<p>2:19 <i>You believe that God is one You do well. The demons also believe and shudder</i>- James 2:14-18 speaks of the connection between <i>faith</i> (believing) and <i>works</i> (doing). It is no co-incidence that 2:19 then says in this context: &quot;You <i>believe</i> that God is one&hellip; you <i>do</i> well&quot;. To have <i>faith</i> in the unity of God will lead to <i>works</i>, 'doing well'.<br />&ldquo;Demons&rdquo; is put here by metonymy for the supposedly demon possessed people, and their observed &lsquo;trembling&rsquo; at the time of their cure. But I don&rsquo;t think that this verse is James as it were telling us doctrinal truth about demons. The context of James 2 shows it to be part of an imagined dialogue between the &ldquo;works man&rdquo; who thinks works can save, and a &ldquo;faith man&rdquo; who thinks merely saying we believe is enough and our lives are irrelevant. Both these imaginary men come out with &lsquo;wrong&rsquo; statements, so it&rsquo;s not surprising that the &lsquo;works man&rsquo; disparages &lsquo;faith&rsquo; by saying that even demon possessed people can believe and be cured. Of itself, this passage can hardly be taken as proof that demons really do believe &ndash; the usual position taken is that demons are fallen angels who cannot believe and cannot repent nor be healed. This passage even taken on face value would contradict that system of belief.</p>