He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread: but he that pursueth idleness is very foolish. He that is delighted in passing his time over wine, leaveth a reproach in his strong holds.
James 2:20 - Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead? 更多版本King 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? English Standard Version 2016 Do you want to be shown, you foolish person, that faith apart from works is useless? |
He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread: but he that pursueth idleness is very foolish. He that is delighted in passing his time over wine, leaveth a reproach in his strong holds.
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 have not glorified him as God, or given thanks; but became vain in their thoughts, and their foolish heart was darkened.
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 Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision: but faith that worketh by charity.
For if any man think himself to be some thing, whereas he is nothing, he deceiveth himself.
Beware lest any man cheat you by philosophy, and vain deceit; according to the tradition of men, according to the elements of the world, and not according to Christ:
For there are also many disobedient, vain talkers, and seducers: especially they who are of the circumcision:
And if any man think himself to be religious, not bridling his tongue, but deceiving his own heart, this man's religion is vain.
For even as the body without the spirit is dead; so also faith without works is dead.