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James 2:14-20 KJV
James · chapter 2 · verses 14–20 · King James Version
14What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? can faith save him? 15If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food, 16And 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? 17Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone. 18Yea, a man may say, Thou hast faith, and I have works: shew me thy faith without thy works, and I will shew thee my faith by my works. 19Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the devils also believe, and tremble. 20But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead?James 2:14-20 · King James Version
James 2:14-20 in context
12So speak ye, and so do, as they that shall be judged by the law of liberty.
13For he shall have judgment without mercy, that hath shewed no mercy; and mercy rejoiceth against judgment.
14What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? can faith save him?
15If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food,
16And 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?
17Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone.
18Yea, a man may say, Thou hast faith, and I have works: shew me thy faith without thy works, and I will shew thee my faith by my works.
19Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the devils also believe, and tremble.
20But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead?
21Was not Abraham our father justified by works, when he had offered Isaac his son upon the altar?
22Seest thou how faith wrought with his works, and by works was faith made perfect?
Cross references
- Matthew 7:26-27
- Matthew 7:21-23
- James 1:22-25
- Luke 6:49
- Titus 1:16
- Luke 3:11
- Proverbs 3:27-28
- 1 John 3:16-18
- James 2:26
- 2 Peter 1:5-9
- James 2:19-20
- 1 Corinthians 13:13
Key words (Strong's)
- notwithstandingdebut, moreover, and, etcG1161 →
- destituteleipōto leave, leave behind, forsake, to be left behind, to lag, be inferior, to be destitute…G3007 →
- destituteōbe, may be, etcG5600 →
- believestpisteuōto think to be true, to be persuaded of, to credit, place confidence in, of the thing…G4100 →
- brethrenadelphosa brother, whether born of the same two parents or only of the same father or mother…G80 →
- needfulepitēdeiosfit, suitable, convenient, advantageous, needful, esp. of the necessities of lifeG2006 →
- withoutekout of, from, by, away fromG1537 →
- withoutchōrisseparate, apart, without any, besidesG5565 →
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