James 2:14 - Forerunner Commentary

James 2:14

12 So speak and so do as those who will be judged by ^athe law of liberty.

13 For ^ajudgment is without mercy to the one who has shown ^bno ^cmercy. ^dMercy triumphs over judgment.

Faith Without Works Is Dead

14 ^aWhat does it profit, my brethren, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can faith save him?

15 ^aIf a brother or sister is naked and destitute of daily food,

16 and ^aone of you says to them, “Depart in peace, be warmed and filled,” but you do not give them the things which are needed for the body, what does it profit?

17 Thus also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead.

18 But someone will say, “You have faith, and I have works.” ^aShow me your faith without your works, ^band I will show you my faith by² my works.

Verse Comparison: James 2:14

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American Standard Version
What doth it profit, my brethren, if a man say he hath faith, but have not works? can that faith save him?

Amplified® Bible
What is the use (profit), my brethren, for anyone to profess to have faith if he has no [good] works [to show for it]? Can [such] faith save [his soul]?

Contemporary English Version
My friends, what good is it to say you have faith, when you don't do anything to show that you really do have faith? Can that kind of faith save you?

Darby English Version
What [is] the profit, my brethren, if any one say he have faith, but have not works? can faith save him?

Good News Bible
My friends, what good is it for one of you to say that you have faith if your actions do not prove it? Can that faith save you?

International Standard Version
What good does it do, my brothers, if someone claims to have faith but does not have any works? This kind of faith cannot save him, can it?

King James Version
What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? can faith save him?

New American Standard Bible
What use is it, my brethren, if someone says he has faith but he has no works? Can that faith save him?

New International Version
What good is it, my brothers, if a man claims to have faith but has no deeds? Can such faith save him?

New King James Version
What does it profit, my brethren, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can faith save him?

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
What use can it serve, my brethren, if someone says he has faith but he has no works? Can that faith save him?

Young's Literal Translation
What `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?

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