James 2:15
Suppose that a brother or sister is badly clothed and lacks food for the day.
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If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food,
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Cross References
Job 31:16If I have withheld poor people from their desire, 1 or if I have caused the eyes of the widow to grow dim from crying, 1
Isaiah 58:10if you yourselves provide for the hungry and satisfy the need of the distressed; 1 then your light will rise in the darkness, and your darkness will be like the noonday. 1
Matthew 25:35For I was hungry and you gave me food; I was thirsty and you gave me a drink; I was a stranger and you took me in;
Luke 3:11He answered and said to them, “If someone has two tunics, he should share it with a person who has none, and the one having food should do the same.”
Hebrews 11:37They were stoned. They were sawn in two. They were killed with the sword. They went about in sheepskins and goatskins. They were destitute, oppressed, mistreated. + 11:37 Some older versions read, They were stoned. They were sawn in two. They were put to the test. They were killed with the sword .
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 →