James 2:15
And if a brother or sister may be naked, and may be destitute of daily food,
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food,
In Context
Cross References
Job 31:16If I withhold the poor from pleasure, || And consume the eyes of the widow,
Isaiah 58:10And bring out your soul to the hungry, || And satisfy the afflicted soul, || Then your light has risen in the darkness, || And your thick darkness [is] as noon.
Matthew 25:35for I hungered, and you gave Me to eat; I thirsted, and you gave Me to drink; I was a stranger, and you received Me;
Luke 3:11And he answering says to them, “He having two coats, let him impart to him having none; and he having food, let him do in like manner.”
Hebrews 11:37they were stoned, they were sawn apart, they were tried; they died in the killing of the sword; they went around in sheepskins, in goatskins—being destitute, afflicted, injuriously 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 →