James 2:14

¹² Speak and act as those who are going to be judged by the law that gives freedom.

¹³ For judgment without mercy will be shown to anyone who has not been merciful. Mercy triumphs over judgment.

What good is it, my brothers, if someone claims to have faith, but has no deeds? Can such faith save him?

¹⁵ Suppose a brother or sister is without clothes and daily food.

¹⁶ If one of you tells him, “Go in peace; stay warm and well fed,” but does not provide for his physical needs, what good is that?

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB: What good is it, my brothers, if someone claims to have faith, but has no deeds? Can such faith save him?
KJV: What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? can faith save him?
WEB: What good is it, my brothers, if a man says he has faith, but has no works? Can faith save him?
ASV: What doth it profit, my brethren, if a man say he hath faith, but have not works? can that faith save him?
DARBY: What [is] the profit, my brethren, if any one say he have faith, but have not works? can faith save him?
BLB: What [is] the gain, my brothers, if anyone says to have faith, but has no works? Is the faith able to save him?

ÅB: Hva nytter det, mine brødre, om en sier at han har tro, når han ikke har gjerninger? Kan vel troen frelse ham?
OTB: Hva nytte er det, mine brødre og søstre, hvis noen hevder å ha tro men mangler gjerninger? Kan den slags tro frelse dem?
B1930: Hvad nytter det, mine brødre, om en sier at han har tro, når han ikke har gjerninger? Kan vel troen frelse ham?

Matthew 7:26–27
But everyone who hears these words of Mine and does not act on them is like a foolish man who built his house on sand.
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Matthew 7:21–23
Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of My Father in heaven.
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James 1:22–25
Be doers of the word, and not hearers only. Otherwise, you are deceiving yourselves.
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Luke 6:49
But the one who hears My words and does not act on them is like a man who built his house on ground without a foundation. The torrent crashed against that house, and immediately it fell—and great was its destruction!”
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Titus 1:16
They profess to know God, but by their actions they deny Him. They are detestable, disobedient, and unfit for any good deed.
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2 Peter 1:5
For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith virtue; and to virtue, knowledge;
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James 2:26
As the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without deeds is dead.
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Galatians 5:6
For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision has any value. All that matters is faith, expressed through love.
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