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

¹⁷ So faith by itself, if it has no works, is dead.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁷ Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁷ 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)

¹⁷ Even so faith, if it have not works, is dead in itself.

Common English Bible

¹⁷ In the same way, faith is dead when it doesn’t result in faithful activity.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁷ Thus even faith, if it does not have works, is dead, in and of itself.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁷ 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.