He who tills his land shall have plenty of bread, but he who chases fantasies is void of understanding.
James 2:20 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) But do you want to know, vain man, that faith apart from works is dead? 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? |
He who tills his land shall have plenty of bread, but he who chases fantasies is void of understanding.
thus says the LORD, What unrighteousness have your fathers found in me, that they have gone far from me, and have walked after vanity, and are become vain?
Because, knowing God, they didn't glorify him as God, neither gave thanks, but became vain in their reasoning, and their senseless heart was darkened.
We maintain therefore that a man is justified by faith apart from the works of the law.
But indeed, O man, who are you to reply against God? Will the thing formed ask him who formed it, *Why did you make me like this?*
For in Messiah Yeshua neither circumcision amounts to anything, nor uncircumcision, but faith working through love.
For if a man thinks himself to be something when he is nothing, he deceives himself.
Be careful that you don't let anyone rob you through his philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the elements of the world, and not after Messiah.
from which things some, having missed the mark, have turned aside to vain talking;
For there are also many unruly men, vain talkers and deceivers, especially those of the circumcision,
If anyone among you thinks himself to be religious while he doesn't bridle his tongue, but deceives his heart, this man's religion is worthless.
For as the body apart from the spirit is dead, even so faith apart from works is dead.