James 2:16 - Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁶ and if anyone of you were to say to them: "Go in peace, keep warm and nourished," and yet not give them the things that are necessary for the body, of what benefit is this?

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁶ And one of you says to him, Good-bye! Keep [yourself] warm and well fed, without giving him the necessities for the body, what good does that do?

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁶ and one of you say unto them, Go in peace, be ye warmed and filled; and yet ye give them not the things needful to the body; what doth it profit?

Common English Bible

¹⁶ What if one of you said, “Go in peace! Stay warm! Have a nice meal!”? What good is it if you don’t actually give them what their body needs?

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁶ And one of you say to them: Go in peace, be ye warmed and filled; yet give them not those things that are necessary for the body, what shall it profit?

James 2:16 Cross References

Romans 12:9

Let love be without falseness: hating evil, clinging to what is good,

2 Corinthians 8:8

I am speaking, not commanding. But through the solicitude of others, I approve of the good character of your charity.

Matthew 15:32

And Jesus, calling together his disciples, said: "I have compassion on the crowds, because they have persevered with me now for three days, and they do not have anything to eat. And I am not willing to dismiss them, fasting, lest they faint along the way."

Matthew 25:35

For I was hungry, and you gave me to eat; I was thirsty, and you gave me to drink; I was a stranger, and you took me in;

Matthew 25:36

naked, and you covered me; sick, and you visited me; I was in prison, and you came to me.'

Mark 5:34

And he said to her: "Daughter, your faith has saved you. Go in peace, and be healed from your wound."