James 2:14 - Compare All Versions

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Dear friends, do you think you’ll get anywhere in this if you learn all the right words but never do anything? Does merely talking about faith indicate that a person really has it? For instance, you come upon an old friend dressed in rags and half-starved and say, “Good morning, friend! Be clothed in Christ! Be filled with the Holy Spirit!” and walk off without providing so much as a coat or a cup of soup—where does that get you? Isn’t it obvious that God-talk without God-acts is outrageous nonsense?

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

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

My brothers and sisters, if people say they have faith, but do nothing, their faith is worth nothing. Can faith like that save them?

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

What good is it, my brothers and sisters, if someone claims to have faith but has no deeds? Can such faith save them?

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

What is the benefit, my fellow believers, if someone claims to have faith but has no [good] works [as evidence]? Can that [kind of] faith save him? [No, a mere claim of faith is not sufficient—genuine faith produces good works.]

What good is it, dear brothers and sisters, if you say you have faith but don’t show it by your actions? Can that kind of faith save anyone?

My dear brothers and sisters, what good is it if someone claims to have faith but demonstrates no good works to prove it? How could this kind of faith save anyone?

What good is it, my brothers, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can that faith save him?