James 2:16
and should one of you say to them, Go in peace, be warm, be replenished with food: yet if ye give them not the necessaries for their body; what doth it avail?
Thomas Haweis 1795 New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
15Now if a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food,
17So also faith, if it hath not works, is dead itself.
Cross References
Matthew 14:15But when evening was come, his disciples came unto him, saying, The place is desert, and the day is far advanced; send the multitude away, that they may go into the villages, and buy themselves provisions.
Matthew 25:42for I was hungry, and ye gave me nothing to eat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me nothing to drink:
2 Corinthians 8:8I speak not by commandment, but because of the forwardness of others, and to prove the genuineness of your love.
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 →