James 2:14 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

¹⁴ What does it profit, my brethren, if a man says he has faith but has not works? Can his 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 Križne Reference

Jeremiah 7:8

“Behold, you trust in deceptive words to no avail.

Matthew 5:20

For I tell you, unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.

Luke 3:11

And he answered them, “He who has two coats, let him share with him who has none; and he who has food, let him do likewise.”

Luke 6:49

But he who hears and does not do them is like a man who built a house on the ground without a foundation; against which the stream broke, and immediately it fell, and the ruin of that house was great.”

Acts 15:9

and he made no distinction between us and them, but cleansed their hearts by faith.

Acts 8:13

Even Simon himself believed, and after being baptized he continued with Philip. And seeing signs and great miracles performed, he was amazed.

Acts 8:21

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

Romans 2:25

Circumcision indeed is of value if you obey the law; but if you break the law, your circumcision becomes uncircumcision.

1 Corinthians 15:2

by which you are saved, if you hold it fast—unless you believed in vain.

1 Corinthians 16:22

If any one has no love for the Lord, let him be accursed. Our Lord, come!

Galatians 5:13

For you were called to freedom, brethren; only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love be servants of one another.

Galatians 5:6

For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision is of any avail, but faith working through love.

1 Thessalonians 1:3

remembering before our God and Father your work of faith and labor of love and steadfastness of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ.

1 Timothy 1:5

whereas the aim of our charge is love that issues from a pure heart and a good conscience and sincere faith.

1 Timothy 4:8

for while bodily training is of some value, godliness is of value in every way, as it holds promise for the present life and also for the life to come.

Titus 1:16

They profess to know God, but they deny him by their deeds; they are detestable, disobedient, unfit for any good deed.

Titus 3:8

The saying is sure. I desire you to insist on these things, so that those who have believed in God may be careful to apply themselves to good deeds; these are excellent and profitable to men.

Hebrews 11:17

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

Hebrews 13:9

Do not be led away by diverse and strange teachings; for it is well that the heart be strengthened by grace, not by foods, which have not benefited their adherents.

James 1:16

Do not be deceived, my beloved brethren.

James 2:16

and one of you says to them, “Go in peace, be warmed and filled,” without giving them the things needed for the body, what does it profit?

James 2:18

But some one will say, “You have faith and I have works.” Show me your faith apart from your works, and I by my works will show you my faith.

James 2:26

For as the body apart from the spirit is dead, so faith apart from works is dead.

2 Peter 1:5

For this very reason make every effort to supplement your faith with virtue, and virtue with knowledge,