James 2:16
And one of you say vnto them, Depart in peace: warme your selues, and fil your bellies, notwithstading ye giue them not those things which are needefull to the body, what helpeth it?
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
In Context
15For if a brother or a sister bee naked and destitute of daily foode,
17Euen so the faith, if it haue no woorkes, is dead in it selfe.
Cross References
Job 22:7To such as were wearie, thou hast not giuen water to drinke, and hast withdrawen bread from the hungrie.
Matthew 14:15And when euen was come, his disciples came to him, saying, This is a desart place, and the time is alreadie past: let the multitude depart, that they may goe into the townes, and bye them vitailes.
Matthew 25:42For I was an hungred, and ye gaue me no meate: I thirsted, and ye gaue me no drinke:
2 Corinthians 8:8This say I not by commandement, but because of the diligence of others: therefore prooue I the naturalnesse of your loue.
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 →