Parallel Verses
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?
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?
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?
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 the judgment will be merciless to the man who has shown no mercy ??whereas the merciful life will triumph in the face of judgment. 14 My brothers, what is the use of anyone declaring he has faith, if he has no deeds to show? Can his faith save him? 15 Suppose some brother or sister is ill-clad and short of daily food;
Names
Cross References
James 1:22-25
Act on the Word, instead of merely listening to it and deluding yourselves.
Galatians 5:6
in Christ Jesus circumcision is not valid, neither is uncircumcision, but only faith active in love.
Matthew 5:20
For I tell you, unless your goodness excels that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never get into the Realm of heaven.
Matthew 7:21-23
It is not everyone who says to me 'Lord, Lord!', who will get into the Realm of heaven, but he who does the will of my Father in heaven.
Matthew 7:26-27
And everyone who listens to these words of mine and does not act upon them will be like a stupid man who built his house on sand.
Luke 6:49
He who has listened and has not obeyed is like a man who built a house on the earth with no foundation; the river dashed against it and it collapsed at once, and the ruin of that house was great."
Acts 8:13
indeed Simon himself believed, and after his baptism kept close to Philip, utterly astonished to see the signs and striking miracles which were taking place.
Acts 8:21
You come in for no share or lot in this religion. Your heart is all wrong in the sight of God.
Acts 15:9
in cleansing their hearts by faith he made not the slightest distinction between us and them.
Romans 2:25
Circumcision is certainly of use, provided you keep the Law; but if you are a breaker of the Law, then your circumcision is turned into uncircumcision.
1 Corinthians 13:2-3
I may prophesy, fathom all mysteries and secret lore, I may have such absolute faith that I can move hills from their place, but if I have no love, I count for nothing;
1 Corinthians 15:2
the gospel by which you are saved ??provided you adhere to my statement of it ??unless indeed your faith was all haphazard.
1 Corinthians 16:22
'If any one has no love for the Lord, God's curse be on him! Maran atha!
Galatians 5:13
Brothers, you were called to be free; only, do not make your freedom an opening for the flesh, but serve one another in love.
Ephesians 2:8-10
For it is by grace you have been saved, as you had faith; it is not your doing but God's gift,
1 Thessalonians 1:3
as we recall your active faith and labour of love and patient hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, before our God and Father.
1 Timothy 1:5
Whereas the aim of the Christian discipline is the love that springs from a pure heart, from a good conscience, and from a sincere faith.
1 Timothy 4:8
The training of the body is of small service, but religion is of service in all directions; it contains the promise of life both for the present and for the future.
Titus 1:16
They profess to know God, but they deny him by their deeds; they are detestable, disobedient, and useless for good work of any kind.
Titus 3:8
It is a sure saying. I want you to insist on this, that those who have faith in God must profess honest occupations. Such counsels are right and good for men.
Hebrews 11:7-8
It was by faith that Noah, after being told by God what was still unseen, reverently constructed an ark to save his household; thus he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness that follows faith.
Hebrews 11:17
It was by faith, when Abraham was put to the test, that he sacrificed Isaac, he was ready to sacrifice his only son, although he had received the promises
Hebrews 13:9
Never let yourselves be carried away with a variety of novel doctrines; for the right thing is to have one's heart strengthened by grace, not by the eating of food ??that has never been any use to those who have had recourse to it.
James 2:16
if any of you says to them, "Depart in peace! Get warm, get food," without supplying their bodily needs, what use is that?
James 2:18
Someone will object, 'And you claim to have faith!' Yes, and I claim to have deeds as well; you show me your faith without any deeds, and I will show you by my deeds what faith is!
James 2:26
For as the body without the breath of life is dead, so faith is dead without deeds.
1 John 5:4-5
for whatever is born of God conquers the world. Our faith, that is the conquest which conquers the world.