James 2:15
And if a brother or sister is naked and in lack of daily food,
World Messianic Bible British
In The King James Version
If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food,
In Context
14What good is it, my brothers, if a man says he has faith, but has no works? Can faith save him?
Cross References
Job 31:16“If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail,
Isaiah 58:10and if you pour out your soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul, then your light will rise in darkness, and your obscurity will be as the noonday;
Matthew 25:35for I was hungry and you gave me food to eat. I was thirsty and you gave me drink. I was a stranger and you took me in.
Luke 3:11He answered them, “He who has two coats, let him give to him who has none. He who has food, let him do likewise.”
Hebrews 11:37They were stoned. They were sawn apart. They were tempted. They were slain with the sword. They went around in sheep skins and in goat skins; being destitute, afflicted, ill-treated—
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 →