James 2:26
For just as the guf (body) without the neshamah is niftar (deceased, dead), so also is Emunah without Ma'asim.
Orthodox Jewish Bible
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 should so determine, 1 if He gather unto Himself His Ruach and His Neshamah, 1
Psalms 146:4His ruach departs, he returneth to his adamah; 1 in yom hahu his plans come to nothing. 1
Isaiah 2:22Cease ye from HaAdam, whose neshamah is in his nostrils: 1 for of what account is he?
Acts 7:59And they went on stoning Stefanos as he called upon Hashem, saying, Adoneinu, receive my neshamah. + 7:59 Ps 31:5
James 2:17So also Emunah, if alongside it there is not in its company Ma'asim, is by itself niftar (deceased, 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 →