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James 2:15

If a brother or sister is poorly clothed and lacks daily food,

Text-Critical English NT

In The King James Version

If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food,

In Context

14What is the benefit, my brothers, if someone claims to have faith but does not have works? Can that faith save him?

16and one of you says to them, “Go in peace, be warmed and filled,” without giving them anything to address their physical needs, what is the benefit?

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Cross References

Matthew 25:35For I was hungry, and you gave me something to eat; I was thirsty, and you gave me something to drink; I was a stranger, and you took me in;

Luke 3:11John answered them, “Whoever has two tunics must share with him who has none, and whoever has food must do likewise.”

Hebrews 11:37They were stoned, they were sawn in two, they were tempted, and they were killed with the sword. They went around in sheepskins and goatskins; they were destitute, afflicted, and mistreated.

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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