Parallel Verses

Moffatt New Testament

But will you understand, you senseless fellow, that faith without deeds is dead?

New American Standard Bible

But are you willing to recognize, you foolish fellow, that faith without works is useless?

King James Version

But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead?

Holman Bible

Foolish man! Are you willing to learn that faith without works is useless?

International Standard Version

Do you want proof, you foolish person, that faith without actions is worthless?

A Conservative Version

But do thou want to know, O vain man, that faith apart from works is dead?

American Standard Version

But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith apart from works is barren?

Amplified

But are you willing to recognize, you foolish [spiritually shallow] person, that faith without [good] works is useless?

An Understandable Version

But will you acknowledge, you foolish person, that faith without [good] deeds is useless?

Anderson New Testament

But will you know, vain man, that faith without works is dead?

Bible in Basic English

Do you not see, O foolish man, that faith without works is of no use?

Common New Testament

But are you willing to know, O foolish man, that faith without works is useless?

Daniel Mace New Testament

Vain man, must I show you how lifeless a thing faith is, without its effects?

Darby Translation

But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead?

Godbey New Testament

Do you wish to know, O vain man, that faith apart from works is inefficient?

Goodspeed New Testament

But do you want proof, my senseless friend, that faith without good deeds amounts to nothing?

John Wesley New Testament

But art thou willing to know, O empty man, that faith without works is dead?

Julia Smith Translation

And wilt thou know, O empty man, that faith without works is dead?

King James 2000

But will you know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead?

Lexham Expanded Bible

But do you want to know, O foolish person, that faith apart from works is useless?

Modern King James verseion

But will you know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead?

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Wilt thou understand, o thou vain man, that faith without deeds is dead?

Montgomery New Testament

But do you want to be convinced, O foolish man, that faith apart from deeds is barren?

NET Bible

But would you like evidence, you empty fellow, that faith without works is useless?

New Heart English Bible

But do you want to know, foolish man, that faith apart from works is useless?

Noyes New Testament

But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is idle?

Sawyer New Testament

But will you know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead?

The Emphasized Bible

But art thou willing to learn, O empty man! that, faith, apart from works, is, idle?

Thomas Haweis New Testament

But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead?

Twentieth Century New Testament

Now do you really want to understand, you foolish man, how it is that faith without actions leads to nothing?

Webster

But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead?

Weymouth New Testament

But, idle boaster, are you willing to be taught how it is that faith apart from obedience is worthless? Take the case of Abraham our forefather.

Williams New Testament

But, O senseless man, are you willing to learn that faith without good deeds is worthless?

World English Bible

But do you want to know, vain man, that faith apart from works is dead?

Worrell New Testament

But are you willing to know, O vain man, that faith apart from works is worthless?

Worsley New Testament

But desirest thou to know, O vain man, that faith without works, is dead?

Youngs Literal Translation

And dost thou wish to know, O vain man, that the faith apart from the works is dead?

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
But
δέ 
De 
but, and, now, then, also, yet, yea, so, moreover, nevertheless, for, even, , not tr
Usage: 2184

wilt thou
θέλω ἐθέλω 
thelo 
will/would, will/would have, desire, desirous, list, to will,
Usage: 136

γινώσκω 
Ginosko 
Usage: 147

O
ὦ 
O, not tr
Usage: 11

κενός 
Kenos 
Usage: 15

man
ἄνθρωπος 
Anthropos 
man, not tr,
Usage: 316

ὅτι 
Hoti 
Usage: 764

πίστις 
Pistis 
Usage: 221

χωρίς 
Choris 
Usage: 38

ἔργον 
Ergon 
Usage: 130

is
ἐστί 
Esti 
is, are, was, be, have, not tr, , vr is
Usage: 585

References

Context Readings

Faith And Works

19 You believe in one God? Well and good. So do the devils, and they shudder. 20 But will you understand, you senseless fellow, that faith without deeds is dead? 21 When our father Abraham offered his son Isaac on the altar, was he not justified by what he did?

Cross References

James 2:26

For as the body without the breath of life is dead, so faith is dead without deeds.

Romans 1:21

Though they knew God, they have not glorified him as God nor given thanks to him; they have turned to futile speculations till their ignorant minds grew dark.

1 Corinthians 15:35-36

But, someone will ask, 'how do the dead rise? What kind of body have they when they come?'

Galatians 5:6

in Christ Jesus circumcision is not valid, neither is uncircumcision, but only faith active in love.

Galatians 6:3

If anyone imagines he is somebody, he is deceiving himself, for he is nobody;

Colossians 2:8

Beware of anyone getting hold of you by means of a theosophy which is specious make-believe, on the lines of human tradition, corresponding to the Elemental spirits of the world and not to Christ.

1 Timothy 1:6

Certain individuals have failed here by turning to empty argument;

Titus 1:10

For there are plenty of insubordinate creatures who impose on people with their empty arguments, particularly those who have come over from Judaism;

James 1:26

Whoever considers he is religious, and does not bridle his tongue, but deceives his own heart, his religion is futile.

James 2:17

So faith, unless it has deeds, is dead in itself.

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