Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
Suppose a brother or sister does not have any clothes or daily food
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food,
Holman Bible
If a brother or sister is without clothes and lacks daily food
A Conservative Version
And if a brother or sister may be unclothed, and may be destitute of daily food,
American Standard Version
If a brother or sister be naked and in lack of daily food,
Amplified
If a brother or sister is without [adequate] clothing and lacks [enough] food for each day,
An Understandable Version
If a brother or sister is without [adequate] clothing and needs daily food,
Anderson New Testament
If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food,
Bible in Basic English
If a brother or a sister is without clothing and in need of the day's food,
Common New Testament
If a brother or sister is without clothing and in need of daily food,
Daniel Mace New Testament
suppose one of your brethren should be destitute of cloths, and of his daily nourishment,
Darby Translation
Now if a brother or a sister is naked and destitute of daily food,
Godbey New Testament
If a brother or sister may be naked, and may be destitute of daily food,
Goodspeed New Testament
If some brother or sister has no clothes and has not food enough for a day,
John Wesley New Testament
Can that faith save him? If a brother or a sister be naked,
Julia Smith Translation
And if a brother or sister be naked, and be failing of daily food,
King James 2000
If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food,
Lexham Expanded Bible
If a brother or a sister is poorly clothed and lacking food for the day,
Modern King James verseion
If a brother or sister is naked and destitute of daily food,
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
If a brother or a sister be naked or destitute of daily food,
Moffatt New Testament
Suppose some brother or sister is ill-clad and short of daily food;
Montgomery New Testament
If a brother or sister be naked and in need of daily food,
NET Bible
If a brother or sister is poorly clothed and lacks daily food,
New Heart English Bible
And if a brother or sister is naked and in lack of daily food,
Noyes New Testament
If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food,
Sawyer New Testament
And if a brother or sister is naked, or destitute of daily food,
The Emphasized Bible
If, a brother or sister, should be naked, and coming short of the daily food,
Thomas Haweis New Testament
Now if a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food,
Twentieth Century New Testament
Suppose some Brother or Sister should be in want of clothes and of daily bread,
Webster
If a brother or sister is naked, and destitute of daily food,
Weymouth New Testament
Suppose a Christian brother or sister is poorly clad or lacks daily food,
Williams New Testament
If some brother or sister is thinly clad and has no food for the day,
World English Bible
And if a brother or sister is naked and in lack of daily food,
Worrell New Testament
If a brother or a sister be naked, and in want of daily food,
Worsley New Testament
If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food;
Youngs Literal Translation
and if a brother or sister may be naked, and may be destitute of the daily food,
Themes
Inconsistency » General marks of » Selfishness
Liberality » Want of » A proof of not having faith
The poor » Neglect towards, is » A proof of unbelief
Religion » Inconsistency in religious life general marks of » Selfishness
Works » Good » In the judgment, will be an evidence of faith
Interlinear
References
Hastings
Morish
Smith
Word Count of 37 Translations in James 2:15
Verse Info
Context Readings
Faith And Works
14 What good does it do, my brothers, if someone claims to have faith but does not prove it with actions? This kind of faith cannot save him, can it? 15 Suppose a brother or sister does not have any clothes or daily food 16 and one of you tells them, "Go in peace! Stay warm and eat heartily." If you do not provide for their bodily needs, what good does it do?
Phrases
Names
Cross References
Luke 3:11
He answered them, "The person who has two coats must share with the one who doesn't have any, and the person who has food must do the same."
Job 31:16-21
"If I refused to grant the desire of the poor or exhausted the eyes of the widow,
Isaiah 58:7
Isn't it to share your bread with the hungry, and to bring the homeless poor into your house; when you see the naked, to cover him with clothing, and not to raise yourself up from your own flesh and blood?"
Isaiah 58:10
if you pour yourself out for the hungry and satisfy the needs of afflicted souls, then your light will rise in darkness, and your night will be like noonday.
Ezekiel 18:7
if he doesn't oppress anyone, but instead returns the debtor's security for his debt, if he doesn't rob anyone, but instead shares his food with the hungry and gives clothes to those who are naked,
Matthew 25:35-40
because I was hungry, and you gave me something to eat. I was thirsty, and you gave me something to drink. I was a stranger, and you welcomed me.
Mark 14:7
because you'll always have the destitute with you and can help them whenever you want, but you won't always have me.
Acts 9:29
He kept talking and arguing with the Hellenistic Jews, but they were bent on murdering him.
Hebrews 11:37
They were stoned to death, sawed in half, and killed with swords. They went around in sheepskins and goatskins. They were needy, oppressed, and mistreated.
James 2:5
Listen, my dear brothers! God has chosen the poor in the world to become rich in faith and to be heirs of the kingdom that he promised to those who keep on loving him, has he not?