Whoever works his land will have plenty of bread, but he who follows worthless pursuits lacks sense.
James 2:20 - English Standard Version 2016 Do you want to be shown, you foolish person, that faith apart from works is useless? Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Are you willing to be shown [proof], you foolish (unproductive, spiritually deficient) fellow, that faith apart from [good] works is inactive and ineffective and worthless? American Standard Version (1901) But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith apart from works is barren? Common English Bible Are you so slow? Do you need to be shown that faith without actions has no value at all? Catholic Public Domain Version So then, are you willing to understand, O foolish man, that faith without works is dead? Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead? |
Whoever works his land will have plenty of bread, but he who follows worthless pursuits lacks sense.
Thus says the Lord: “What wrong did your fathers find in me that they went far from me, and went after worthlessness, and became worthless?
For although they knew God, they did not honor him as God or give thanks to him, but they became futile in their thinking, and their foolish hearts were darkened.
For we hold that one is justified by faith apart from works of the law.
But who are you, O man, to answer back to God? Will what is molded say to its molder, “Why have you made me like this?”
For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision counts for anything, but only faith working through love.
For if anyone thinks he is something, when he is nothing, he deceives himself.
See to it that no one takes you captive by philosophy and empty deceit, according to human tradition, according to the elemental spirits of the world, and not according to Christ.
Certain persons, by swerving from these, have wandered away into vain discussion,
For there are many who are insubordinate, empty talkers and deceivers, especially those of the circumcision party.
If anyone thinks he is religious and does not bridle his tongue but deceives his heart, this person’s religion is worthless.
For as the body apart from the spirit is dead, so also faith apart from works is dead.