James 2:14 - Modern English Version

¹⁴ What does it profit, my brothers, if a man says he has faith but has no works? Can faith save him?

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁴ 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

¹⁴ 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)

¹⁴ 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

¹⁴ 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

¹⁴ 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?

James 2:14 Tagairtí Cros

Jeremiah 7:8

Behold, you trust in lying words that cannot profit.

Matthew 5:20

For I say to you that unless your righteousness exceeds the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, you will in no way enter the kingdom of heaven.

Luke 3:11

John answered, “He who has two tunics, let him give to him who has none. And he who has food, let him do likewise.”

Luke 6:49

But he who hears and does not obey is like a man who built a house on the ground without a foundation, against which the stream beat vehemently. Immediately it fell, and the ruin of that house was great.”

Acts 15:9

and made no distinction between them and us, and purified their hearts by faith.

Acts 8:13

Even Simon himself believed. And when he was baptized, he continued with Philip and was amazed as he watched the miracles and signs which were done.

Acts 8:21

You have neither part nor share in this matter, for your heart is not right before God.

Romans 2:25

Circumcision indeed is of value if you keep the law, but if you are a breaker of the law, your circumcision becomes uncircumcision.

1 Corinthians 15:2

Through it you are saved, if you keep in memory what I preached to you, unless you have believed in vain.

1 Corinthians 16:22

If anyone does not love the Lord Jesus Christ, let him be accursed. Come, O Lord!

Galatians 5:13

You, brothers, have been called to liberty. Only do not use liberty to give an opportunity to the flesh, but by love serve one another.

Galatians 5:6

For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision means anything, but faith which works through love.

1 Thessalonians 1:3

remembering without ceasing your work of faith, labor of love, and patient hope in our Lord Jesus Christ in the sight of God and our Father.

1 Timothy 1:5

Now the goal of this command is love from a pure heart, and from a good conscience, and from sincere faith.

1 Timothy 4:8

For bodily exercise profits a little, but godliness is profitable in all things, holding promise for the present life and also for the life to come.

Titus 1:16

They profess that they know God, but in their deeds they deny Him, being abominable, disobedient, and worthless for every good work.

Titus 3:8

This is a faithful saying, and these things I want you constantly to affirm, so that those who have believed in God might be careful to maintain good works. These things are good and profitable to everyone.

Hebrews 11:17

By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac, and he who had received the promises offered up his only son.

Hebrews 13:9

Do not be carried away with diverse and strange teachings. It is a good thing that the heart be strengthened with grace, not with foods, which have not profited those who have been occupied with them.

James 1:16

Do not be led astray, my beloved brothers.

James 2:16

and one of you says to them, “Depart in peace, be warmed and filled,” and yet you give them nothing that the body needs, what does it profit?

James 2:18

But a man may say, “You have faith and I have works.” Show me your faith without your works, and I will show you my faith by my works.

James 2:26

As the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead.

2 Peter 1:5

For this reason make every effort to add virtue to your faith; and to your virtue, knowledge;