And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.
James 2:17 - King James Version (Oxford) 1769 Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone. 更多版本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. English Standard Version 2016 So also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead. |
And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.
And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing.
For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision; but faith which worketh by love.
remembering without ceasing your work of faith, and labour of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, in the sight of God and our Father;
Now the end of the commandment is charity out of a pure heart, and of a good conscience, and of faith unfeigned:
What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? can faith save him?