He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread: but he that followeth vain persons is void of understanding.
James 2:20 - King James Version - American Edition But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without 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 that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread: but he that followeth vain persons is void of understanding.
thus saith the Lord, What iniquity have your fathers found in me, that they are gone far from me, and have walked after vanity, and are become vain?
because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.
Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith without the deeds of the law.
Nay but, O man, who art thou that repliest against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why hast thou made me thus?
For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision; but faith which worketh by love.
For if a man think himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself.
Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ.
For there are many unruly and vain talkers and deceivers, specially they of the circumcision:
If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion is vain.
For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.