Parallel Verses
Montgomery New Testament
My brothers, what good is it if any one says that he has faith, if he has no deeds? Can such faith save him?
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? can faith save him?
Holman Bible
What good is it, my brothers, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can his faith
International Standard Version
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?
A Conservative Version
What is the benefit, my brothers, if some man should say to have faith, but has no works? Can the faith save him?
American Standard Version
What doth it profit, my brethren, if a man say he hath faith, but have not works? can that faith save him?
Amplified
What is the benefit, my fellow believers, if someone claims to have faith but has no [good] works [as evidence]? Can that [kind of] faith save him? [No, a mere claim of faith is not sufficient—genuine faith produces good works.]
An Understandable Version
What good is it, my brothers [and sisters], if a person says he has faith but does not have [good] deeds? Can such faith save him?
Anderson New Testament
What profit is there, my brethren, if any one say he has faith, and have not works? Can faith save him?
Bible in Basic English
What use is it, my brothers, for a man to say that he has faith, if he does nothing? will such a faith give him salvation?
Common New Testament
What good is it, my brethren, if a man says he has faith but has no works? Can such faith save him?
Daniel Mace New Testament
What advantage is it, my brethren, for a man to say he has faith, if he has no beneficence? can such a faith save him?
Darby Translation
What is the profit, my brethren, if any one say he have faith, but have not works? can faith save him?
Godbey New Testament
But what is it profitable, my brethren, if one may say he has faith, but has not works? whether is faith able to save him?
Goodspeed New Testament
My brothers, what is the good of a man's saying he has faith, if he has no good deeds to show? Can faith save him?
John Wesley New Testament
What doth it profit, my brethren, tho' a man say he hath faith, and have not works?
Julia Smith Translation
And what profit, my brethren, if any say he has faith, and should not have works? can faith save him?
King James 2000
What does it profit, my brethren, though a man says he has faith, and has not works? can faith save him?
Lexham Expanded Bible
What [is] the benefit, my brothers, if someone says [that he] has faith but does not have works? That faith [is] not able to save him, [is it]?
Modern King James verseion
My brothers, what profit is it if a man says he has faith and does not have works? Can faith save him?
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
What availeth it, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, when he hath no deeds? Can faith save him?
Moffatt New Testament
My brothers, what is the use of anyone declaring he has faith, if he has no deeds to show? Can his faith save him?
NET Bible
What good is it, my brothers and sisters, if someone claims to have faith but does not have works? Can this kind of faith save him?
New Heart English Bible
What good is it, my brothers, if a man says he has faith, but has no works? Can faith save him?
Noyes New Testament
What doth it profit, my brethren, if any one say that he hath faith, and have not works? Can his faith save him?
Sawyer New Testament
What is the profit, my brothers, if a man says he has faith, but has not works? Can faith save him?
The Emphasized Bible
What profit, my brethren, - if one should be saying he hath, faith, but hath not, works; can his faith save him?
Thomas Haweis New Testament
What is the advantage, my brethren, if a man profess to have faith, but hath not works; can faith save him?
Twentieth Century New Testament
My Brothers, what is the good of a man's saying that he has faith, if he does not prove it by actions? Can such faith save him?
Webster
What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man sayeth he hath faith, and hath not works? can faith save him?
Weymouth New Testament
What good is it, my brethren, if a man professes to have faith, and yet his actions do not correspond? Can such faith save him?
Williams New Testament
My brothers, what good is there in a man's saying that he has faith, if he has no good deeds to prove it? Such faith cannot save him, can it?
World English Bible
What good is it, my brothers, if a man says he has faith, but has no works? Can faith save him?
Worrell New Testament
What profit is it, my brethren, if anyone says he has faith, but has not works; can such faith save him?
Worsley New Testament
What is the advantage, my brethren, if any one say that he has faith, and he hath not works, can faith alone save him?
Youngs Literal Translation
What is the profit, my brethren, if faith, any one may speak of having, and works he may not have? is that faith able to save him?
