James 2:14
What doth it profit, my brethren, if a man say he hath faith, but have not works? can that faith save him?
Revised Version 1895
In The King James Version
In Context
13For judgment is without mercy to him that hath shewed no mercy: mercy glorieth against judgment.
15If a brother or sister be naked, and in lack of daily food,
Cross References
Matthew 5:20For I say unto you, that except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no wise enter into the kingdom of heaven.
Matthew 7:26And every one that heareth these words of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand:
Acts 8:13And Simon also himself believed: and being baptized, he continued with Philip; and beholding signs and great miracles wrought, he was amazed.
Acts 15:9and he made no distinction between us and them, cleansing their hearts by faith.
1 Corinthians 13:2And if I have the gift of prophecy, and know all mysteries and all knowledge; and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing.
1 Corinthians 16:22If any man loveth not the Lord, let him be anathema. Maranatha.
Matthew Henry on James 2:9-14
The Christian Law. ( a. d. 61.) 8 If ye fulfil the royal law according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself, ye do well: 9 But if ye have respect to persons, ye commit sin, and are convinced of the law as transgressors. 10 For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all. 11 For he that said, Do not commit adultery, said also, Do not kill. Now if thou commit no adultery, yet if thou kill, thou art become a transgressor of the law. 12 So speak ye, and so… Read the whole commentary →