James 2:15

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

English Majority Text (NT)

In The King James Version

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

In Context

14What does it profit, my brothers, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Is that kind of faith able to save him?

16and one of you says to them, “Go in peace, be warmed and filled,” but you do not give them the necessary things of the body, what is the benefit?

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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 in;

Luke 3:11He answered and said to them, “He who has two shirts, let him give to him who has none; and he who has food, let him do likewise.”

Hebrews 11:37They were stoned, they were sawn in two, they were tried, they were slain, being murdered with the sword. They went about in sheepskins and goatskins, being in want, being afflicted, being ill treated,

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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