James 2:20
Wilt thou vnderstonde o thou vayne man that fayth with out dedes is deed?
Tyndale New Testament
In The King James Version
But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead?
In Context
19Belevest thou that ther is one God? Thou doest well. The devyls also beleve and tremble.
21Was not Abraham oure father iustified thorow workes when he offered Isaac his sonne vpo the aultre?
Cross References
Romans 1:21in as moche as when they knewe god they glorified him not as God nether were thakfull but wexed full of vanities in their imaginacions and their folisshe hertes were blynded.
Galatians 5:6For in Iesu Christ nether is circumcision enythinge worth nether yet vncircomcision but faith which by love is mighty in operacion.
Colossians 2:8Beware lest eny man come and spoyle you thorow philosophy and disceatfull vanitie, thorow the tradicions of me and ordinaunces after the worlde and not after christ.
Titus 1:10For ther are many disobedient and talkers of vanite and disceavers of myndes namely they of the circumcision
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 →