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James 2 · For teachers and parents

Answer Key: Faith That Works

Answers here are a guide. Welcome any answer that shows a child is thinking about the story, and celebrate their effort. Talk About It questions are open, so they have no set answers.

PreschoolLove Your Neighbor

Heartbreadcoatpeople

Coloring and finding page: any careful coloring is a win. Help your child point to and name each picture above.

KindergartenBe Kind

LOVE → picture 4FOOD → picture 3COAT → picture 2FRIENDS → picture 1

Grade 1Faith and Works

Do not favor the rich. → picture 3Love your neighbor as yourself. → picture 5Give people what they need. → picture 2Abraham believed God. → picture 4Rahab welcomed the messengers. → picture 1

Order:

1. Listen, my beloved brothers.2. Mercy triumphs over judgment.3. You have faith, and I have works.

Grade 2Love Everyone

  1. How should we treat everyone? The same (circle)
  2. Who does God love? The poor (circle)
  3. How should we love our neighbor? As ourselves (circle)
  4. What should we give a friend who has no food? What they need (circle)
  5. Where does faith show? In what we do (circle)
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Grade 3Faith Without Works Is Dead

  1. Who did God choose to be rich in faith? Those who are poor in this world
  2. What is the royal law? You shall love your neighbor as yourself
  3. What triumphs over judgment? Mercy
  4. What is faith without works? Dead
  5. How did Rahab show her faith? She welcomed the messengers
1: Listen, my beloved brothers.2: Mercy triumphs over judgment.3: You have faith, and I have works.

Grade 4The Royal Law

  1. How did the believers show partiality? They gave the rich man a good seat and told the poor man to stand
  2. What is the royal law? You shall love your neighbor as yourself
  3. Why should believers show mercy? Mercy triumphs over judgment
  4. What is wrong with only saying, Go in peace, be warmed and filled? It does not give people what they need

Word bank: 1. good; 2. faith; 3. love; 4. mercy; 5. works

Think About It: answers will vary. Look for answers that connect to the passage.

Grade 5Faith Shown by Works

  1. Why does James call favoritism a serious matter? It breaks the royal law, and stumbling in one point makes a person guilty of all
  2. What does James say about mercy and judgment? Mercy triumphs over judgment
  3. Why is believing that God is one not enough by itself? Even the demons believe that and shudder
  4. What was Abraham called? The friend of God

Word bank: 1. faith; 2. love; 3. mercy; 4. works; 5. God

Think About It: answers will vary. Look for answers that connect to the passage.

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