Parallel Verses
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?
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?
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?
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
Prayers for James 2:14
Verse Info
Context Readings
Faith And Works
13 For there will be justice without mercy for him who has not acted mercifully. Mercy triumphs over Justice. 14 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? 15 Suppose some Brother or Sister should be in want of clothes and of daily bread,
Names
Cross References
James 1:22-25
Put that Message into practice, and do not merely listen to it--deceiving yourselves.
Galatians 5:6
If a man is in union with Christ Jesus, neither is circumcision nor the omission of it anything, but faith, working through love, is everything.
Matthew 5:20
Indeed I tell you that, unless your religion is above that of the Teachers of the Law, and Pharisees, you will never enter the Kingdom of Heaven.
Matthew 7:21-23
Not every one who says to me 'Master! Master!' will enter the Kingdom of Heaven, but only he who does the will of my Father who is in Heaven.
Matthew 7:26-27
And every one that listens to this teaching of mine and does not act upon it may be compared to a foolish man, who built his house on the sand.
Luke 6:49
But those who have listened and not acted upon what they have heard may be compared to a man who built a house on the ground without any foundation. The river swept down upon it, and the house immediately collapsed; and great was the crash that followed."
Acts 8:13
Even Simon believed, and after his baptism attached himself to Philip, and was in his turn mystified at seeing signs and great miracles constantly occurring.
Acts 8:21
You have no share or part in our Message, for your 'heart is not right with God.'
Acts 15:9
He made no distinction between them and us, when he purified their hearts by their faith.
Romans 2:25
Circumcision has its value, if you are obeying the Law. But, if you are a breaker of the Law, your circumcision is no better than uncircumcision.
1 Corinthians 13:2-3
Even though I have the gift of preaching, and fathom all hidden truths and all the depths of knowledge; even though I have such faith as might move mountains, yet have not Love, I am nothing!
1 Corinthians 15:2
And by means of which you are being saved. I would remind you of the very words that I used in telling it to you, since you are still holding fast to it, and since it was not in vain that you became believers in Christ.
1 Corinthians 16:22
Accursed be any one who has no love for the Lord. THE LORD IS COMING.
Galatians 5:13
Remember, Brothers, to you the Call came to give you freedom. Only do not make your freedom an opportunity for self-indulgence, but serve one another in a loving spirit.
Ephesians 2:8-10
For it is by God's loving-kindness that you have been saved, through your faith. It is not due to yourselves; the gift is God's.
1 Thessalonians 1:3
Recalling continually before our God and Father the efforts that have resulted from your faith, the toil prompted by your love, and the patient endurance sustained by your hope in our Lord Jesus Christ.
1 Timothy 1:5
The object of all instruction is to call forth that love which comes from a pure heart, a clear conscience, and a sincere faith.
1 Timothy 4:8
for while the training of the body is of service in some respects, religion is of service in all, carrying with it, as it does, a promise of Life both here and hereafter.
Titus 1:16
They profess to know God, but by their actions they disown him. They are degraded and self-willed; and, as far as anything good is concerned, they are utterly worthless.
Titus 3:8
How true that saying is! And it is on these subjects that I desire you to lay especial stress, so that those who have learned to trust in God may be careful to devote themselves to doing good. Such subjects are excellent in themselves, and of real use to mankind.
Hebrews 11:7-8
It was faith that enabled Noah, after he had received the divine warning about what could not then be foreseen, to build, in reverent obedience, an ark in which to save his family. By his faith he condemned the world, and became possessed of that righteousness which follows upon faith.
Hebrews 11:17
It was faith that enabled Abraham, when put to the test, to offer Isaac as a sacrifice--he who had received the promises offering up his only son,
Hebrews 13:9
Do not let yourselves be carried away by the various novel forms of teaching. It is better to rely for spiritual strength upon the divine help, than upon regulations regarding food; for those whose lives are guided by such regulations have not found them of service.
James 2:16
And one of you were to say to them--"Go, and peace be with you; find warmth and food for yourselves," and yet you were not to give them the necessaries of life, what good would it be to them?
James 2:18
Some one, indeed, may say--"You are a man of faith, and I am a man of action." "Then show me your faith," I reply, "apart from any actions, and I will show you my faith by my actions."
James 2:26
Exactly as a body is dead without a spirit, so faith is dead without actions.
2 Peter 1:5
Yes, and for this very reason do your best to supplement your faith by goodness, goodness by knowledge,
1 John 5:4-5
because all that has received the new Life from God conquers the world. And this is the power that has conquered the world--our faith!