Parallel Verses

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?

New American Standard Bible

What use is it, my brethren, if someone says he has faith but he has no works? Can that faith save him?

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 save him?

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?

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?

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?

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
τίς 
Tis 
Usage: 344

ὄφελος 
Ophelos 
Usage: 3

my
μοῦ 
Mou 
my, me, mine, I, mine own
Usage: 313

G80
ἀδελφός 
Adelphos 
Usage: 302

ἐάν 
Ean 
Usage: 155

a man
τίς 
Tis 
Usage: 373

say
λέγω 
Lego 
Usage: 1045

he hath
ἔχω 
Echo 
have, be, need , , vr have
Usage: 479

πίστις 
Pistis 
πίστις 
Pistis 
Usage: 221
Usage: 221

and
δέ 
De 
but, and, now, then, also, yet, yea, so, moreover, nevertheless, for, even, , not tr
Usage: 2184

ἔχω 
Echo 
have, be, need , , vr have
Usage: 479

not
μή 
me 
not, no, that not, God forbid 9, lest, neither, no man , but, none, not translated,
Usage: 493

ἔργον 
Ergon 
Usage: 130

can
δύναμαι 
Dunamai 
can , cannot , be able, may , able,
Usage: 140

σώζω 
Sozo 
Usage: 79

Devotionals

Devotionals about James 2:14

References

Images James 2:14

Prayers for James 2:14

Context Readings

Faith And Works

13 For merciless judgment will be the portion of the merciless man; yet mercy will triumph over judgment. 14 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? 15 If some brother or sister is thinly clad and has no food for the day,

Cross References

James 1:22-25

Keep on obeying this message; do not merely listen to it, and so deceive yourselves.

Galatians 5:6

For in union with Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor lack of it counts for anything; but only faith that is spurred on to action by love.

Matthew 5:20

For I tell you that unless your righteousness far surpasses that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never get into the kingdom of heaven at all.

Matthew 7:21-23

Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will get into the kingdom of heaven, but only those who practice doing the will of my Father in heaven.

Matthew 7:26-27

And anyone who listens to my words and does not practice their teaching, will be like an imprudent man who built his house on sand.

Luke 6:49

But the man who merely hears them and does not practice them is like a man who built a house upon the ground without a foundation. The torrent burst upon it, and at once it collapsed, and the wreck of that house was complete."

Acts 8:13

So Simon himself came to believe too, and after he was baptized he continued to be devoted to Philip, and he was always thrilled at seeing such great signs and wonder-works continuously performed.

Acts 8:21

You have no share or part in this matter, for your heart is not sincere in the sight of God.

Acts 15:9

and in this way He put no difference between us and them, because He cleansed their hearts by faith.

Romans 2:25

Now circumcision benefits you only if you practice the law, but if you break the law, your circumcision is no better than uncircumcision.

1 Corinthians 13:2-3

If I should have the gift of prophecy, And know all secret truths, and knowledge in its every form, and have such perfect faith that I could move mountains, but have no love, I am nothing.

1 Corinthians 15:2

and through which you are to be saved, unless your faith at first was spurious.

1 Corinthians 16:22

A curse upon anyone who does not love the Lord! Our Lord is coming.

Galatians 5:13

For you, brothers, were called to freedom; only you must not let your freedom be an excuse for the gratification of your lower nature, but in love be slaves to one another.

Ephesians 2:8-10

For it is by His unmerited favor through faith that you have been saved; it is not by anything that you have done, it is the gift of God.

1 Thessalonians 1:3

for we can never for a moment before our God forget your energizing faith, your toiling love, and your enduring hope in our Lord Jesus Christ.

1 Timothy 1:5

But the aim of your instruction is to be love that flows out of a pure heart, a good conscience, and a sincere faith.

1 Timothy 4:8

Physical training, indeed, is of some service, but religion is of service for everything, for it contains a promise for the present life as well as the future.

Titus 1:16

They profess to know God, but by their actions they disown Him; they are detestable, disobedient, and useless for anything good.

Titus 3:8

It is a message to be trusted, and I want you to be emphatic about these things, so that those who believe in God may be careful to take the lead in doing good. These things are right and render service to mankind.

Hebrews 11:7-8

By faith Noah, on being divinely warned about things not seen as yet, in reverence prepared an ark for saving his family, and by his faith condemned the world and became possessor of the uprightness that results from faith.

Hebrews 11:17

By faith Abraham, when he was put to the test, offered Isaac as a sacrifice; that is, he who had received the promise was starting to offer as a sacrifice his only son,

Hebrews 13:9

You must stop being carried away with varied and strange teachings. For it is a good thing for the heart to be strengthened by God's spiritual strength, not by special kinds of food, from which those adhering to them have gotten no good.

James 2:16

and one of you says to him, "Blessings on you, keep warm, eat until you have aplenty," without giving him the things that are needed for the body, what good does it do?

James 2:18

But someone may say, "You have faith, and I have good deeds. Show me your faith without any good deeds, but I will show you mine by my good deeds."

James 2:26

Just as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without good deeds is dead.

2 Peter 1:5

Now for this very reason you must do your level best to supplement your faith with moral character, moral character with knowledge,

1 John 5:4-5

for every child of God continues to conquer the world. Our faith is the victory that has conquered the world.

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