James 2:14 - Tree of Life Version What good is it, my brothers and sisters, if someone says he has faith, but does not have works? Can such faith save him? Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? can faith save him? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition 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]? American Standard Version (1901) What doth it profit, my brethren, if a man say he hath faith, but have not works? can that faith save him? Common English Bible 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? Catholic Public Domain Version 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? Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version What shall it profit, my brethren, if a man say he hath faith, but hath not works? Shall faith be able to save him? |
For I tell you that unless your righteousness exceeds that of the Pharisees and Torah scholars, you shall never enter the kingdom of heaven!
He answered them, saying, “Whoever has two coats, let him give to the one who has none; and whoever has food, let him do the same.”
“But the one who hears yet does not do is like a man who built a house upon land without a foundation. When the torrent burst against it, immediately it collapsed—and the destruction of that house was great!”
He made no distinction between us and them, purifying their hearts through faith.
Even Simon himself believed; and after being immersed, he continued with Philip. And when he saw signs and great miracles happening, he was continually amazed.
You have no part or share in this matter, because your heart is not right before God.
Circumcision is indeed worthwhile if you keep the Torah; but if you break the Torah, your circumcision has become uncircumcision.
and by it you are being saved if you hold firm to the word I proclaimed to you—unless you believed without proper consideration.
If anyone does not love the Lord, let him be cursed. Marana, tha! Our Lord, come!
Brothers and sisters, you were called to freedom—only do not let your freedom become an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another.
For in Messiah Yeshua, neither circumcision nor uncircumcision has any meaning—but only trust and faithfulness expressing itself through love.
remembering before our God and Father your work of faith and labor of love and steadiness of hope in our Lord Yeshua the Messiah.
Now the goal of this command is love from of a pure heart and a clear conscience and a genuine faith.
For physical exercise has some benefit; but godliness is beneficial for all things, holding promise for both the present life and the one to come.
They claim to know God but their deeds deny Him. They are despicable and disobedient and worthless for any good deed.
Trustworthy is the saying, and I want you to insist on these things, so that those who have put their trust in God may be careful to devote themselves to good deeds. These things are good and beneficial for people.
By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac. Yes, he who had received the promises was offering up his one and only son—
Do not be carried away by all kinds of strange teachings, for it is good for the heart to be strengthened by grace—not by foods that have not benefited those occupied by them.
and one of you says to them, “Go in shalom, keep warm and well fed, ” but you do not give them what the body needs, what good is that?
But someone will say, “You have faith and I have works.” Show me your faith without works and I will show you faith by my works.
For just as the body without the spirit is dead, so also faith without works is dead.
Now for this very reason, making every effort, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue, knowledge;