James 2:17

So also faith, if it may not have works, is dead by itself.

Literal Standard Version

In The King James Version

Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone.

In Context

16and anyone of you may say to them, “Depart in peace, be warmed, and be filled,” but may not give to them the things necessary for the body, what [is] the profit?

18But someone may say, “You have faith, and I have works.” Show me your faith without works, and I will show you my faith out of works.

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Cross References

1 Corinthians 13:3and if I give away all my goods to feed others, and if I give up my body that I may be burned, and do not have love, I am profited nothing.

1 Thessalonians 1:3unceasingly remembering your work of faith, and the labor of the love, and the endurance of the hope, of our Lord Jesus Christ, in the presence of our God and Father,

James 2:14What [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?

James 2:26For as the body apart from [the] spirit is dead, so also the faith apart from works is dead.

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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