James 2:15

If a brother or a sister is without clothing and in need of the day's food,

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In The King James Version

If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food,

In Context

14What use is it, my brothers, for a man to say that he has faith, if he does nothing? will such a faith give him salvation?

16And one of you says to them, Go in peace, be warm and full of food; but you do not give them the things of which their bodies have need, what profit is there in this?

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Cross References

Job 31:16If I kept back the desire of the poor; if the widow's eye was looking for help to no purpose;

Isaiah 58:10And if you give your bread to those in need of it, so that the troubled one may have his desire; then you will have light in the dark, and your night will be as the full light of the sun:

Matthew 25:35For I was in need of food, and you gave it to me: I was in need of drink, and you gave it to me: I was wandering, and you took me in;

Luke 3:11And he made answer and said to them, He who has two coats, let him give to him who has not even one; and he who has food, let him do the same.

Hebrews 11:37They were stoned, they were cut up with knives, they were tested, they were put to death with the sword, they went about in sheepskins and in goatskins; being poor and in pain and cruelly attacked,

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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