James 2:15
13 For judgment without mercy will be shown to anyone who has not been merciful. Mercy triumphs over judgment.
14 What good is it, my brothers, if someone claims to have faith, but has no deeds? Can such faith save him?
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?
17 So too, faith by itself, if it does not result in action, is dead.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Suppose a brother or sister is without clothes and daily food.
- KJV
- If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food,
- WEB
- And if a brother or sister is naked and in lack of daily food,
- ASV
- If a brother or sister be naked and in lack of daily food,
- DARBY
- Now if a brother or a sister is naked and destitute of daily food,
- BLB
- Now if a brother or a sister is naked and lacking of daily food,
- ÅB
- Om en bror eller søster er naken og fattes føde for dagen,
- OTB
- Hvis en bror eller søster mangler klær og daglig mat,
- B1930
- Om en bror eller søster er naken og fattes føde for dagen,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Luke 3:11
John replied, “Whoever has two tunics should share with him who has none, and whoever has food should do the same.”
Read in contextMatthew 25:35–40
For I was hungry and you gave Me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave Me something to drink, I was a stranger and you took Me in,
Read in contextIsaiah 58:7
Isn’t it to share your bread with the hungry, to bring the poor and homeless into your home, to clothe the naked when you see him, and not to turn away from your own flesh and blood?
Read in contextJob 31:16–21
If I have denied the desires of the poor or allowed the widow’s eyes to fail,
Read in contextIsaiah 58:10
and if you give yourself to the hungry and satisfy the afflicted soul, then your light will go forth in the darkness, and your night will be like noonday.
Read in contextJames 2:5
Listen, my beloved brothers: Has not God chosen the poor of this world to be rich in faith and to inherit the kingdom He promised those who love Him?
Read in contextMark 14:7
The poor you will always have with you, and you can help them whenever you want. But you will not always have Me.
Read in contextHebrews 11:37
They were stoned, they were sawed in two, they were put to death by the sword. They went around in sheepskins and goatskins, destitute, oppressed, and mistreated.
Read in context