James 2:17

So, also, faith, if it has not works, is dead, being by itself.

Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament

In The King James Version

Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone.

In Context

16and any of you say to them, Go in peace, be warmed and be filled, and yet give them not the things that are needful for the body, what does this profit them?

18But some one will say, You have faith, and I have works; show me your faith by your works, and I will show you my faith by my works.

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Cross References

1 Corinthians 13:3And though I give all my goods to feed the poor, and though I deliver up my body to be burned, and have not love, I am profited nothing.

1 Thessalonians 1:3remembering unceasingly your work, which is the result of faith, your labor, the cause of which is love, and your patience, which springs from your hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, in the sight of our God and Father:

James 2:14What profit is there, my brethren, if any one say he has faith, and have not works? Can faith save him?

James 2:26For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.

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 →

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