James 2:17
Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone.
Webster Bible
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 though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor , and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing.
1 Thessalonians 1:3Remembering without ceasing your work of faith, and labor of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, in the sight of God and our Father;
James 2:14What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man sayeth he hath faith, and hath not works? can faith save him?
James 2:26For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.
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 →