James 2:17
15 If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food,
16 And one of you say unto them, Depart in peace, be ye warmed and filled; notwithstanding ye give them not those things which are needful to the body; what doth it profit?
Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone.
18 Yea, a man may say, Thou hast faith, and I have works: shew me thy faith without thy works, and I will shew thee my faith by my works.
19 Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the devils also believe, and tremble.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- So too, faith by itself, if it does not result in action, is dead.
- KJV
- Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone.
- WEB
- Even so faith, if it has no works, is dead in itself.
- ASV
- Even so faith, if it have not works, is dead in itself.
- DARBY
- So also faith, if it have not works, is dead by itself.
- BLB
- So also, faith, if it has no works, is dead by itself.
- ÅB
- Slik og med troen: har den ikke gjerninger, er den død i seg selv.
- OTB
- På samme måte er troen i seg selv, hvis den ikke ledsages av gjerninger, død.
- B1930
- Således og med troen: har den ikke gjerninger, er den død i sig selv.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
James 2:26
For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.
Read in context2 Peter 1:5–9
And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge;
Read in contextJames 2:19–20
Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the devils also believe, and tremble.
Read in contextJames 2:14
What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? can faith save him?
Read in context1 Corinthians 13:13
And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.
Read in context1 Timothy 1:5
Now the end of the commandment is charity out of a pure heart, and of a good conscience, and of faith unfeigned:
Read in context1 Thessalonians 1:3
Remembering without ceasing your work of faith, and labour of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, in the sight of God and our Father;
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