James 2:17
Even so faith, if it does not have works, is dead, being alone.
Revised King James New Testament
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 I give all my goods to feed the poor, and if I give my body to be burned, but have not love, I gain nothing.
1 Thessalonians 1:3Always remembering your work of faith, and labour of love, and endurance of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, in the sight of our God and Father;
James 2:14What does it profit, my brethren, if a man say he has faith, but has not works? can that faith save him?
James 2:26For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith 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 →