James 2:16
and one of you say to them, Depart in peace, be warmed and be filled, notwithstanding ye give them not the things needful for the body, what doth it profit?
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
15If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food,
17So also faith, if it hath not works, is dead in itself.
Cross References
Job 22:7Thou hast given the weary no water to drink, And withholden bread from the hungry.
Matthew 14:15And when it was evening, the disciples came to him, saying, This is a desert place, and it is now late; send the multitudes away therefore, that they may go to the villages and buy themselves victuals.
Matthew 25:42For I was hungry, and ye gave me no food; I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink;
2 Corinthians 8:8I speak not by way of command, but by reason of the earnestness of others, and to prove the genuineness of your love.
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 →