Themes
Liberality » Want of » A proof of not having faith
Vanity » Faith without works is
Works » Good » In the judgment, will be an evidence of faith
Topics
Interlinear
Tis
Pistis
πίστις
Pistis
faith, assurance, believe Trans, belief, them that believe, fidelity
Usage: 221
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References
Word Count of 37 Translations in James 2:14
Images James 2:14
Prayers for James 2:14
Verse Info
Context Readings
Faith And Works
13 For judgment is without mercy to the man who has showed no mercy. but mercy glories in the face of judgment. 14 My brothers, what good is it if any one says that he has faith, if he has no deeds? Can such faith save him? 15 If a brother or sister be naked and in need of daily food,
Names
Cross References
James 1:22-25
And become doers of the Word, and not merely hearers, deceiving yourselves.
Galatians 5:6
because in Christ neither circumcision has any value, nor uncircumcision, but faith which works through love.
Matthew 5:20
"For I assure you that unless your righteousness exceed that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will not find entrance into the kingdom of heaven.
Matthew 7:21-23
"Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter into the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.
Matthew 7:26-27
"And every one who hears these words of mine and does them not, I will liken to a foolish man, who built his house upon the sand.
Luke 6:49
"But he who listens but does not do, is like a man who built a house upon the soil, without foundations, against which the torrent burst, and at once it fell in, and the ruin of that house was great."
Acts 8:13
And Simon himself also believed, and after his baptism he remained with Philip, and was full of amazement as he beheld the signs and striking miracles which were performed.
Acts 8:21
"You have no part or lot in this matter." Your heart is not right in the sight of God.
Acts 15:9
"and he made no distinction between us and them, in cleansing their hearts by faith.
Romans 2:25
Circumcision does indeed profit, if you are obedient to the Law; but if you habitually break the Law, your circumcision is become uncircumcision.
1 Corinthians 13:2-3
Though I have the gift of prophecy and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing.
1 Corinthians 15:2
by which also you are saved, if you are holding fast the message which I preached to you; unless indeed you have believed in vain.
1 Corinthians 16:22
If any one does not love the Lord, let him be accursed. Our Lord is coming.
Galatians 5:13
For you, brothers, were called for freedom; only do not make your freedom an excuse for self-indulgence, but in love enslave yourselves to one another.
Ephesians 2:8-10
For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is God's gift.
1 Thessalonians 1:3
as I call to mind your work of faith, and labor of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, in the presence of our God and Father.
1 Timothy 1:5
Now the end of the exhortation is love, out of a pure heart and a good conscience and an undissembled faith.
1 Timothy 4:8
For physical training is of some small service, but godliness is of service in everything; since it carries with it a promise of life, both here and hereafter.
Titus 1:16
They profess to know God, but by their deeds they disown him; in that they are detestable, disobedient, and reprobate for good work of any sort.
Titus 3:8
This saying is trustworthy. On this I want you to firmly insist; that those who have faith in God must be careful to maintain honest occupations. Such counsels are good and profitable for men.
Hebrews 11:7-8
By faith Noah, warned of God of things not yet seen, reverently gave heed, and built an ark for the saving of his house; by which he condemned the world, and became an heir of the righteousness which is of faith.
Hebrews 11:17
By faith Abraham, when he was put to the test, was on the point of offering up Isaac; yes, he who had received the promise was about to offer up his only son,
Hebrews 13:9
Do not allow yourselves to be swept away by various and strange teachings. For it is a beautiful thing to be established in heart by grace, and not by regulations regarding food, from which those that occupied themselves with them have derived no benefit.
James 2:16
and one of you says to them, "Depart in peace, find warmth and food for yourselves," but at the same time you do not give the necessaries of the body, what good would that do them?
James 2:18
Some one indeed may say, "You have faith, and I have deeds." "Then show me your faith," I answer, "apart from any deeds, and I will show you my faith by my deeds."
James 2:26
So just as the body without a spirit is dead, so faith is dead without deeds.
2 Peter 1:5
For this very reason do your best to add to your faith manliness, and to manliness knowledge,
1 John 5:4-5
For whoever is a child of God is overcoming the world; and our faith is the victory that has overcome the world.