James 2:16 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

¹⁶ and one of you says to them, “Go in peace, be warmed and filled,” without giving them the things needed for the body, what does it profit?

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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?

James 2:16 Cross References

Matthew 15:32

Then Jesus called his disciples to him and said, “I have compassion on the crowd, because they have been with me now three days, and have nothing to eat; and I am unwilling to send them away hungry, lest they faint on the way.”

Matthew 25:35

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

Matthew 25:36

I was naked and you clothed me, I was 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 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 say this not as a command, but to prove by the earnestness of others that your love also is genuine.