James 2:26
Remember that when our spirits permanently leave our bodies, our bodies are dead and useless. Similarly [SIM], if someone says, “I trust in God,” but does not do things to help others, what that person says about trusting in God is useless.
Translation for Translators
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 would take his spirit back to himself,
Psalms 146:4And when they die, their corpses decay and become soil again. After they die, they can no longer do the things that they planned to do.
Isaiah 2:22So, do not trust that people will save you, because people are as powerless as [MET] their own breath. People certainly cannot help you [RHQ]!
Acts 7:59While they continued to throw stones at Stephen, Stephen prayed, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit!”
James 2:17Similarly, those who do not do good things to help others, what they have said about their believing in Christ is as useless [MET] as a dead person is useless. They do not really believe in Christ.
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 →