But someone will say
‘You have faith,
   but I have works.’

Prove to me your faith,
without works, [DW: which can’t be done]
and I will prove to you (my) faith
by means of my works.’ [DW: the only way]

You believe that
God is one
You do well!
Even the demons believe
and tremble.
But do you want to know,
O foolish one
if such faith,
without works,
is broken?

Was not, our father, Abraham,
declared righteous
by means of works
having offered Isaac, his son,
on the altar?

You see
that faith was working together
with his works,
and
by his works
his faith was completed.

And the Scripture has been fulfilled that says:
And Abraham believed in God
and it was reckoned to him
as righteousness
even he was called a friend of God. 

You see that 
a person is declared righteous by means of works
and not by means of faith only. 

Also was not Rahab, the prostitute,
likewise declared righteous
by means of works
having welcomed the messengers,
and sent them off another way?

For just as
the body without the spirit is dead
so also faith without works is dead. 

O Love, O God who created me, in your love recreate me.
O Love, who redeemed me,
fill up in me whatever part of your love
has fallen into neglect within me.
O Love, O God, who first loved me,
grant that with my whole heart,
and with my whole soul,
and with my whole strength,
I may love you.

Gertrude the Great