue against his teaching and how he would respond.

# Yet someone may say

James describes a hypothetical situation where someone objects to his teaching. James seeks to correct his audience's understanding of faith and works. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-hypo]])

# "You have faith, and I have works." Show me your faith without works, and I will show you my faith by my works

Here, it is implied that "works" refers to things people do because they believe in God, such as obeying God and doing good to others. This can be restated to remove the abstract nouns "faith" and "works." Alternate translation: "'It is acceptable that you believe in God and that I do something as a result of my belief in God.' Prove to me that you can believe in God without doing anything, and I will prove to you that I believe in God by what I do" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-abstractnouns]])
tN issue 2468 2018-08-24 17:48:25 +00:00			`# General information:`
			`Here James describes how someone may argue against his teaching and how he would respond.`

initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# Yet someone may say`
Initial commit of translationNotes 2016-02-23 02:42:46 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`James describes a hypothetical situation where someone objects to his teaching. James seeks to correct his audience's understanding of faith and works. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-hypo]])`
Initial commit of translationNotes 2016-02-23 02:42:46 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# "You have faith, and I have works." Show me your faith without works, and I will show you my faith by my works`
Initial commit of translationNotes 2016-02-23 02:42:46 +00:00
tN issue 2468 2018-08-24 17:48:25 +00:00			Here, it is implied that "works" refers to things people do because they believe in God, such as obeying God and doing good to others. This can be restated to remove the abstract nouns "faith" and "works." Alternate translation: "'It is acceptable that you believe in God and that I do something as a result of my belief in God.' Prove to me that you can believe in God without doing anything, and I will prove to you that I believe in God by what I do" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-abstractnouns]])