James 2:15
If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food,
Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament
In The King James Version
If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food,
In Context
Cross References
Matthew 25:35For I was hungry, and you gave me food; I was thirsty, and you gave me drink; I was a stranger, and you took me to your houses;
Luke 3:11He answered and said to them: He that has two coats, let him give to him that has none; and he that has food, let him do likewise.
Hebrews 11:37They were stoned, they were sawn asunder, they were tempted, they were slain with the sword: they went about in sheep-skins, in goat-skins, being destitute, afflicted, oppressed with evils,
Matthew Henry on James 2:15-26
Faith and Works. ( a. d. 61.) 14 What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? can faith save him? 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? 17 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: show me thy faith… Read the whole commentary →