James 2:26
For as the body apart from [the] spirit is dead, so also the faith apart from works is dead.
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.
In Context
Cross References
Job 34:14If He sets His heart on him, || [If] He gathers His Spirit and His breath to Himself,
Psalms 146:4His spirit goes forth, he returns to his earth, || In that day his thoughts have perished.
Isaiah 2:22Cease yourselves from man, || Whose breath [is] in his nostrils, || For—in what is he esteemed?
Acts 7:59and they were stoning Stephen, [as he was] calling and saying, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit”;
James 2:17So also faith, if it may not have works, is dead by itself.
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 →