James 2:15

and if a brother or sister may be naked, and may be destitute of the daily food,

Young's Literal Translation

In The King James Version

If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food,

In Context

14What [is] the profit, my brethren, if faith, any one may speak of having, and works he may not have? is that faith able to save him?

16and any one of you may say to them, 'Depart ye in peace, be warmed, and be filled,' and may not give to them the things needful for the body, what [is] the profit?

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Cross References

Job 31:16If I withhold from pleasure the poor, And the eyes of the widow do consume,

Isaiah 58:10And dost bring out to the hungry thy soul, And the afflicted soul dost satisfy, Then risen in the darkness hath thy light, And thy thick darkness [is] as noon.

Matthew 25:35for I did hunger, and ye gave me to eat; I did thirst, and ye gave me to drink; I was a stranger, and ye received me;

Luke 3:11and he answering saith to them, 'He having two coats — let him impart to him having none, and he having victuals — in like manner let him do.'

Hebrews 11:37they were stoned, they were sawn asunder, they were tried; in the killing of the sword they died; they went about in sheepskins, in goatskins — being destitute, afflicted, injuriously treated,

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 →

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