James 2:16
and one of you say to them, Go in peace, be ye warmed and be ye filled: but ye give them not the necessaries of life, what profit is it to them?
1770 John Worsley NT
In The King James Version
In Context
15If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food;
17so faith, if it have not works, being alone, is dead.
Cross References
Matthew 14:15Now when it was evening his disciples came to Him and said, This is a desert place, and meal-time is now past; dismiss the people, that they may go away to the towns, and buy themselves victuals.
Matthew 25:42for I was famishing, and ye gave me nothing to eat; I was a-thirst, and ye gave me no drink;
2 Corinthians 8:8I speak not by way of command, but to prove the sincerity of your love also, by means of the forwardness of others.
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 →