And now abide faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love.
James 2:17 - English Majority Text Version Thus also that faith, if it does not have works, is dead, being by itself Higit pang mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition So also faith, if it does not have works (deeds and actions of obedience to back it up), by itself is destitute of power (inoperative, dead). American Standard Version (1901) Even so faith, if it have not works, is dead in itself. Common English Bible In the same way, faith is dead when it doesn’t result in faithful activity. Catholic Public Domain Version Thus even faith, if it does not have works, is dead, in and of itself. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version So faith also, if it have not works, is dead in itself. |
And now abide faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love.
And though I give away all my possessions to feed the poor, and though I deliver up my body to be burned, but have not love, it profits me nothing.
For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision means anything, but faith working through love.
constantly remembering your work of faith, labor of love, and perseverance of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ in the presence of our God and Father,
Now the goal of the commandment is love out of a pure heart, from a good conscience, and from sincere faith,
What does it profit, my brothers, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Is that kind of faith able to save him?
For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.