James 2:16 - New Revised Standard Version

¹⁶ and one of you says to them, “Go in peace; keep warm and eat your fill,” and yet you do not supply their bodily needs, what is the good of that?

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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?

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?

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

Matthew 15:32

Then Jesus called his disciples to him and said, “I have compassion for the crowd, because they have been with me now for three days and have nothing to eat; and I do not want to send them away hungry, for they might faint on the way.”

Matthew 25:35

for I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me,

Matthew 25:36

I was naked and you gave me clothing, I was sick and you took care of me, I was in prison and you visited me.’

Mark 5:34

He said to her, “Daughter, your faith has made you well; go in peace, and be healed of your disease.”

Romans 12:9

Let love be genuine; hate what is evil, hold fast to what is good;

2 Corinthians 8:8

I do not say this as a command, but I am testing the genuineness of your love against the earnestness of others.