James 2:16

and anyone of you says to them, “Go in shalom! Be warmed and fed!” but you do not give to them the physical necessities, what is the revach (profit)?

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

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?

In Context

15If an Ach b'Moshiach or an Achot b'Moshiach is dressed in shmattes (tatters) and lacking “lechem chukeinu” + 2:15 Mt 6:11 (our daily bread),

17So also Emunah, if alongside it there is not in its company Ma'asim, is by itself niftar (deceased, dead).

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Cross References

Job 22:7Thou hast not given mayim to the weary to drink, 1 and thou hast withheld lechem from the hungry. 1

Matthew 14:15Now when erev (evening) came, Moshiachʼs talmidim came to him, saying, This place is desolate and the time is late. Dismiss the multitude, so that, having gone into the shtetlach, they may buy for themselves okhel (food).

Matthew 25:42For I hungered and you did not give me something to eat; I thirsted and you did not give drink to me.

2 Corinthians 8:8I do not lay this out as a mitzvah, but the sincerity of your ahavah I am testing against the zerizut of others,

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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