James 2:15
And if a brother or sister be naked, and have need of each day’s livelode [or of each day’s lifelode], (And if a brother or sister be naked, and have need of each day’s livelihood,)
Wycliffe Modern Spelling
In The King James Version
If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food,
In Context
Cross References
Job 31:16If I denied to poor men that, that they would, and if I made the eyes of a widow to abide; (If I denied to the poor what they needed, or if I made the eyes of a widow to have despair;)
Isaiah 58:10when thou sheddest out thy soul, either thy will, to an hungry man, and [ful] fillest a soul that is tormented, thy light shall rise in darknesses, and thy darknesses shall be as midday. (if thou pourest out thy plenty to the hungry, and fulfillest a soul who is tormented, thy light shall rise in the darkness, and thy darkness shall be like midday.)
Matthew 25:35For I hungered [or Forsooth I was hungry], and ye gave me (something) to eat; I thirsted, and ye gave me (something) to drink; I was harbourless, and ye harboured me;
Luke 3:11He answered, and said to them, He that hath two coats, give he to him that hath none; and he that hath meats (or and he who hath some food), do in like manner.
Hebrews 11:37They were stoned, they were sawed, they were tempted, they were dead in (or by) slaying of (the) sword. They went about in badger skins, and in skins of goats, needy, anguished, tormented;
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 →