James 2:14 - The Message14-17 Dear friends, do you think you’ll get anywhere in this if you learn all the right words but never do anything? Does merely talking about faith indicate that a person really has it? For instance, you come upon an old friend dressed in rags and half-starved and say, “Good morning, friend! Be clothed in Christ! Be filled with the Holy Spirit!” and walk off without providing so much as a coat or a cup of soup—where does that get you? Isn’t it obvious that God-talk without God-acts is outrageous nonsense? See the chapterMore versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 176914 What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? can faith save him? See the chapterAmplified Bible - Classic Edition14 What is the use (profit), my brethren, for anyone to profess to have faith if he has no [good] works [to show for it]? Can [such] faith save [his soul]? See the chapterAmerican Standard Version (1901)14 What doth it profit, my brethren, if a man say he hath faith, but have not works? can that faith save him? See the chapterCommon English Bible14 My brothers and sisters, what good is it if people say they have faith but do nothing to show it? Claiming to have faith can’t save anyone, can it? See the chapterCatholic Public Domain Version14 My brothers, what benefit is there if someone claims to have faith, but he does not have works? How would faith be able to save him? See the chapter |