James 2:14
What [is] the profit, my brothers, if anyone may speak of having faith, but he may not have works? Is that faith able to save him?
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13for the judgment without mercy [is] to him having not done mercy, and mercy exults over judgment.
15And if a brother or sister may be naked, and may be destitute of daily food,
Cross References
Matthew 5:20For I say to you that if your righteousness may not abound above that of the scribes and Pharisees, you may not enter into the kingdom of the heavens.
Matthew 7:26And everyone who is hearing these words of Mine, and is not doing them, will be likened to a foolish man who built his house on the sand;
Acts 8:13and Simon himself also believed, and having been immersed, he was continuing with Philip, beholding also signs and mighty acts being done, he was amazed.
Acts 15:9and also put no difference between us and them, having purified their hearts by faith;
1 Corinthians 13:2and if I have prophecy, and know all the secrets, and all the knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, and do not have love, I am nothing;
1 Corinthians 16:22if anyone does not cherish the Lord Jesus Christ—let him be accursed! The LORD has come!
Matthew Henry on James 2:9-14
The Christian Law. ( a. d. 61.) 8 If ye fulfil the royal law according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself, ye do well: 9 But if ye have respect to persons, ye commit sin, and are convinced of the law as transgressors. 10 For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all. 11 For he that said, Do not commit adultery, said also, Do not kill. Now if thou commit no adultery, yet if thou kill, thou art become a transgressor of the law. 12 So speak ye, and so… Read the whole commentary →