James 2:17
Thus also the faith that hath not works is dead, (being) alone.
The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge
In The King James Version
Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone.
In Context
Cross References
1 Corinthians 13:3And if all I have I make to feed the poor, and I deliver my body to burn, and love be not in me, I profit nothing.
1 Thessalonians 1:3and remember before Aloha the Father the works of your faith, and the labour of your love, and the perseverance of your hope, which is in our Lord Jeshu Meshiha.
James 2:14WHAT is the use, my brethren, if a man say, I have faith, and works he hath not? How can his faith save him?
James 2:26Thus, as the body without the spirit is dead, so also the faith which is without works is dead.
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 →