James 2:16
and 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?
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
15and if a brother or sister may be naked, and may be destitute of the daily food,
17so also the faith, if it may not have works, is dead by itself.
Cross References
Job 22:7Thou causest not the weary to drink water, And from the hungry thou withholdest bread.
Matthew 14:15and evening having come, his disciples came to him, saying, 'The place is desolate, and the hour hath now past, let away the multitudes that, having gone to the villages, they may buy to themselves food.'
Matthew 25:42for I did hunger, and ye gave me not to eat; I did thirst, and ye gave me not to drink;
2 Corinthians 8:8not according to command do I speak, but because of the diligence of others, and of your love proving the genuineness,
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 →