James 2:17 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

So faith by itself, if it has no works, is dead.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

So also faith, if it does not have works (deeds and actions of obedience to back it up), by itself is destitute of power (inoperative, dead).

American Standard Version (1901)

Even so faith, if it have not works, is dead in itself.

Common English Bible

In the same way, faith is dead when it doesn’t result in faithful activity.

Catholic Public Domain Version

Thus even faith, if it does not have works, is dead, in and of itself.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

So faith also, if it have not works, is dead in itself.

James 2:17 Cross References

1 Corinthians 13:13

And now faith, hope, and love remain, these three, and the greatest of these is love.

1 Corinthians 13:3

If I give away all my possessions and if I hand over my body so that I may boast but do not have love, I gain nothing.

Galatians 5:6

For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision counts for anything; the only thing that counts is faith working through love.

1 Thessalonians 1:3

remembering before our God and Father your work of faith and labor of love and steadfastness of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ.

1 Timothy 1:5

But the aim of such instruction is love that comes from a pure heart, a good conscience, and sincere faith.

James 2:14

What good is it, my brothers and sisters, if someone claims to have faith but does not have works? Surely that faith cannot save, can it?

James 2:26

For just as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is also dead.