James 2:16
And 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?
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
In Context
15If a brother or a sister is without clothing and in need of the day's food,
17Even so faith without works is dead.
Cross References
Job 22:7You do not give water to the tired traveller, and from him who has no food you keep back bread.
Matthew 14:15And when evening had come, the disciples came to him, saying, This place is waste land, and the time is now past; send the people away so that they may go into the towns and get themselves food.
Matthew 25:42For I was in need of food, and you gave it not to me; I was in need of drink, and you gave it not to me:
2 Corinthians 8:8I am not giving you an order, but using the ready mind of others as a test of the quality of your love.
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 →