James 2:16
And one of you say to them: Go in peace, be ye warmed and filled; yet give them not those things that are necessary for the body, what shall it profit?
Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner, 1752)
In The King James Version
In Context
15And if a brother or sister be naked and want daily food:
17So faith also, if it have not works, is dead in itself.
Cross References
Job 22:7Thou hast not given water to the weary, thou hast withdrawn bread from the hungry.
Matthew 14:15And when it was evening, his disciples came to him, saying: This is a desert place, and the hour is now passed: send away the multitudes, that going into the towns, they may buy themselves victuals.
Matthew 25:42For I was hungry and you gave me not to eat: I was thirsty and you gave me not to drink.
2 Corinthians 8:8I speak not as commanding: but by the carefulness of others, approving also the good disposition of your charity.
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 →