Parallel Verses
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.
New American Standard Bible
But are you willing to recognize,
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?
Moffatt New Testament
But will you understand, you senseless fellow, 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?
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?
Themes
Faith » Without fruits, is dead
Faith/faithfulness » Faith without works
Justification » What you are not justified by
Justification » What you are justified by
Unity of God » May be acknowledged without saving faith
Works » Good » In the judgment, will be an evidence of faith
Topics
Interlinear
De
Pistis
References
Word Count of 37 Translations in James 2:20
Verse Info
Context Readings
Faith And Works
19 You believe that God is one, and you are quite right: evil spirits also believe this, and shudder." 20 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. 21 Was it, or was it not, because of his actions that he was declared to be righteous as the result of his having offered up his son Isaac upon the altar?
Cross References
James 2:26
For just as a human body without a spirit is lifeless, so also faith is lifeless if it is unaccompanied by obedience.
Romans 1:21
For when they had come to know God, they did not give Him glory as God nor render Him thanks, but they became absorbed in useless discussions, and their senseless minds were darkened.
1 Corinthians 15:35-36
But some one will say, "How can the dead rise? And with what kind of body do they come back?"
Galatians 5:6
For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision is of any importance; but only faith working through love.
Galatians 6:3
For if there is any one who thinks himself to be somebody when he is nobody, he is deluding himself.
Colossians 2:8
Take care lest there be some one who leads you away as prisoners by means of his philosophy and idle fancies, following human traditions and the world's crude notions instead of following Christ.
1 Timothy 1:6
From these some have drifted away, and have wandered into empty words.
Titus 1:10
For there are many that spurn authority--idle, talkative and deceitful persons, who, for the most part, are adherents of the Circumcision.
James 1:26
If a man thinks that he is scrupulously religious, although he is not curbing his tongue but is deceiving himself, his religious service is worthless.
James 2:17
So also faith, if it is unaccompanied by obedience, has no life in it--so long as it stands alone.