James 2:16 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

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, by mentioning the eagerness of others, testing the genuineness of your love.